Culture
Where did Neo-Confucianism spread
It spread to japan and Korean
Where did Marco Polo travel
China
How did the Arabic people influence the spread of their thought and technology?
They translated Aristotle and Plato, took math books from India, paper making in china, and studied medicine from the Greeks
What happened to religion as it spread?
It evolved to help people coexist and evolved into different types of the same religion
Who was Marco polo
Italian traveler that recorded his travels to china
What was Neo Confucianism
It is a mix between rational thought and Daoism and Buddhist thought.
What route did Marco Polo take?
He took the Silk road to get to Hangzhou
What did china develop
They created gunpowder and paper making
Where did Islam spread to
It spread to sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
What was the Black Death
It was a deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351
What language is a blend between Bantu and Arabic
The Swahili language
How did Marco Polo effect the European people
They started to travel to China to see if what he said was true
For Agricultural innovation what did they create?
There created Champa rice and the three field system.
Why did Chan Buddhism impact the written works in China
They wrote in the vernacular language instead of the formal language of the confucian scholars
What is Zen Buddhism
It is the syncretic version of Buddhist doctrines and with Daoism traditions.
What was the Urdu language influenced from?
It was influenced form sanskrit-hindu, Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Who was Margery Kempe
She was an English mystic that wrote an auto biography
What innovations did Europe get from China.
They got porcelain, huge amounts of iron, gunpowder, paper, and silk
What was the effect of the crusade
The Bubonic plauge or Black death arose killing most of the population
Who was Ibn Batutta
He was a muslim scholar that traveled through Dar-Al Islam Journaling lands and people he visited
What part of Javanese practices was mixed with Islamic stories
Poetry, stories, and puppetry
How did Ibn Batutta help the spread of Islam
He traveled through Dar-Al Islam journaled lands and people he visited
What did people develop to help them travel across the sea?
They created lateen sails, stern rudder, astroble, and a magnetic compass.
In the Sinhalan Dynasty, what influence did Buddhism have.
It had such strong influence that Buddhist priests often advised monarchs or government officails
What was Hangzhou
China's capital during the Song dynasty, larges Chinese city with a population of more than a million peopl