Chapter 6, 4 Events

Question 1

Nestorian monks took the gospel into India, Turkestan, China, Persia, and Syria. Nearly 100,000 Nestorians remain in southwest Asia today.

Answer 1

Spread of Nestorianism

Question 2

Nearly 20,000 children gathered around a shepherd-boy named Stephen to conquer the Holy Land. A merchant offered them free transportation, but then sold them into slavery.

Answer 2

Children’s Crusade

Question 3

More than 500 bishops tried to unite Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy under the Pope’s authority. Eastern Christians rejected the union.

Answer 3

Second Council of Lyons

Question 4

Marco Polo’s father met Kublai Khan in 1226. Christianity to intrigued Kublai that he asked for 100 monks to teach his people, the Mongols. Fewer than eight monks where willing to go. When the trip became severe, all of them turned back. When monks finally reached Mongolia in the late 1200s, it was too late. The Mongols had already converted to Islam.

Answer 4

Kublai Khan’s Request