Chapter 12 Flashcards
When did roman rule of the west end
When Germanic general odovacer got rid of Romulus augustulus
Why was it called the Silk Road
High quality silk from china was one of the main exchange goods
Who stormed or conquered Rome
Alaric ( Visigoth)
Who was Attila
Warrior or king of the Huns ( nomadic invaders)
Who were the Visigoth
Germanic invaders form Scandinavia and Russia
First emperor to allow Christianity in the Roman Empire
Constantine
How did Hun invasions contribute to fall of western Roman Empire
Pressured Germanic people into the empire
What did the Visigoth do before invading Roman Empire
Adopted roman law
Contributed soldiers to roman army
Converted to Christianity
What happened after the dissolve of the Han empire in china
Divided into three large kingdoms
Most devastating diseases
Small pox measles and bubonic plaque
What did Manichaeism promote
Ascetic lifestyle
Belief in struggle of good and evil
Individual salvation
Strict moral code
What was Manichaeism a blend of
Zoroastrianism Christianity and Buddhism
Indian influence in Southeast Asia
Adopted raja
Sanskrit
Appointed Hindu and Buddhist advisors
Built temples Indian style
Where did Gregory the wonderworker help Christianity spread to
Anatolia Syria Palestine Egypt Africa Greece Italy Spain and Gaul
Who was Gregory the wonderworker
Missionary, performed miracles populists Christianity in Anatolia
Who took goods from palmyra to med basin
Jews
Who dominated East African trade
Rhapat
Trade items form rhapta
Ivory tortoise shells and slaves
Who controlled sea trade in the Persia gulf and overland trade within the empire
Parthia
Who dominates overland trade routes
Central Asia
Where was rhapta
Africa
What was linked by overland trade routes
Eurasia to North Africa
Who learned of the monsoon winds
Ptolemaic Egypt mariners
Where did silk originate
China
What areas did the monsoon winds connect into a maritime trade route
Asia India Arabia and east Africa
What created good conditions for developing long distance trade
Peace good social order construction of roads and bridges and knowledge of monsoon system
Why was zhang qian dispatched to Central Asia
Seek allies against the Xiongnu
Who dominated med trade
Rome
Trade items from Rome
Manufactured goods glass art olive oil and wine
Who organized gov when roman imperial authority fell
Popes and bishops
Who said Jesus was human and divine
Councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon
Who was roman bishop a descendant of
St. Peter
Where were the patriarchs from
Jerusalem Antioch Alexandria and Constantinople
Church officials
Bishop of Rome (pope) and patriarchs
Who was st Augustine
Bishop of hippo who converted to Christianity while in Italy
Who proclaimed Christianity official religion of Roman Empire
Theodosius
Who ruled what part of old western Roman Empire
Vandals and Visigoths- Spain and Italy
Franks- Gaul
Angles and satons- Britain
Lombards- Italy
What did the eastern part of Roman Empire become known as
Byzantine empire
Trade items from Central Asia
Horses and jade
Trade item from India
Pepper cotton exotic items like pearls
What was the easternmost extent of the Silk Road
China
Trade items from china
Fine silk and spices
How much did Rome and chinas population decline
A quarter of the population
60 to 45 million people
What were the effects of diseases
Trade declined
Economies contracted and moved toward regional self sufisioncy
Why did rulers invests in road
For military and administrative reasons
Western district of diocletians Roman Empire
Italy Gaul Spain Britain and Africa
What was included in diocletians eastern district of Roman Empire
Anatolia Syria Egypt and Greece
Trade items from Southeast Asia
Spices and mariners active in sea trade
Who was Diocletian
Emperor of Roman Empire
Divided empire into two districts
What religions became popular after Han collapse
Daoism and Buddhism
Who abolished the Han dynasty and divided it into three large kingdoms
Generals
Three worst epidemic diseases.
Small pox measles and bubonic plague
Less devoted Manichaeans
Hearers
Who were devoured Manichaeans
The elect
What was a Manichaeism dualist
A person who saw the world as a struggle of good and bad
Light- spiritual awareness
Darkness- material world
What was Manichaeism
A blend of Zoroastrianism Christian and Buddhist elements
Who was Mani
Prophet who stares Manichaeism
Who was nestorius
Greek theologian and he spread or stared Nestorian
Who were nestorians
Christians in Asia that followed a strict regimen
Followed nestorius
Who spread Buddhism to china
Merchants
Who spread Buddhism to Central Asia
Nomadic people
Where did Buddhism spread to first
Oasis towns
Where did Buddhism spread
Iran Central Asia china and Southeast Asia
Sea trade linked
China to Red Sea
Where did the road start ( in china)
Capital- chang’an
