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HIST341 Final Exam - The Silk Road and Central Eurasia
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1. What was the Mongols' view on foreigners?
2. 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?
3. During the Mongol rule of China, Nestorianism and Roman Catholicism enjoyed a period of toleration, and Lamaism (Tibetan Buddhism) flourished.What was the Mongols' view on Taoism?
4. When did the first ambassadorial mission of Romans to China take place?
5. By approximately 190 BCE the Seleucid Empire consisted of Syria, Mesopotamia, and most of the Iranian plateau; subsequently, they were able to dominate which of the following?
6. Buddhism reached its apogee during the Tang dynasty.During this period, were other religions tolerated?
7. Who were Faxian (337-ca.422) and Xuanzang (c.602-664)?
8. Fill in the blank. The Göktürks were a Turkic people of ancient Central Asia.The Göktürks succeeded the _________________ as the main Turkic power in the region and took hold of the lucrative Silk Road trade during the 6th century.
9. 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?
10. Under which dynasty did the Maritime Silk Road originate?
11. Which of the following statements does NOT describe Sogdiana?
12. What is the reason for the close relationship between Buddhism and trade?
13. 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?
14. The oasis city of Khotan has long been an important strategy and trading center between China and Central Asia since the third millennium B.C.What does its name, Khotan, mean?
15. When were horses and camels domesticated?
16. The Roman craze for Chinese silk led the Senate to issue several edicts that did which of the following?
17. What was 'Alexandria Eschatê'?
18. When did the Chinese lose their monopoly on silk production?
19. Fill in the blank. In the Yangshao culture—a Neolithic culture that existed along the central Yellow River in China from around 5,000 BC to 3,000 BC—most people were engaged in _________________.
20. For the first century following the Roman conquest, what happened to Egypt?
21. What is the name of the famous 17th century French physician and adventurer whose observations of India would influence generations of Europeans?
22. Fill in the blanks.The Maritime Silk Road, opened under the rule of Emperor Han Wudi, connected China to the ________________ via India.
23. Who was Marco Polo (c.1254-1324)?
24. Several types of domesticated animals were central to the lives of the nomads; animals would be important depending on local geography and ecology.Which two animals were particularly 'key' to the development of the Silk Road?
25. The Central-Asian steppe was for centuries the home of nomad tribes who roamed across the plains, incidentally attacking the urbanized countries to the south, east, and west.Who was the first western historian to describe the lifestyle of these tribes?

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