Exam 1

Question 1

Baochuan

Answer 1

Chinese HUGE treasure ship
Fleet of Zheng-He
Went on 7 voyages 
Early 15th century of Ming Dynasty
Not sure if the ships were real...it took Europe hundreds of years to development ships that big and technologically advanced--> China was way ahead

Question 2

Baghdad

Answer 2

Iraq-centrally located
Major capital of the Muslim world
Center of learning- House of Wisdom
Abbasids- found Baghdad in 762
Connections (math from India, paper from China, philosophy from Greece)

Shii Muslims, Christians, Jews, Sunni Muslims

Question 3

Abbasids

Answer 3

Arabs
Found Baghdad in 762
Imagined a perfect place—family and religion
Descendants of the uncle of Prophet Muhummad
Close to the Iranian world

Question 4

House of wisdom

Answer 4

Preservation of ancient text
Translation of Ancient Greek and Sanskrit to Arabic
Greek, Arabic. Syriac, Hebrew 
In Baghdad 9th-13th century 
Founded by Al-Ma'mun

Question 5

Alexander the Great

Answer 5

Conquered land 
Built a gate around gog&magog
Took land from Greece
842-847 
Greece and northern turkey
Was curious who was on his land so he sent them to check out his lands 

Impact on many civilizations…found a few of them
Found in Quran so can be linked to religion

Question 6

Caliph

Answer 6

Supreme religious and political leader of an Islamic state
Related to the Prophet Muhummad
Sent an envoy to find gog&magog because he had a nightmare—> wanted to see if they were on his lands

If you were related to a prophet, you were given ultimate power over any Islamic State.

Question 7

Zheng he

Answer 7

Lived in Ming China- 15th century
Born a Muslim
Travelled because he was ordered by the emperor to find power for trade, do research, and spread dynasty fame
Went on 7 voyages—> did not go to Mongolia
Defeated pirates and punished political upstarts
He did this to spread Ming China to the rest of the world and to take in any tributes. Also wrote about his stories for other travelers

Question 8

Ming

Answer 8

Zheng He lived in this time period
Chinese dress, name, language,—> Muslim
Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Islam
Based in Beijing China
1368-1644
Involved with landlords in Asia
Found forbidden city-Chinese imperial palace
They were a huge source of trade, travel, and religion in the western world. Inspired people with their technological developments and writings

Question 9

Book of Eldad

Answer 9

Old Testament

Judaism

Question 10

Mongols

Answer 10

East-central Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia
Buddhist and animist
13th century
Most Mongols never converted to Christianity….but connected to Prester John by being converted to Christianity until 1295

Question 11

Prester John

Answer 11

Christian king
Richest, most powerful
IMAGINARY
supposed to save all Christians from terrible things
1165-crusades were falling
Ethiopia, Central Asia, India
Gave Christians hope to defeat the enemies

Question 12

Gog&Magog

Answer 12

Nazis, Mongols, seythians, Al Queda
Can be whatever they want
Monsters: will devour mankind
Associated with the north
Appear in the Old Testament, book of revolution, and Quran
Were being searched in the 12th and 13th century’s
Certain ideas jump from one religion to the next
Many people believed in this creature…wasn’t contained in just one religion–> spread all over western world

Question 13

Sanskrit

Answer 13

Classical language from India
Primary language of hinduism Buddhism and Jainism
Important because the proper thing to do back then was follow Sanskrit…able to transcribe manuscripts

Question 14

Xuanzang

Answer 14

Buddhist monk from China
Travelled to obtain Sanskrit copies of Buddhist texts that were not in Chinese
The emperor refused to grant travel
600-664
Central Asia to India
Critical to where Buddhism has spread today

Question 15

Nalanda

Answer 15

10,000 monks from around the world
Center of learning: Hinduism, Sanskrit, medicine
India
320-550
People at that time needed to know how to make a living

Question 16

Ibn Battuta

Answer 16

Sunni Muslim that considers himself Arab
Pilgrim of Mecca
Travelled and learned about legal system because a saint told him to
14th century
People think he was a liar- he made his religion look better
He wrote about his travels and gave us more insight into the known world….his travelogue gives us more inside on the cultural, religious, political, and economical standpoint during this time period

Question 17

Berber

Answer 17

Ethnic group in North Africa
Farmers/migrant workers
Early as 3000 BC
Possibly gave insight to these travelers about the part of the world…potential trade happened as well

Question 18

Timbuktu

Answer 18

Famous for being remote although was very rich and scholarly
Mali, West Africa
1230-1600
Mosque of Timbuktu-school and mosque
Sancore University- large library-Islam, astronomy, math
Center for learning- trade routes became ink roads

Question 19

Mansa Musa

Answer 19

Became king after the previous sailed off into the Atlantic Ocean
Timbuktu
Died in the 14th century
Was known for travels-last place was Mecca
Europeans remember him for power (gold)
king of Mali
Made Sancore University

Question 20

Mingshi

Answer 20

1679-1739

Official history of Ming but 200 years later

Question 21

Syriac

Answer 21

Christians
Dialect of mid Aramaic
Fertile Crescent, Eastern Arabia in writing
132 BC-today
This language gave us a way of knowing what happened in the past

Question 22

Abyssinia

Answer 22

Christian and Jewish people
Modern day Ethiopia: lots of religion/culture
Ethiopia was known for religion…ideas came through travelers and trade