Tang
During the Tang Dynasty, formerly swampy lands were transformed into this to support economic growth.
What are farmlands?
These "revelations," received by Muhammad over 20 years, form the central religious text of Islam.
What is the Quran?
Buddhism began spreading outside India in the 3rd century BCE, following these trade routes and eventually reaching China.
What are Silk Roads?
This precious fabric, a major export of Tang China, became popular across Asia and in the Islamic world.
What is silk?
The Quran emphasizes respect for Christians and Jews, referring to them with this term.
Who are the People of the Book?
This form of Buddhism, which includes the divinity of the Buddha and bodhisattvas, appealed to people in East Asia, especially during times of civil strife.
What is Mahayana Buddhism?
The Tang Dynasty is known for its "cosmopolitan culture" due to the presence of this fraction of foreigners practicing diverse traditions.
What is 1/3?
This sacred city is where Muhammad first critiqued the society around him and began his teachings, though he was eventually chased out to Medina.
What is Mecca?
This Chinese Buddhist monk traveled from India on a pilgrimage, collecting Buddhist texts and documenting the regions he visited.
Who is Fa-hsien?
This testing system was a pathway to government roles and a milestone in developing a merit-based bureaucracy.
What is the Civil Service Examination?
This city, once the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, became a major center of learning and political power in the Islamic world.
What is Baghdad?
In Mahayana Buddhism, these enlightened beings delay their own enlightenment to help others reach it, embodying compassion.
Who are bodhisattvas?
This emperor launched anti-Buddhist campaigns that closed thousands of monasteries and diminished Buddhist influence.
Who is Emperor Wuzong?
The question of who caliphs should be contributed to this division within Islam.
What is the Sunni-Shiite split?
Buddhism’s flexibility allowed it to adapt to these 2 established Chinese philosophies.
What are Daoism and Confucianism?