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Chapter 12:Silk Road
Review: Chapter 12: Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who were the Xiongnu? Pg. 233-234 | A nomadic people from central Asia. They manaced the Han empire. |
| What was the Silk Road? Pg. 236-239 | An ancient trade route that linked Xian, China to the Eastern Mediterranean and Rome. (Wasn't only by land, went into the Indian Ocean etc. too.) (See Monsoon Winds) |
| What was the Sasanid Empire? | It was one of the three empires that broke from Persia after Alexander the Great died. I t was constantly at war with Rome. |
| What was the Edict of Milan? Pg. 250 | The Roman Emperor Constantine promulgated it. It allowed Christains to practice their faith openly in the Roman empire. |
| Who was Han Wudi? Pg. 233-234,236 | Chinese Emperor (reined 141-87 B.C.E.). He sent out Zhang Qian to recruit people against the Xiongnu. |
| What is Nestorian Christianity? Pg. G-7 | It's an early branch of Christianity, named after the fifth-century Greek theologian Nestorius, that emphasized the human nature of Jesus Christ. |
| Who was Diocletian? Pg. 247 | He was a Roman Emperor (reined 284-205 C.E.). He divided the Empire into two administrative units. Established tetrarch system. |
| Monsoon System/Monsoon Winds Pg. 235 | Affected trade along the silk Roads because it was in the Indian Ocean. Summer: winds from SW, winter: winds from NE. To successfully trade without problems, they had to figure it out so that they could use it to their advantage and not be harmed by it. |
| What is Manichaeism? Pg. G-6 | It is the religion founded by the prophet Mani in the third century C.E., a syncretic version of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Buddhist elements. |
| Who was Constantine? Pg. 247-248, 250 | He was the emperor of Rome and he reined from 306-337 C.E. He was the son of Diocletian's coruler. He built the new capital: Constantinople. He also promulgated the Edict of Milan. |
| What is Dualism? Pg. 242 | Views the world as the site of a cosmic struggle between the forces of light and darkness, good and evil. Light: spiritual awareness; darkness: material world. Doctrine said to reject worldly pleasures. |
| What are tetrarchs? Pg. 247 | Diocletian founded it. He ruled with Calerius, Canstantius(Constantine's dad), and Maximian. There was often fighting between them because one always wanted to be in charge. Separated empire into 4 districts. Easier to administer vast empire. |
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