Islam and Its Spread / China II
What are the two holy texts of Islam?
Qu’ran and Hadith
Who is the star of the Viking Sagas?
Amleth
What is a quipu?
Knotted strings used to record both statistical and narrative information
What section did Dr. Elliott surprise you with in the last lecture?
Weeds
Who defeated the Yuan dynasty?
The red Turbans
What is the Zizhi Tongjian?
A history of China (with 3 million character, 294 scrolls, and 16 dynasties)
Who were the Vikings?
Raiders. A Scandinavian job.
What is Cahokia?
Largest Mississippi city, one of the largest at the time
What was the last large land mass to be colonized?
New Zealand
Who led the Treasure Voyages?
Admiral Zheng He
What was so important about the Tomb of Li Jingxun?
Showed the vast exchange networks of goods that reach Sui China.
Name the three types of plague
Septicemic, Pnuemonic, Bubonic
What is the dominant crop of Mesoamerica?
Maize
Why was Columbus arrested?
He refused to convert natives so he could continue to enslave them.
What is the ancient Mississippian city-state within driving distance?
Moundville
What is the difference between a Caliph and Imam
Caliph = Sunni, Imam = Shi’ia
What is the term for the Mongolian military/hunting herding maneuver?
Jarga/Nerge
Who is Huizilopotchtli?
Patron God of the Mexica/Aztecs
What disease was transported from the New World to the Old World?
Syphillus
Explain the Marshall Island stick charts
What is the constitution of the Mali Empire?
Kouroukan Fouga
What pathogen is the causative agent of the Black Death?
Yersnia Pestis
What is Chunkey?
Ball game of Cahokia
What is the deadliest disease known to man?
Smallpox
Can you sing the entire Chinese Dynasty Song?
Which was the shortest?