The person who adapted the Christian Benedictine "Rule" for female converts, also the alleged twin of St. Benedict.
What is St. Scholastica?
100
This society had rains from the south and west in the spring/summer and rains from the north and south in the fall/winter.
What is India
100
The main vehicle used for transportation along the Silk Road's land routes.
What are caravans?
100
This is the type of social structure in which males are dominant, that was prevalent in all of the post classical era societies(if you don't know this, you fail, jk,but really...)
What is a Patriarchal society
100
This administration used Persian techniques of statecraft.
What is the Abbasid administration?
200
Buddhism/Daoism hybrid
What is Chen/Zen Buddhism?
200
This Chinese dynasty proposed the equal-field system; 20% of land is herediatry ownership while 80% is distributed according to family size.
What is the Tang Dynasty
200
Device invented in China that was highly beneficial to people traveling by sea.
What is the compass?
200
Under the Song dynasty, high class women were encouraged to do this, which showed beauty and high scocial standing.
What is Foot binding
200
Charlemagne used this to control his government.
What are aristocratic deputies?
300
This includes the requirement of revering only Allah, praying five times a day toward Mecca, fasting during Ramadan, etc.
What is The Five Pillars of Islam?
300
Chinese adopted fast-riping rice that can be harvested twice per year from this country.
What is Vietnam
300
Invention that originated in China, and improved weapons greatly as it spread.
What is gunpowder?
300
This group of people were specialized warriors who worked for the lords of Japan and enforced rules. They were looked upon with great esteem by commoners
Who are samurais
300
All the dynasties from the Post-Classical China relied heavily on this to determine an official's post based on his performance on imperial civil service examinations.
What is Bureaucracy of Merit?
400
The two most important deities in the Hindu Pantheon.
What is Vishnu and Shiva?
400
Indian societies constructed these to collect rain water to feed into canals since there were no main rivers.
What are reservoirs.
400
This invention was the first capable of turning over heavy northern soil in Europe.
What are heavy plows?
400
In India, these places served as economic and social centers
What are Hindu temples
400
This controlled the government in India. It served as a banker, made loans, invested in commerce and business ventures, provided schooling, collected taxes, and controlled agricultural system.
What is a temple administration?
500
This attempted to narrow the gap between Hinduism and Islam.
What is The Bhakti Movement?
500
By this year, Chinese population had skyrocketed to 115 million.
What is 1200 CE.
500
The name of the ship that began to use the lateen sail (triangular sail)
What is a dhow?
500
The growing prominence of Islam, economic development, and urbanization all created a strain on this in India
What is The caste system
500
The Byzantine Empire used this system since it placed an imperial province under the jurisdiction of a general because he provided military defense and handled civil administration.