List of Terms For Final Exam

=Unit 4: The Rise and Spread of Islam=
 * Arab Pastoralism
 * Muhammad
 * The Hijra
 * Quran
 * Five Pillars of Islam
 * Sunni-Shia Split
 * Umayyad Caliphate
 * Abbasid Caliphate
 * Spread of Islam
 * Mamluks
 * Seljuks
 * Mosques
 * Islamic Art
 * Women in Islamic Civilization
 * Hadith
 * Sharia
 * European Religious Revival
 * The Spanish Reconquista
 * The Kingdom of Sicily
 * The First Crusade
 * Crusader States
 * The Fourth Crusade
 * The Transfer of Knowledge

=Unit 5: Regional Developments and Connections: Russia, Byzantium, Asia=
 * The Varangians
 * Kievan Russia: Origins, Achievements, Connections
 * Byzantine Cultural Influence
 * Russian Conversion to Orthodox Christianity
 * Cyrillic Alphabet
 * Decline of Kievan Russia
 * Caesaropapism
 * Codex Justinianus
 * The Byzantine Reconquista
 * Iconoclasm
 * The Great Schism 1054
 * The Battle of Manzikert 1071
 * The Tang Dynasty: Origins, Culture, Policies
 * The Battle of the Talas River 751
 * The Rebellion of An Lushan 755-763
 * The Persecution of Buddhism
 * Neo-Confucianism
 * The Jinn Dynasty: Location and Origins
 * The Northern and Southern Song Dynasties: Location and Policies
 * The Civil Service Exam
 * The Song Economy
 * Song Technological Achievements
 * Women in Song Society

=Unit 6:Peoples of the Americas=
 * Teotihuacan
 * Chinampas
 * Mayan City-States
 * Mayan Warfare
 * Mayan Mathematics and Science
 * Toltec Conquest State
 * Early Aztecs
 * Aztec Tribute System
 * Human Sacrifice
 * Anasazi
 * Mississippian Culture
 * Inca Imperial Administration
 * Khipus
 * Ayllu
 * Mit’a

=Unit 7: The High Medieval Period=
 * The Malian Kingdom
 * The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
 * The Swahili Coast
 * The Delhi Sultanate
 * Central Asian Nomadism
 * Shamanism
 * The Kuriltai
 * Temujin/Genghis Khan
 * The Mongol Army
 * The Khwarizm Campaign
 * The Yasa
 * The Pax Mongolica
 * The Golden Horde: Location and Policies
 * The Il-Khan: Location and Achievments
 * The Yuan Dynasty: Policies and Problems
 * Marco Polo
 * Long Term Effects of Mongol Rule
 * Ibn Battuta: Reasons, Locations, Activities
 * The Black Death
 * Trading Cities
 * Guilds
 * The Renaissance
 * The Great Western Schism 1378-1415
 * The Hundred Years War 1337-1453