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Early Modern Cultures - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Linked major cities, increased trade
  - - - Capital city of Chang'an becomes "Cosmopolitan", city for all religions
  - - - More food caused a dramatic increase in population :arrow_double_up:
- - - - Created temples and cities with no tools, had a central government.
        
        Believed that gods were going to destroy earth again, so they sacrificed humans to appease them
  - - - Centrel government much like European Feudalism, with levels of hierarchy
        
        Very advanced architecture (bridges and roads). Once a year civilians were to contribute labor in return for a big feast
        
        No written language, all records kept through knots and strings called quipus
        
        Both empires fell after Spanish explorers discovered them and gave them small pox
- - - - Led by most wealthy person in history, Mansa Musa
        
        Divided kingdoms into provinces ruled by local rulers
    - - Lots of farming, lots of gold and salt :male-farmer:
        
        Good resources=lots of trade. Trade led to spreading of culture and ideas :bulb:
    - - Wealthiest and most powerful people in Africa :money_with_wings:
- - - - Arab armies took over India and were cruel, not allowing religious freedom for the Hindus :crossed_swords:
        
        Southern India made itself into a Hindu reading empire called Vijayanagara Empire
- - - - Conquered lots of land, but eventually non-Arabian Muslims began to face discrimination
- - - - Each worked for the person above them (ie:Lords worked for kings, and kings for the church)
        
        Decline of Feudalism came after climate change and the black death (plague) came in and killed over half of the population