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Unit 2A Study Guide
The Postclassical Era, 500-1000 C.E.
Chapters 13-17
Ch.13:
1. What was the only classical society to survive in the centuries after 400 C.E.?
2. Describe how Byzantium’s location was a major advantage.
3. Describe the political structure (bureaucracy) of the Byzantine state.
4. What is caesaropapism?
5. What was Justinian’s most important and long-lasting political achievement?
6. By the 16th century, how did Russian think of Moscow?
7. What did Sts. Methodius and Cyril do?
8. What is the theme system?
9. What was the Hagia Sophia? What is it today?
10. What happened between the Pope of Rome and the Patriarch of Constantinople?
11. What city, influenced heavily by Constantinople, was the most important city in early Russia?
Ch.14:
1. A Muslim’s pilgrimage to Mecca is called ______.
2. What was the turning point in the spread of Islam?
3. What is the difference in the beliefs of Sunni and Shi’a?
4. What happened to those conquered peoples who did not convert to Islam under Umayyad rule?
5. What new industry, transmitted to the Islamic world from China, was introduced during the Abbasid period?
6. What practice was adopted by Islamic culture as a result of the conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia?
7. What is the Quran?
8. What is the sharia?
9. What is the Ka’ba?
10. How did the Persians influence Islamic culture?
11. The main Indian influence on Islamic thought was in the field of ______________________.
Ch.15:
1. The Sui construction of the ______________________ unified southern and northern China economically.
2. Describe the purpose of the equal-field system.
3. Describe the bureaucracy of merit system used by the Tang and Song dynasties.
4. The most important Chinese technological innovation in seafaring was ________________________________.
5. What new crop led to a drastic rise in population during the Tang and Song period?
6. Give an example of the increasingly patriarchal nature of Chinese society.
7. What effect did Buddhism have on Confucianism?
8. How did the Tang emperors respond to the growing numbers of Buddhists?
9. Even though heavily influenced by China, Korea and Vietnam were still different from China in what ways?
10. The native religion of Japan is __________________.
Ch.16:
1. Describe the political structure (bureaucracy) of post-classical India.
2. Compare/contrast northern and southern India during the post-classical era.
3. How did Islam reach India?
4. What effect did the 11th century invasions by Mahmud of Ghazni have on India?
5. Describe the rule of the Delhi sultans.
6. How did the seasonal monsoons affect India?
7. Why was India a natural home of emporia in Indian Ocean Basin trade?
8. Describe the caste system during the post-classical age.
9. The Bhakti movement sought to erase distinctions between _____________________ and ______________________.
10. How did India influence Southeast Asia?
11. The Khmer temple of Angkor Thom shows the influence of Hinduism, while the later temple of Angkor Wat displays the
influence of ______________.
12. How was Melaka different than the other Indianized states of Southeast Asia?
Ch.17:
1. What happened after the collapse of western Roman authority?
2. Charlemagne could be compared to Harsha in India in what ways?
3. What was the main goal of the missi dominici?
4. Describe the political system (bureaucracy) of medieval Europe.
5. Why did agricultural production increase in the medieval period?
6. What is manorialism?
7. What are the achievements of the early middle ages in Europe?
8. What are serfs?
9. Why did the Carolingian empire dissolve?