Rahimi Midterm Review

The theistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism & later in Sikhism:

Peace, economic growth, & cultural dev. happened around the Mongol's occupied territories:

"Afro-Eurasian Integration" looks at:

These pastoral nomads (~3500 BCE), lived in the steppes of Central Asia & domesticated horses:

Most well known for his accounts of the customs of Angkor, he was a 13th c. Chinese diplomat

When was the discovery of the Americas?

Amir Khusrau was a...

One of the "Contact Zones" we look at in class:

Ibn Khaldun's "Decay Theory" is:

The term "noble savage" is used by everyone except:

Recounts the Taira & Minamoto clans battle for control of Japan in the Genpei War (1180–1185).

When was the Siege of Baghdad / fall of the Abbasids?

The Hongwu Emperor, founder of the Ming Dynasty:

Hangzhou (Song Capital) fell to the Monghols in...

Muslim mystic groups that created alliances w/ the aim of conquest through spiritual warfare

Strong solidarity is found in tribes & social decline is due to weakening of kinship ties is:

When did the Enlightenment happen?

What happened in the 13th and 14th centuries?

This was a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry.

Scholasticism was a medieval theology/philosophy taught in universities that combined:

Sufism includes ALL BUT:

Rumi's idea that he presents in the Masnavi: "self as lowest base of human existence"

Cultural manifestations arising out of Arabic/Persian traditions, not directly to Islam is...

When and where did the Renaissance begin?

Which topic aren't we examining in class?

"If two explanations exist for an occurrence, the simpler one is usually better" is known as:

What type of history are we doing?

KD Genghiz Khan sends trade mission and diplomats

When did the Protestant Reformation begin?

This person was the leader of the Ottoman Turks and the founder of the Ottoman dynasty.

Chengiz Khan is best known as....

"New forms of behavior/cultures, in contrast or in reference to others is shaped" is

Nomadic people who were settled / mostly would do commerce with urban regions:

Humans at the center of perception rather than the Divine is:

KD Mongol Conquests of Eurasia:

Conquest of Baghdad of 1258
 was:

A nomadic people living off the meat/milk & are domesticated as they travel through arid lands:

This is a traditional form of oral (recited) poetry performed in a colloquial Arabic dialect.

Which of these is NOT considered a cause of the crusades?

KD: Conquest of Samarqand

"Conditional Probabilities" means that...

This image, created by Da Vinci in 1847, is called:

Trebuchets used by Chinggis Khan in the Conquest of Jin are known as:

Characteristics of a nomadic people include ALL BUT:

KD: Siege of Acre (
city of Acre comes under Mamluks):

When did the Black Death begin?

This refers to the 5 short-lived Muslim kingdoms origin ruling in India from 1206 and 1526 CE:

What is Southernization?

Oldest text on Mongol language (orally preserved)

Examples from this work include drawings for a mechanical organ and studies on concave mirrors.

Tamerlane was a...

Boccaccio’s The Decameron, while romantic in tone and form, breaks from medieval tradition by:

He emphasized studying nature through empiricism (knowledge through the senses) in the 13 c.

KD Conquest of Yanjing, Jin capital

This was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260:

Born as Ma He in a Muslim family, he was a Chinese explorer/diplomat in the early Ming dynasty

Mongolian shaminism is an all-encompassing system of belief that includes: