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APWH Unit 1 - Coggle Diagram
APWH Unit 1
America
Inca
Lived in Andes
Difficult environment
Public works
Spread through conquest
Aztec
Came in after Mayas
Huge role of religion
Theocracy
King chosen by group of aristocrats from male descendants
Human sacrifice
Daily rituals
Maya
Theocracy
Made innovations in astronomy and time
Toltecs
Military achevment
Anasazi
Had city in a canyon
Around modern day Arizona
Dug homes out of rock
Agriculture
Mound Builders
Mississippi
Built mounds - for town square/ rich persons home/ temple (unknown)
Tenochtitlan
Agricultural innovation
Chinampas
Large role in religion
Europe
Very divided
Had serfdom
Someone farmed land owned by someone else and got little reward
Black Death
Disease - killed many
Survivors wanted more money
Reduced serfdom
Had innovation, particularly in mills
Allowed to become more independent from Asia
Marco Polo
Traveler
Went to
Increased trade
Asia
Mongols
Leader and uniter was Gangis Khan
Was greatly feared
Poor early life
Spread through conquest
He had a great organizational system to be efficient and prevent uprising
Eventually split into parts
Il-Khan
invaded
Largest land empire
Emerged on Asian Steppe
Difficult climate
Horses and bows used - assisted in invasion
China
Song
Innovation in many things
Population growth
Gunpowder
Ming
Wanted to separate from Mongols, but eventually began to be like them
Zheng He
Sailed to reestablish alliance with Chineese trading posts
Traveled south by sea
Innovation in sailing
Liao
Yuan Empire
Formed by
Reunited China
India
Important for trade
Delhi Sultanate
Islam reached here
Arabia
Had Aden
Trading spot
Continued to spread Islam + traded slaves
Africa
Mali
Mansa Musa
Really rich
Gold trade
Great Zimbabwe
Gold went through on way to Indian Ocean
Made it wealthy
Iban Battuta
Muslim - traveled to Asia to learn
Increased trade