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HIST341 Final Exam - The Silk Road and Central Eurasia
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HIST341 Final Exam - The Silk Road and Central Eurasia
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1. Many Muslim, Indian, and Western historians see Akbar as the greatest ruler in Indian history.Which of the following is NOT a reason for this admiration?
2. The Mongol Empire was created by Genghis Khan (d. 1127), when he unified the Mongol tribes in 1206.Which 'unofficial' title did he use after this date?
3. In 1370, the city of Samarkand became the capital of which empire?
4. The Kushan Empire, originally formed in the 1st century AD in the territories of ancient Bactria, brought a period of great wealth marked by extensive mercantile activities and flourishing urban life.Cultural exchanges flourished, encouraging the fusion of elements from which two cultures?
5. Who gave the Silk Road its name?
6. Who was the biggest threat to the Han Empire?
7. Which route of the Silk Road began at the Yang-kuan Gate outside of Dunhuang, continued to oases on the southern rim of the Takla Makan desert, and followed to the Kun-lun mountains to Khotan and Kashgar?
8. When was gunpowder invented?
9. What is the reason for the close relationship between Buddhism and trade?
10. Who were Faxian (337-ca.422) and Xuanzang (c.602-664)?
11. Under which dynasty did the Maritime Silk Road originate?
12. Who was William Rubruck (Willem van Ruybroeck, ca. 1210-1270)?
13. During the Tang dynasty, thriving commerce attracted merchants from every corner of the world.Which one of the following goods was NOT being imported to China?
14. When was the Dutch East India Company founded?
15. Why was the Great Wall of China, a series of fortifications in northern China, originally built?
16. Which Turkic conqueror (1336-1405) was chiefly remembered for the barbarity of his conquests from India and Russia to the Mediterranean Sea and for the cultural achievements of his dynasty?
17. The mid-to-late 15th century has been called the Age of Exploration and Discovery.It was an age in which European sailors left the Old World and embarked on their adventure of the vast 'green sea of darkness.'All of the following are direct motives for why Europeans took to the ocean EXCEPT:
18. Which empire was the first to acquire the secret of silk manufacture from the Chinese in 553-554?
19. When was the 'light' spoke wheel discovered in the Near East?
20. The widespread adoption of Islam beyond the Arab peninsula is recorded in some older histories as starting as early as the mid-seventh century.When did the 'true' Islamization of the Silk Routes begin?
21. Little is known about India's relationships with its Eastern neighbors during the early half of the classical period, but clearly there was contact.Our word 'China' derives from the Sanskrit-Indo-Aryan language, cina or mahacina, which derives from what Chinese word?
22. Which of the following products was NOT usually traded in the Maritime Silk Road?
23. What was 'Alexandria Eschatê'?
24. Who was John of Montecorvino (1246-1328)?
25. When were horses and camels domesticated?

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