Modified 4 December 2005 EG  

Salvation Religion

Bhakti

Mahayana Buddhism

Theravada/Hinayana Buddhism

Bodhisatava

Lotus Sutra

Puranas

Nirvana

Christianity

Jesus

Paul

Letters of Paul

Jerusalem Church

Islam

Muslim

Quran/Koran

Hijra

Hajj

Five Pillars of Islam

Muhammad

Mecca

Jihad

*Dar al Islam

*Dar al Harb

Umayyad Caliphate

Abbasid Caliphate

Khalifa/Caliph

Shariah

Hadith

Ummah

Sui

T’ang

Sung/Song

Grand Canal

Paper

Gunpowder

Printing

Song Miracle

Buddhism in China

Tang Taizong

Talas

Civil Service Examinations

Paper Money

Nestorian Christians

Han Yu’s Memorial on Buddhism

Hangzhou

Shi’i

Sunni

Imam

Franks

Charlemagne

Clovis

Pope Leo

Justinian

Bourg

Feudal

Manor

Vikings

Saracens

Avars

Moldboard plow

Three field system

Byzantine Empire

Venice

Genoa

Wool

Crusades

Pax Monglica

Mongols

Ghengis Khan

Marco Polo

William of Rubruck

Golden Horde

Kublai Khan

*Aden

*Dar al Islam

*Lateen rig

*Swahili

*Malay

*Maize

*Potato

*Olmec

*Maya

*Aztec

Columbus

Epidemic Disease in the New World

*Iberian Expansion

*Cheng Ho/Zheng He

*Treasure Ships

*Caravel

*Prince Henry

*Bartolomeo Diaz

*Vasco Da Gama

*Potosi Mine

Abraham ben Yiju

Sabri

Buta Cult

Mowlid

Geniza

The Imam

Broader Ideas:

Remember that the essay portion of the final is cumulative. Thus the midterm study guide is applicable to the final.

How does the relationship between barbarians and urban/civilized people change over time? What, for that matter, is the difference between barbarians and civilized peoples?

How is the Han-Roman ecumene like/unlike the Mongol ecumene?

How does the relationship between rulers and their subjects change over time in the civilized world?

How does the rise and spread of Islam serve to integrate large areas of the Old World. What particular Muslim institutions help to bridge the boundaries between the different cultures that make up the Islamic World?