Rise of Islam
The major rift between Sunni and Shi'a Islam began with a difference over this issue.
What is the choosing the caliph after the death of the prophet?
The MOST important factor in the population boom in China in the year 1000 was this.
What is technology focused on agriculture (plows, irrigation, etc.)?
Between 900-1400 CE Indian Ocean trade flourished for these reasons - give at least two (I will accept multiple answers).
What is better technology (ships), better understanding/prediction of monsoons, established sea lanes, more stable governments, rise of emporiums (coastal trading cities).
This concept from the eastern Christina tradition held the emperor as the head of the church.
What is caesaropapism?
Islamic law is known as this.
What is shari'a?
This dynasty treated Arab and non-Arab Muslims equally, and was more interested in administration of their empire than conquest.
Who were the Abbasids?
Foot binding had existed in China from ancient times but was popularized during this dynasty.
What is the Song?
This Islamic state dominated northern India for much of the 13th - 16th centuries.
What was the Sultanate of Delhi?
The Byzantine Empire was divided into these districts led by a stratagos (general) to help protect its borders.
What are themes?
In western tradition he established the first rules for monastic orders.
Who was St. Benedict?
The prophet Muhammad used this term to refer to himself as the last in a line of prophets.
What is "Seal of the Prophets?"
Emperor Wuzong, of this dynasty, is remembered as being particularly harsh in his persecution of Buddhists.
What is the Tang dynasty?
This Muslim leader conquered Afghanistan and parts of northern India and persecuted Hindus and Buddhists.
Who was Mahmud of Gazni?
Justinian had this great church built to both show his faith (in common with his people) and his power (after putting down a tax revolt).
What is the Hagia Sofia?
These two religious systems have both a holy text and a drive for missionary work.
What are Islam and Christianity?
The "People of the Book" refer to these non-Muslims.
What are Christians and Jews?
This philosophical framework developed in the Song dynasty blended early Confucianism and Buddhism.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
These religious mystics help to spread Islam to South India and SE Asia through their flexibility and a message of a personal relationship with God/Allah.
Who are the Sufis?
Justinian is most remembered for the creation of this lasting achievement (in Latin).
What are the Corpus Juris Civilis?
The depopulation of cities after the fall of the Western Roman empire led to this system of governing that tied peasants to the land.
What is feudalism?
According to the Quran - Muslim women are allowed to do this - something not permitted in most faiths at the time.
What is divorce their husband?
Although never successfully invaded, evidence of Chinese cultural influence can be found in Japan most strongly during this period (from 800 - 1200)
What is the Heian period?
This Indian emperor created a temporary centralized government in northern India in the 7th century.
Who was King Harsha?
Charlemagne's empire fell because of invasions from all sides and the incompetence and in-fighting of his sons...name one of them.
Who was Charles the Bald, Louis the German, Lothar, and Louis the Pious?
This Byzantine Emperor contributed to the growing schism between the East and West culminating in the excommunication of the Patriarch of Constantinople by the Pope, and vice versa, by banning the use of (and destroying current) holy images.
Who was Leo III?