L1:Tang&Song China
The growth of cities
What is urbanization?
This person organized the Mongol army into a strong fighting force.
Who was Genghis Khan?
Groups of people who move from place to place.
Who are Nomads?
The city where Muhammad was born.
What is Mecca?
People who buy and sell goods from around the empire. These people were honored and had great social status.
This was created as a result of currency being too difficult to carry while traveling.
What is paper currency/money?
The person who took over the China territroy after Gehghis Khan died?
Who is Kublai Khan?
The angel who spoke to Muhammad and told him to preach that there was one true God.
Who is Gabriel?
Islam's holy book and their most sacred text.
What is the Quran?
The math of replacing unknown numbers as letters
The system that China implemented to create a strong central government where the most knowledgeable people were in positions of power
What is bureaucracy?
This is the reason why China's capital was moved to Beijing.
What is to protect against future Mongol invasions?
The core beliefs of Islam.
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
The group of people who believed relatives of Muhammad should be the successors after his death.
Who are the Shias?
The Muslim philosopher who wrote the medical encyclopedia
Who is Ibn Sina?
The system created for people to work in the government.
What is the merit system?
These are the some of the three main reasons why the Chinese consider European traders to be smufflers.
- Chinese officials were wary (didn't like/trust) foreigners
- Europeans refused to pay tribute (taxes)
- Europeans entered China without permission.
The travel to the holy city of Mecca
What is the Hajj?
The language in which the Quran is written.
What is Arabic?
The art of decorative writing
What is Calligraphy?
These were some of the reasons why Tang China fell.
What is Military leaders trying to overthrow the emperor?
These are some of the reasons why the Ming dynasty reduced contact with outsiders after gaining power back from the Mongols.
- Their history with the Mongols made them not like foreigners
- They viewed foreigners as a threat to Chinese culture
The belief that there is only one God
What is Monotheism?
The cube like building in Mecca
What is the Kaaba?
The way ideas were exchanged between cultures.
what is trade? What are learning centers?