HIST 1215 Midterm: Study Guide - A4 - Test III
1 Mar 2018
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Unit iii test: regional and transregional interactions: 600-1450 ad. Trade networks: silk roads, indian ocean trade, mediterranean sea trade, items traded: stirrup, saddle, gunpowder, paper, compass, rudder, astrolabe, maps, cotton, sugar, banking, coconut. Spread of religion: 600-1450: islam, christianity, buddhism, all preached quality of all people, but society remains unequal and patriarchal. New empires rise up: china tang & song chinese renaissance with neo-confucianism, champa rice, Change & continuity: change: classical civilizations fall & mass migrations of people. Daniel t. eisert: continuity: religion is key spreads very quickly & trade continues to be very important. Origins of islam: islam, universalizing religion, unifying force in eurasia, spread to sw asia, europe, n. africa, began on arabian pen. Gabriel the angel he wrote them down and they were put in the qur"an. Persecution, fight, & victory: umayyad rulers of mecca felt threated because this new islamic faith destroyed the importance of the ka"ba and commerce in mecca muhammad fled to medina in.
