Medieval China
Dar-al Islam
Advancements in Medieval China and Dar-al Islam
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This patriarchal practice was embraced in the Song Dynasty as part of Neo-Confucianism.
What is foot binding?
100
This was Muhammad's profession before he became the prophet. It remained a popular trade in the Islamic world and explained why Islam spread so heavily through trade.
What is a merchant?
100
During the rule of the Abbasid Caliphate this center of learning housed many scholars in the capital of Baghdad.
What is the House of Wisdom?
200
This new variety of China's staple crop, came from Vietnam and led to a population boom in Song Dynasty China.
What is Champa rice?
200
The first wave of Islamic powers were Arab, such as the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates, but the next wave were from this culture.
What is Turkic?
200
Song Dynasty China became a manufacturing center, with iron works being fueled by this natural resource.
What is coal?
300
During Song Dynasty China, this meritocratic system of assigning government jobs created the most educated bureaucracy in the world. It was based on study and knowledge of the Confucian classics.
What is the Civil Service Exams?
300
This sect of Islam accounts for 85-90% of the world's Muslims today. They believed that the umma should choose the next caliph after the death of Muhammad.
Who are Sunnis?
300
This advancement in Song Dynasty China used wood-block printing to make commerce and trade much easier and safer.
What is paper money?
400
This was the official state ideology of Song Dynasty China.
What is Neo-Confucianism
400
This group are considered to be the mystical branch of Islam. Many were merchants and poets during this time period and helped to spread Islam.
Who are the Sufis?
400
These were examples of new advancements in maritime technology made by Song Dynasty China.
What are the magnetic compass and astrolabe?
500
During the Tang Dynasty, China expanded its power in the region. The name for the smaller states surrounding China that came under its influence, such as Korea and Vietnam, are this term.
What are tribute states?
500
This emperor of Mali is considered to be perhaps the richest man to ever live, due to the gold trade. As a devout Muslim, he went on the Hajj in 1324 and his generosity became legendary.
Who is Mansa Musa?
500
The Abbasids made many advancements in medicine, including this procedure on the eyeball.
What is cataract surgery?