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| What were some important characteristics of the Abbasid Dynasty? |
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- Not a conquering dynasty/ sparred with the Byzantine Empire
- clashed with the nomads of Central Asia
- Diverse administration
- Had Persian influences
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| Who were the Saljuk Turks and what was their role in Abbasid governance? |
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| The Saljuk Turks were nomads from Central Asia who invaded the Byzantine Empire. Their role in Abbasid governance was to assist in responce to rebellions by peasants and provincial govenors. |
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| What new economic tools or methods were common to the Islamic dynasties, Chinese dynasties, and the Byzantine empire? |
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Islamic dynasties: Trade and banks
Chinese dynasties: Laws, currency, weights and measurements
Byzantine empire: Banking, trade, guilds |
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| What were some rights of women under early Islamic dynasties? |
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| Women in under early Islamic dynasties didn't have legal rights. They had little or no property or succession rights.. |
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| Why do we designate between the Song dynasty and the Southern Song dynasty? |
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| The Song dynasty never established a strong state and it focused more on civil administration, education, and arts. The Southern Song dynasty was the surviving part of the song dynasty after it was conquered by the nomadic Jurchen. |
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| What were some beliefs that showed interaction between the Islamic and Hindu religions? |
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| Both believe in God's reward for good deeds and punishment for bad deeds, Both promised salvation to devout individuals, Both believe that its followers should make a pilgramage to a holy city. |
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| What was the role of women in the Byzantine empire? Was this consistent over time? |
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| The rold of women was to maintain their reputation and modesty. They lived in separate apartments and did not recieve visits from males who werent from the household. They didnt attend parties and upperclass women wore veils to avoid attention from men outside of their own families. |
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| Who are the Vikings, what was their role in medieval Europe and what were some outcomes of their involvement in Europe? |
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They are nomadic people from Scandinavia and they were prior merchants that instead turned to raiding and plundering than trading or raising crops. They were known as Norse mariners who invaded settlements from Russia to Mediterranean lands. They attacked unprotected monasteries, cities in France, Germany, and British Isles.
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| The chief leader of the Rebellion in Persia that brought the Umayyad dynasty to an end. He was a sunni Arab but allied with Shias and muslims who were not arabs. Founded Abbasid dynasty. |
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| The Islamic holy law. Drawn up by theologians from the Quaran and accounts of Muhammad's life. |
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| Poet and theologist. Associated with Sufism which was an Islamic movement that was known for piety and devotion rather than doctrine. |
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| One of the world's largest water work's projects that facilitated trade between northern and southern China. Built during the Sui dynasty. Made up of a series of artificial waterways that stretched from the south of China to the capital Chang'an to what is now modern Beijing in the north. |
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| Emperor of the Tang dynasty. Was ambitious and ruthless. He saw himself as a confucian ruler who heeded the interests of his subjects. Enforced the Equal-field system. |
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| Reflected by performance on the imperial civil serveice examinations. Tang rulers recruited government officials from the ranks of candidates who progressed throught the Confucian educational system and mastered a sophisticated curriculum. |
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| It was the equal distrubution of agricultural land. The purpose was to avoid the social problems the concentration of landed property made. |
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| Reasons for the Tang decline |
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| The emperor neglected public affairs because he was distracted by music and his favorite concubine. A former military commander led a rebellion and captured the capital at Chang'an. Tang officials invited the Turks to bring an army into China and they demanded the right to sack Chang'an. |
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| Philosophy that tried to merge certain basic elements of Confucian and Buddhist thought. Most important of the Neo-confucianists was a chinese thinker Zhu Xi. |
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| A Shogun was a Japanese military leader or governor. He ruled in place of the emperor. |
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| After fall of Gupta dynasty, he temporarily restored unified rule in most of northern India. He was a Buddhist. |
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| He was a Muslim Turk who was feared among India. He raided North India, plundered, and destroyed temples. |
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| Southern Indian kingdom originally supported Sultunate of Delhi. Independent until the 16th century. Renounced Islam in 1336. |
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| Southern Indian Hindu kingdom. It was a tightly centralized state that dominated sea trade. |
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| Accomplishments of Justinian |
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| Justinian was known as the sleepless emperor. He reestablished the Roman Empire and took part in the codification of the Roman Law. |
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| Concept that allowed for one person to have both political and religious authority. It was central to the church vs. state controversy at the time. |
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| The Byzantine theme were the imperial organization of the empire. Had central control and it resulted in the decline of peasants. |
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| Staked his claim as sole emperor of Roman Empire after his father's retirement. Built the city of Constantinople which later became the capital of the empire. He and his successors faced the same administrative differences that his father tried to solve by spliting the empire. |
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| One of the most famous missionaries to the Slavs. Together with his brother, they conducted missions in Bulgaria and Moravia. Devised on the Cyrillic alphabet. |
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| He was the heir to Byzantium. Followed the Russian Orthodox Church and converted in 989. |
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| Was the King of Franks. Had contacts with the Abbasids and Byzantines. |
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| Was a result of mutual excommunitcation. It was between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. |
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