Chapter 16 AP World History Latest 2022
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Buzurg ibn Shahriyar ✔✔definition: A storytelling mariner who came from the emporium of Siraf
on the Persian Gulf
significance: Demonstrated trade influenced in India
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Chapter 16 AP World History Latest 2022
Graded A
Buzurg ibn Shahriyar ✔✔definition: A storytelling mariner who came from the emporium of Siraf
on the Persian Gulf
significance: Demonstrated trade influenced in India
Harsha ✔✔definition: 7th century north Indian ruler; built a large state that declined after his death
646 (last true Hindu ruler)
significance: unified India temporarily
Mahmud of Ghazni ✔✔definition: third ruler of Turkish slave dynasty in Afghanistan; led
invasions of northern India; credited with sacking one of wealthiest of Hindu temples in northern
India; gave Muslims reputation for intolerance and aggression
significance: set back Islam in India
Harihara and Bukka ✔✔definition: two brothers dispatched by officials in Delhi to represent the
sultan and implement court policies in the sought. Converted from Hinduism to Islam; in 1336
they renounced Islam, returned to Hindu faith, and proclaimed of an established empire,
independent empire of Vijayanagar
significance: Established a new empire
Shankara ✔✔definition: southern India; tried to harmonize all the Hindu writings
significance: matured Hinduism
Raminuja ✔✔definition: taught in the hands of Vishnu one will win god's grace and live in
presence
significance: matured Hinduism
Sind ✔✔definition: Indus River valley in NW India; conquered in 711; fringe of Islamic world
significance: helped spread Islam to India
Sultanate of Delhi ✔✔definition: the kingdom established by Mahmud's succesors to spread islam
in India
significance: spread Islam to India
Chola Kingdom ✔✔definition: kingdom situated in the deep south. At its high point, Chola forces
conquered Ceylon and parts of southeast Asia, funded by the profits of trade, dominated the sea,
did not build a tightly centralized state
significance: brought order to Southern India
Vijayanagar ✔✔definition: independent empire proclaimed by Harihara and Bukka; "city of
victory". Dominate state in southern India until 1565
significance: brought order to Southern India
Monsoons ✔✔definition: seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons
significance: helped trade and agriculture
Dhows ✔✔definition: Arab sailing vessels with triangular or lateen sails; strongly influenced
European ship design
significance: helped to trade in the Indian Ocean Basin
Junks ✔✔definition: Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, sternpost rudders,
compasses, and bamboo fenders; dominant force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula
significance: helped trade in the Indian Ocean Basin
Kingdom of Axum ✔✔definition: Christian kingdom in Ethiopia
significance: Helped with maritime trade
Caste System ✔✔definition: a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity
significance: helped integrate immigrants
Vishnu ✔✔definition: A Hindu god considered the preserver of the world
significance: helped with Cults and Hinduism
Shiva ✔✔definition: an important Hindu deity who in the trinity of gods was the Destroyer
significance: helped with Cults and Hinduism
Sufis ✔✔definition: a mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through
prayer, fasting, and a simple life
significance: helped spread Islam
Bhakti ✔✔definition: Indian movement that attempted to transcend the differences between
Hinduism and Islam
significance: helped spread Islam
Funan ✔✔definition: Early complex society in Southeast Asia between the first and sixth centuries
C.E.
significance: demonstrated Indian influence
Srivijaya ✔✔definition: Southeast Asian kingdom, based on the island of Sumatra that used a
powerful navy to dominate trade
significance: Used Maritime trade to garner power
Angkor ✔✔definition: Southeast Asian Khmer kingdom (889-1432) that was centered around
temple cities
significance: demonstrated Indian influence
Melaka ✔✔definition: the first major center of Islam in Southeast Asia, a port kingdom on the
southwestern coast of the Malay Peninsula
significance: Helped to spread Islam
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