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| Mongol rule created a sharp population decrease due to... |
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| warfare, bubonic plague, and migration. |
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| Mansa Musa made a famous pilgrimage that... |
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| served to demonstrate the enormous wealth of his country. |
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| "It is the imminent pericl threarening you and all the faithful, which has brought us hither. From the confines of jerusalem and the ciy of Canstantinople a horrible tale has gone forth." The above quote describes which of the following events? |
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| The creation of the Eastern Roman Empire |
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| What is suggested about the plague by the picture of a medieval physician below?[image] |
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| Physician had to wear special costumes in order to keep their exposure to the disease at a minimum. |
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Five main requirements of the Code of the Bushido
1. Fidelity - towards master (lord) and Fatherland, respect towards parents, brothers and sisters
2.Politeness (reigi) - respect and love, modesty and correct etiquette (formality)
3. Virility - valor, |
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| It was strongly influenced by other eastern philosophies like Zen Buddhism and Confucianism. |
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| Japanese and European feudalism were similar in... |
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| the system was grounded in political values that embraced all participants, the idea of mutual ties and obligations was strong, rituals and institutions reinforced feudalism, and feudalism was highly militaristic. They weren't similar in that feudalistic ties were sealed by negotiated contracts. |
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| In the 9th century the Tang Dynasty was weakend by considerable coflict between... |
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| Buddhism and Confucianism. |
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| Swahili, a common language to East African trading city-states, can be described as... |
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| a combination of African and Arabic elements. |
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| What did the practice of footbinding encourage by neo-Confucianism reflect about gender attitudes during the Song period? |
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| Its social liberation of women during the Song Dynasty. |
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| Which group didn't invade Europe between 400 and 1000 C.E.? |
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| Cultural differences among American peoples are... |
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| due to environmental and climactic variations. |
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[x] Development of medical encyclopedias
[x] Develpment of algebra and astronomical tables
[x] Production of cotton textiles and woolen carpets
[x] Production of literature, calligraphy, and geometric art
All of the statements above can be classifie |
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| contribution of the Islamic civilization |
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| [image]
Based on the chart above, in the feudal system of Japan and medieval Europe, the emperor was similar to the pope it that... |
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| both were more ceremonial figureheads that actual rulers. |
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| [image]
What is not true about the building in the photograph above? |
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| It is the only survivng exapmle of Islamic architecture dating to the caliphate period. |
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| What consequence of the establishment of the Mongol Empire didn't take place? |
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| The demand for European products such as wool, porcelain, sugar, spices, and coffee. |
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| What is not a part of the Five Pillars of Faith? |
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| Right thought and right action |
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| Some of the lost knowledge of the Greek and Arab world came into the Latin West through... |
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| the recapture of southern Italy from the Byzantines and Sicily and Spain from the Muslims. |
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| The spread of Islam between 1200 and 1500 encouraged... |
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| the study of classical Greek scholarship in mathematics, medicine, and science, the study of Islamic law, theology, and admisnistration, and the introduction of new technology like papermaking. |
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| Between A.D. 800 and 1600, the West African city of Timbuktu became prosperous with the trading of... |
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| What are the reasons why technological development slowed down during the Ming period? |
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| Educated men were drawn into government employment, a large labor supply lowered the need for mechanization, and a scarcity of metals. |
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| The three field system was... |
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| an agricultural method of rotating crops. |
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| The last great Central Asian conqueror was... |
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| Sailing in the Indian Ocean was less difficult and dangerous than other places because... |
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| the monsoon winds were predictable. |
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| dominatied trade in the Baltic region. |
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| an association of craft specialists from the same trade. |
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| How did the collapse of the Mongol Empire in the fourteenth century affect trade? |
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| The Indian Ocean trade route grew in importance. |
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