AP World History Unit 2 Latest 2022 Rated A+

AP World History Unit 2 Latest 2022 Rated A+ Sui Dynasty ✔✔The short dynasty between the Han and the Tang; built the Grand Canal, strengthened the government, and introduced Buddhism to China Tang Dynasty ✔✔Dynasty o ...

AP World History Unit 2 Latest 2022 Rated A+ Sui Dynasty ✔✔The short dynasty between the Han and the Tang; built the Grand Canal, strengthened the government, and introduced Buddhism to China Tang Dynasty ✔✔Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria. Technology and Arts flourished Grand Canal ✔✔The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire. Annam ✔✔China held Annam for 1,000 years when they were conquered by the Han, then became Vietnamese Shinto ✔✔The native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan that whorships nature. It coexists with Buddhism in Japan Celts ✔✔Early inhabitants of Britain, who were conquered by Romans Goths ✔✔An array of Germanic people- distinguished by their German language and residencesettled in northern Europe outside the Celtic and Roman strongholds. They had grown tired of being subordinate to them and fought back and had a hand in Rome's decline Justinian I ✔✔Byzantine emperor who built the Haiga Sophia; his reign was a turning point for Christianity: paganism finally lost. He tried to restore territories to the Western Roman Empire but ultimately failed. Justinian Code ✔✔The body of Roman law collected by order of the Byzantine emperor, Justinian around A.D. 534. Iconociasm ✔✔726 CE. The iconoclastic controversy was the bitter battle over the use of images, or icons, in Christian worship as a response to the Arab invasions. An Iconoclast is an "image breaker" or a person who rejects the veneration of icons because its idolatrous. Orthodoxy ✔✔Acceptance of common faith Caroligian ✔✔Was the Royal Family ruling the Franks. (Charlemagne's family) Charlemagne ✔✔King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe, Great patron of literature and learning, threatened conquered people with conversion to Christianity or death Carolingian Renaissance ✔✔Period of intellectual, cultural, and economic revival occurring in the late eighth and ninth centuries, with the peak of the activities occurring during the reign of Charlemagne Quran ✔✔The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina Mecca ✔✔The holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace Ka'aba ✔✔A rectangular building that housed a cubical black stone structure. It is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine Hajj ✔✔A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims Jihad ✔✔Sacred struggle, often called the "sixth pillar" of Islam. It could be a war to preserve and extend Islam or a personal call to the individual , internal, spiritual struggle to live Islam as fully as possible Dar al-Islam ✔✔"The abode of Islam." The land of Islam, or the territories in which Islam and its religious laws (shari'a) may be freely practiced. Hijra ✔✔Muhammad's "migration" or flight from Mecca, where his life was in danger, to Medina where he was welcomed as a potential leader in 622 BC Sunni ✔✔One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam. Felt that the Caliph should be chosen from the Ummayyad and believed in the importace of the Umma in making political decisions Shi'a ✔✔One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam. Felt that Caliph should stay in the Prophet's family and stressed religious purity Ali ✔✔Prophet Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law; a leading figure in the Shi'a branch of Islam Imam ✔✔Muslim prayer leader Mahdi ✔✔Arabic word meaning "the right guided one." A messianic leader who will appear to restore justice, truth, and religion for a brief period before the Day of Judgement Muhammed ✔✔The prophet and founder of Islam Hadith ✔✔Traditional records of the deeds and utterances of the prophet Muhammad, and the basis, after the Quran, for Islamic theology and law. It's the stories of Muhammad's life, words, and deeds. Ummayyad ✔✔Clan of Quraysh that dominated p