Week 6 Lectures
Week 6 Readings
Week 7 & 8 Lectures
Week 7 Readings
TA Assigned Reading
100
What granted religious freedom to everyone in the roman empire?
What is the Milan Edict
100
Who were the military guards that served as the personal bodyguard of the Roman Emperors?
Who are the Praetorian Guard
100
What is Genghis Khan and who was the first?
What is the ruler of everything from ocean to ocean Who is Temujin
100
Who was the first to use civil service examinations, the most durable dynasty in Chinese History?
Who is Han
100
What religion has many subdivisions, which include Catholicism, Orthodox, and Protestant.
What is Christianity
200
Who was a prophet of the Muslim religion, who believed that he was the next and final line of prophets after Moses, Abraham, and Jesus, and had his spiritual experiences and encounters written down in what is known as the “Koran” ?
Who is Muhammad
200
What was a imperial guard placed by a emperor to counteract provincial armies.
What is Tagmata
200
Who was a local gang leader who appoints Chu Yuan- Chang to be second in command
Who is Kuo Tzu-Hsing
200
What is a type of philosophy started by Confucius, mostly recorded in the book called Analects?
What is Confucianism
200
What is the second most popular religion in the world
What is Islam
300
What are the two main Islamic groups that separated because of their beliefs of who should of been Caliph?
Who are the Sunni and Shi'ite's
300
Who were the two types of troops under Constantine
Who are the comitatenses and limitanei
300
Who was world famous for his wealth and power, who made a pilgrimage to Mecca with 60,000 subjects who brought so much gold that the price of gold was affected by his visit?
Who is Mansa Musa?
300
What is the most glistening period in China's history (considered as the golden age of Chinese History)?
What is the Tang dynasty
300
Who was the prophet who preached the words which would later be the words in the Qur’an.
Who is Muhammad
400
What was a time of roman peace because of five " good emperors"?
What is Pax Romana
400
Who was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 31 BC until his death in 14 AD?
Who is C. Octavius Augustus
400
Where is the place of Mongol battle where Mongols were victorious against a small russian tribe?
What is the Kalka River
400
Which Chinese philosophy says that the best way to act in harmony with the universal order is to act spontaneously and let nature take its course?"
What is Daoism
400
If you are a devout Muslim, where must you go to at least once in your life time?
Where is Mecca
500
Who were the Visigoths and what battle did they fight in, and with who?
The visigoths -were branches of the nomadic pastoralist tribes of Germanic peoples. -They fought in the battle of Adrianople against the Romans in 378.
500
Who ended the Julio Claudian period, by stabbing himself in the throat?
Who is Nero?
500
What are the 5 Pilars of Islam?
What are 1) Belief in Allah and his prophet Muhammad (Shahada). 2) praying 5 times a day in the direction of Mecca (Salat). 3) Observation of month of Ramadan, which includes fasting from dawn to sunset (Sawm). 4) Making a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in one’s lifetime (Hajj). 5) Giving alms to the poor and unfortunate (Zakat).
500
Who were the first imperial dynasty in China
Who were the Qin
500
If you are a devout muslim where must you go at least once in your lifetime?
Where is Mecca
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