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Unit 3 - AP World
Pualei Ako
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Quran | Written versions of Muhammad's revelations |
| The Sharia | Guidance on proper behavior. (marriage, family life, inheritance, and slavery). |
| Agricultural Experimentation | Methods of irrigation, fertilization, and crop rotation |
| Sufis | Most effective Islamic missionaries |
| Persian Influence on Islam | the principal language of literature, poetry, history, and political reflection. |
| Indian Influence on Islam | Mathematics, science, and medicine captured the attention of the Muslims. |
| Greek Influence on Islam | Philosophical, scientific, and medical writings that the Muslims admired. |
| The Grand Canal | most elaborate project during the Sai dynasty and one of the world's largest waterworks projects. |
| Tang Taizong | most of the dynasty's sucess was due to the energy, ability, and policies of the dynasty's second emperor. |
| Song Dynasty | 960-1279 C.E |
| Song Taizu | a junior military officer serving one of the most powerful warlords in northern China. |
| Foot Binding | the tight wrapping of young girls' feet with strips of cloth that prevented the natural growth of the bones |
| Gunpowder | discovered by mixing charcoal, saltpeter, sulphur, and arsenic |
| Buddhism In China | attracted the Chinese interest partly because of its high standards of morality, its intellectual sophistication, and its promise of salvation. |
| Zhu Xi | a prolific writer |
| Neo-Confucian Influence in China | illustrates deep influence of Buddhism in Chinese society & influenced east Asian thought over a long term |
| Harsha | temporarily restored unified rule in most of northern India |
| Vishnu and Shiva | two of the most important deities in the Hindu pantheon |
| Conversion to Islam | some Indians adopted Islam in hopes of improving their positions in society |
| Indian Influence in Southeast Asia | Asian ruling elites borrowed Indian forms of political organization and accepted Indian religious faiths |
| Justinian | most important of the early Byzantine emperors; an energetic worker known as "the sleepless emperor" |
| Codification of Roman Law | Justinian's most significant political contribution |
| Germanic Kingdoms | occupied by Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Lombards, and Franks people |
| The Franks | most successful and most influential of the Germanic peoples |
| Silk | made major contribution to the Byzantine economy that the government closely supervised every step in it's production and sale |
| Pope Gregory I | most responsible for charting an independent course for the Roman Church |