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?
The moral belief system that focuses on personal ethics and morality.
what is confucianism?
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?
pottery, music, and calligraphy
What are the "three perfections"?
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 ancient Chinese philosophy that values harmony with nature
What is Daoism?
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.
this Chinese invention helped increase literacy in Song China.
What is block printing?
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 way that Chinese culture spread.
What is trade?
The cube like building in Mecca
What is the Kaaba?
The way ideas were exchanged between cultures.
what is trade? What are learning centers?