Islam

Question 1

Battle of Talis

Answer 1

Abbasid Caliphate, Tibetan Empire and Uighurs against the Tang Empire. Tang Empire got Massacred. The Qarlug Turkic people betrayed the Tang Dynasty. 751. Marked the end of the Tang Empire. For Arabs, this victory was an “unnoticed turning point”. Weakened the Tang so that they had no more influence in Central Asia. Next 250 years, the buddhists, Hindus, Zoroasters and Nestorian Christians in the are converted to Islam. Through the battle, the Arabs acquired the art of Paper Making from the Chinese.

Question 2

Songtsan Gampo

Answer 2

Founder of the Tibetan Empire

Question 3

Kao Hsien-chih

Answer 3

Chinese General that lost the battle

Question 4

Sassanian Empire

Answer 4

Persian Empire from 200s to 600s with close ties to Chinese over dealing with Turkic Central Asia. Last Persian empire before the rise of Islam