The King and You
"Change" is inevitable
Social Studies
Interrelated soceities
Misc.
100
Born in 1336, this conqueror controlled an empire that ranged from the Black Sea to Samarkand and helped spread Persian culture across the Eurasian continent.
Who is Tamerlane?
100
This Chinese dynasty's innovative use of paper lightened the load of maritime traders in the South China Sea.
What is the Song Dynasty?
100
Rooted in early Vedic texts and northern Indian society, this system of social organization was adapted to post-classical Indian society in order to deal with the social changes that resulted from increased economic integration throughout the Indian subcontinent.
What is the caste system?
100
Known for a series of expeditions between 1405 and 1433, this Chinese eunuch became a representative of the Ming government in the Indian Ocean trying to impose imperial control over foreign trade with China and impress foreign peoples with the power of the Ming Dynasty.
Who is Zheng He?
100
1) This author makes an argument for historians to consider the importance of time in their work.
Who is Lynn Hunt?
200
Marco Polo admired this Mongol ruler for his generosity toward the poor and efforts in building roads throughout the empire, but he is perhaps best known for conquering China between 1276 and 1279 and his expansion-minded Golden Horde that extended the Mongol empire and increased Eurasian integration.
Who is Khublai Khan?
200
These conveyances allowed Indian, Persian, Arab, Chinese and Southeast Asian traders to traverse the Indian Ocean with increasingly abundant cargo.
What are dhows and junks?
200
A product of medieval European urbanization, these organizations did far more than regulate urban economies, providing a social infrastructure that made it possible for medieval cities to function.
What are guilds?
200
Many 13th century trading routes led to this command center of the Mongol empire, a city that was made to symbolize a source of Mongol authority superior to the clan or tribe.
What is Karakorum?
200
1) Only 24 years old when she died, this daughter of an Italian banker is thought to be the inspiration for "La Vita Nuova," a 13th century expression of medieval courtly love by Florence's most famous writer.
Who is Beatrice Portinari?
300
Widely thought to be the wealthiest king in the world, this 14th century West African ruler capitalized on a growth in trade to spread Islam throughout his inherited kingdom.
Who is Mansa Musa?
300
With more than a million residents in the late 13th century, this capital city was also an economic hub of the Southern Song Dynasty that fell to the Mongols in 1276?
What is Hangzhou?
300
1) These sites of learning and devotion were often integral components of peasant life in Medieval Europe, providing social services in local communities and offering an avenue for peasants to participate in the doctrinal life of Christianity.
What are monasteries?
300
While this southern Indian kingdom dominated trade in the Indian Ocean basin for almost four centuries, it relied on local institutions to maintain order and raise tax revenue in lieu of creating a centralized state.
What is the Chola Kingdom?
300
This oral poem describes the moral ideals of the knightly class in England.
What is The Green Knight?
400
This changed the relationship between European monarchs and subjects by granting more liberties to feudal lords and by including exceptional soldiers and knights in the affairs of government.
What is the Magna Carta?
400
Born partially crippled, this leader eventually rose to power and controlled trade along the Niger River, developed a thriving commercial center at Niani, and made Mali into the wealthiest empire in sub-Saharan Africa.
Who is Sunjata?/ The Lion Prince of Mali
400
This is the term that Marshall Hodgson used to describe Muslim societies?
What is Islamicate?
400
Much like the Mongols, who were a force for the integration of culture and economy across the Eurasian landmass, these Norsemen effectively integrated the economies of Scandinavia with Eurasia primarily through coastal and riverine trading and conquest.
Who are the Vikings?
400
This devotional cult of love that aimed to bridge the gap between Islam and Hinduism began in southern India and was instrumental in the integration of northern and southern India in the post-classical era.
What is Bhakti? Or, what is the Bhakti Movement?
500
This nomadic Turkic leader created a state for himself in northwestern Anatolia at the turn of the 14th century before expanding the territory under his control and attracting followers who would later be known as Ottomans.
Who is Osman I?
500
Self-regulated by the medieval merchant justice system known as "Lex Mercatoria," this annual cycle of markets was central to an integrated Medieval European economy at its height in the 12th and 13th centuries in a region now known more for its viticulture.
What are the Champaign Fairs?
500
What was the most significant contribution of the Song period to world economy in the medieval period?
What is a Monetary-based market?
500
This scholar argues for a cyclical understanding of history.
Who is Ibn Khaldun?
500
This Japanese novel included the word "aware", meaning the "poignant or the stylishly, even artistically, sorrowful" to suggest the precarious situation of women in Japanese Heian feudal society as well the attention to form and style that permeated Japanese elite expressions of love.
What is The Tale of Genji?
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