Final Exam Flashcards
(144 cards)
Who was Timur (Timerlane) (1405)? And what empire did he come along from?
Mongol empire. Imagined himself as a second coming of Genghis Kahn and thought he was destined for world domination. He erected a powerful empire himself in parts of Iran and Central Asia.
Silk Road
A network of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East by linking traders, merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads, and urban dwellers from China and India to the West.
Who was the Tsar in 1462-1505? Where was he from?
Ivan III who asserted Russian authority during the Mongol downfall. He was from Russia where o Their local elites had been left in place by Mongol Khans.
Who was: A Greek ship’s pilot said to have discovered the seasonal monsoon winds that facilitate sailing across the Indian ocean?
Hippalus
What is a dhow ship? Where did they sail? Grew from _____ tons in 1200 to _____ tons in 1500
The characteristic cargo and passenger ship that sailed the Arabian sea. Grew from 100 tons to 400 tons.
Explain the Bantu Migrations. What is interesting about these migrations?
About 2000 years ago, a slow spread of migrations took place from around Nigeria to the Cameroon border to the south and the east. And people from their came bearing sophisticated technologies like iron and a common language. Interesting because they lent a cultural overlay, giving it a unity that it hadn’t had at this point.
Who was Xuanzang? What did he do? What dynasty was he active in?
A Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller and translator. He described the interaction between China and India in the Tang dynasty
The prophet Muhammad:
1) Grew up as ________
2) What was his “big break”?
3) He became discouraged by his town and turned to what?
1) an orphan
2) when he married an influential woman, an older widow, also a merchant, named Khadija. They worked together and first to convert to new religion.
3) meditation
in 610 CE, what was the jarring vision Muhammad received?
An angel appeared w/ a message calling him to action, calling him a prophet, and giving him some basic things to say and do
What is the beginning of the Qu’ran?
The sum total of God’s communication w/ Mohammad
Did Muhammad believed in polytheism or monotheism?
Monotheism
Muhammad’s followers were eventually called Muslims, meaning what?
Those who submit to God’s authority
In 622 Muhammad immigrated from Mecca to Medina, this became known as what?
Hijra: the journey from Mecca to Medina
The Qur’an is the ____ word of God
Literal
Muslims consider the Qur’an non-______
Translatable
Is the Qur’an considered the Muslim bible? Why or why not?
NO because it is god’s literal word
The Qur’an is organized in ___ chapters and versus called Sura and Aya, and chapters go from ______ to ______
114
longest to shortest
What does Caliph mean? Where was it used?
- successor/delegate
- Used in Islam, the successors to Muhammad
Who formed the Shi’ites and what did they believe? Opposed by what?
- Mucawiya formed the group
- They believed caliphs should stay in Mohammad’s bloodline
- Opposed by Muslim mainstream
What is a “holy war” called in Islam?
Jihad
Who was Harun al-Rashid?
One of the most famous Abassid Caliphs
Who were Muslim slave soldiers that seized authority from their masters and controlled their own state? Who did they halt? What was the result of this?
- Mamluks of Egypt
- Halted Mongols
- Their reputation grew so Cairo became Islam’s first city
What are the 5 pillars of Islam?
1) P
2) P
3) F
4) P
5) G
1) Profession of faith- there is no God but God and Muhammad is his messenger
2) Prayer
3) Fasting
4) Pilgrimage to Mecca
5) Give alms to the poor
Ibn Sina was pioneering in what field? Wrote A Canon of Medicine which was what?
- Medicine
- Textbook on medical biology
