Han Dynasty
Gupta Dynasty
Byzantine Empire
Islamic Caliphates
Tang and Song Dynasties
Mongols
Enduring Issues Essay
100
From 206 BCE - 220 CE, the Han Dynasty ruled here.
Where is China?
100
The Gupta empire supported this religion. It did not spread outside of India during the Golden Ages of Asia (200s BC - 1300s CE)
What is Hinduism?
100
This western half of this empire fell, but the eastern half carried on as the Byzantine Empire. This is why Byzantines see themselves as carrying on the western half's legacy.
What is Rome?
100
The official state religion of the Caliphates.
What is Islam?
100
This allowed the Tang Dynasty to be interconnected with other societies and to develop a flourishing economy.
What are the Silk Roads?
100
This chief became the leader of the Mongols and led them in war to create the largest continuous land empire in history. His name means "universal ruler".
Who is Genghis Khan?
100
Name one thing YOU WILL NOT DO in your essay.
- use "I" statements
- Start a body paragraph off with "In document..."
- Use too much document information/quote too much document information (max 2 sentences of doc info)
200
The production of this material led to the creation of vast trade routes that stretched across Asia.
What is Silk?
200
India was connected to China and the Middle East through this major trade route.
What are the Silk Roads?
200
List 3 major features of Greco-Roman culture the Hagia Sophia displays.
- Architecture - Columns, Domes, Arches
- Christian Church
200
In a Caliphate, this word is similar to the word "emperor." They were considered to be the successors to Muhammad, leading the Muslim world.
What is a Caliph?
200
The Tang and Song Dynasties relied on these government officials to assist the emperor in governing the empire.
What are bureaucrats?
200
The Mongols began as these type of people, meaning they had no permanent settlements but herded animals and migrated.
Pastoral Nomads
200
The two things you need to do in the introduction of your essay.
Identify and define the enduring issue.
300
Created under the Han Dynasty, this innovation would spread to Baghdad and eventually Western Europe. In Baghdad, scholars used it in their development of math and science. It would eventually spread to Western Europe to help revive education and learning at the end of the "Dark Ages."
What is paper?
300
This religion spread from India to China and later the rest of Asia through major trade routes.
What is Buddhism?
300
The city of Constantinople is centered on these two major trade routes, making it the perfect location to establish a city.
What are the Mediterranean Sea Trade Complex and the Silk Roads?
300
Under the Abbasid Caliphate, this city became a center of trade and learning due to its location in the center of all major Eurasian trade routes. Scholars traveled from all parts of the Caliphate in order to study at its famed "House of Wisdom". In 1258 CE, it was conquered by the Mongols.
What is the city of Baghdad?
300
Name one innovation that spread from China to the Middle East and Europe.
Paper, printing, silk, compass, gunpowder
300
Name two other regions or empires the Mongols conquered.
China (Song Dynasty), Abbasid Caliphate, some land in Eastern Europe, Russia
300
This type of information is what you need to include in the body paragraphs of your essay. Typically it is described as information NOT IN THE DOCUMENT.
Outside information
400
Aspiring students worked tirelessly at the Imperial Academy. At the end, they took this in order to be hired as bureaucrats working for the emperor.
What is a Civil Service Exam?
400
This system of numbers spread from India to the Middle East and eventually to Europe. Consisting of the numbers 0-10 and establishing our decimal system, it serves as the foundation of our system of numerals today.
What are Hindu-Arabic Numerals?
400
Created by an emperor with the same name, this codified Roman Law and became the basis for law under the Byzantine Empire. It serves as the foundation of western law today.
What is Justinian's Code?
400
When Caliphates conquered a new group of people, they allowed them to continue practicing their religions but with restrictions. This practice is called....
Religious Tolerance
400
Name one innovation or religion that spread from China east to either Southeast Asia, Korea, or Japan.
Buddhism, Confucianism, strong bureaucratic government, Pagoda Architecture, writing
400
These were features of the Mongol army that made them extremely powerful.
Composite bow, horseback riding, general brutality/violence
400
This is what you have to explain in the conclusion your essay.
Use a modern example to show how the issue has continued or changed over time.
500
This belief system served as the foundation for all of Han society.
What is Confucianism?
500
During his reign as emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty, he converted to Buddhism. As emperor, he tasked missionaries with spreading Buddhism across Asia and established a set of edicts named after him. The edicts are written on large columns built across India. They contain the teachings of Buddha and compel readers to follow Buddhism.
Who is emperor Ashoka?
500
In 1054, the first Great Schism occurred when the Byzantines broke off from the Roman Catholic Church and formed this type of Christianity.
What is Eastern Orthodoxy?
500
Through the use of paper, printing, and the making of books, Islamic scholars kept literature alive from these civilizations. This literature eventually spread to Western Europe during the Renaissance.
Greece and Rome
500
In the Tang and Song dynasties, anyone could take a Civil Service Exam. If they scored well enough, they could be hired by the government to perform high paying jobs. This means that the Tang and Song had a _________ social class system.
What is a fluid social class system?
500
This was the effect the Mongols had on Silk Road trade.
Protected traders, made silk roads safe, enhanced cultural diffusion between China, Middle East, and Europe.
500
What you need to do at the end of each body paragraph.
Connect the historical example back to the enduring issue and explain effects of the example.
(How did the enduring issue effect society or how did society effect the enduring issue?)