african and asian test
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- Ghana
- first great trading state in Western Africa, grassland
- patrilineal
- family traced through father
- shinto
- japan
- buddhism
- india
- zen
- china
- archipelago
- chain of islands
- African art
- beauty-statues, stories-history, religion-sacrificial
- Kush
- First major civiliztion in Africa, besides Egypt. Based on trade, fairly wealthy
- daoism
- china
- Genghis Kahn
- lead the Mongols to power. never had a huge army. National Hero. scary, powerful, smart
- hindu
- india
- lineage group
- larger communities farmed from extended families
- Shogunate
- govm. ruled by a sogun- general
- Sui Dynasty
- Lasted 37 years, Sui Yangdye- built Grand Canal, reunited China
- shinto
- state religion, sacred way or the way of the gods
- Kingdom of Mali
- the greatest state after the collapse of Ghana
- confucianism
- china
- Mansa Musa
- rich/powerful king. doubled size of Mali. divided kingdom into provinces ruled by governers
- Sahara
- A large expanding desert in North Africa
- matrilineal
- family traced through mother
- Song Dynasty
- ruled during the Peace Prosperity. Mongols took over them
- Samurai
- warriors, served their master, given land for service in the mililtary
- Tang Dynasty
- gave land to peasants