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Global Tapestry - Coggle Diagram
Global Tapestry
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Developments in Africa
political
Kin-Based Networks: communities where families governed, the head was called the Chief and was a man. He would help solve problems between different groups. This was because there was no centralized government under one power.
Hausa Kingdom: Hausa ethnic group formed 7 states, they had no centralized government but several city-states
economy
Trans-Saharan Trade: Network of trade routes across the desert. This increased interaction brought, wealth, cultural diversity, and political power to the African regions
Mali was one of the largest trading societies, its founder was muslim and established trading ties in North African/Arab traders. Thrived on the trading of gold
Indian Ocean Trade: connected east Africa, South Asia, the middle east, and east asia.
Culture
religion
Christianity had spread down the east coast of the mediterranean sea to Egypt/Ethiopia, but was weakened by the introduction of Islam
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Griot & Griottes
Story tellers, had vast knowledge of the lives of many leaders, also good at music which they used in their stories
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Most visual art was religious and served some type of religious purpose. Artist in Benin would created great iron and bronze sculptures.
Social
for activities that required a specialized skill, it was predominantly men that would do it
Women took on domestic roles such as raising children and doing chores, but women could work in agriculture
Work was divided by age, so the younger generations would do more labor, but relied on the knowledge of the older population to guide them, creating grade/age levels
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Developments in Americas
Society
Mississippian
Strict social class structure: Great Sun was at the top, below that was the priests and nobles, then farmers/merchants/artisans, slaves were at the bottom and were typically POW
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Aztecs
had hierarchical class system, The Great Speaker was at the top and represented the gods, below that were land-owning nobles,next were scribes and healers, then craftsmen and traders.
Handmade cloth was a tribute to the nobles, so women had to work hard to make it, as the tributes went up a husband would get more wives to pay higher tributes. Women could also be priestess, midwives, merchants, etc.
Innovation
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Mesa Verde people built houses into the sides of cliffs that were multiple stories and made of sandstone
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The Incas created quipu, a system of strings used in math to record numbers for trade and engineering. The Inca's also built sophisticated roads, one roadway called Carpa Nan was 25,000 miles long, and was used by the government and military
political
Mayan
city-states: each was ruled by a king, most were men but when there was no male a woman would rule
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Incas
They split their territory into 4 provinces, each one had its own bureaucracy and governor
Did not follow Tribute system, but the Mita System instead. This was where conquered people didn't have to pay tribute, but they had mandatory public service, those who were loyal were rewarded
Developments in Europe
political
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Estates General: A group that advised the king, and consisted of representatives from each legal class (clergy, nobility, commoners)
Magna Carta (1215): limited the power of the king,
English Parliament: increased the rights of nobility, but not the general pop.
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Manorial System: larger fiefs called estates or manors.Had small villages and houses for peasants called serfs. Serfs were tied to the land and couldn't do anything w/o permission from their lords
Innovation
Three-field system: A more efficient way of agriculture, where crops are rotated between 3 fields
heavier plow with wheels for soil in the North, and lighter plows for soil in the south
Culture
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Education
First Universities in Europe were created by churches, and most philosophers were religious leaders
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