Tang & Song Dynasty
Name 3 accomplishments that occurred during the Song dynasty
1. Magnetic compass
2. Paper money
3. Moveable-type printing
One factor contributing to a golden age of Indian society during Mughal rule was...
One factor that favored the spread of Islam to WEST AFRICA was...
trade along gold-salt routes
What were the three civilization we talked about in Western Africa?
1. Ghana
2. Mali
3. Songhai
The Dark Ages was right after what event?
The fall of the Roman Empire
In the 15th century, the Ming dynasty excelled at what?
Shipbuilding
One contribution of Muslim scholarship in Spain to the intellectual life of Europe was...
the preservation and translation of Greek and Roman texts
One result of the Mongol conquests of the Islamic heartland includes...
rise of the Ottoman Turks as a regional power
Why did the Bantu people migrate?
Charlemagne was the king of who?
Name 1 impact on Asia of the Tang Dynasty reunification of China
The spread of Buddhism to Japan & Korea
One result of Mongol domination of Russian principalities was...
the rise of the princes of Moscow as a regional power
One factor that shaped the practice of slavery in the Islamic world was what?
The prohibition of enslaving fellow Muslims (religious brotherhood)
What was the first of the West African trading kingdoms?
Ghana
What political change was brought about by the fighting of the Hundred Years War?
Powerful monarchies consolidated power as nation-states emerged.
What was one result of Mongol expansion during the Middle Ages?
A vast, unified empire of many cultures.
How did Muslim expansion into India differ from expansion across North Africa?
Islam coexisted separately from the dominant Indian religion of Hinduism.
How did the location of the Islamic caliphate on the map influence trade in the region?
Islamic merchants served as middlemen for European and Asian trade.
The Swahili language is a mixture of Bantu and Arabic languages spoken by people living along the east coast of Africa. The development was largely a result of...
the growing influence of Islamic traders
In what way did the spread of the Black Death change the manorial system in Europe?
Population loss allowed peasants to leave the manor to seek jobs
How did the revival of Confucian teaching (by the Tang leaders) in China affect women?
Women lost social status evidence because of the practice of foot binding.
Summarize the effects of Mongol invasions on the Islamic world.
Mongols captured Baghdad and ended Seljuk Turk rule. They could not rule distant region, which allowed the Ottoman Turks to come to power.
The spread of Islam brought political changes to southwest Asia by unifying...
North Africa, Arabia, Persia, and Asia Minor under a centralized authority
Why were West African kingdoms like Bali and Ghana successful during the Post-Classical period?
They adopted Islam and established trade relations with Muslims
Why did the Crusades contribute to the end of the Medieval era in Europe?