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during the period of the warring daimyos, what was the factor that led to a revival of Chinese influence on the cultural level?
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zen buddhism
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what group was responsible for the fall of the southern song dyanasty in 1279?
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mongols
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who was the founder of the Tang dynasty?
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Li yuan
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warrior leaders in the tenth centruy in Japan who controlled provincial areas and ruled from small fortresses in the countryside were called...?
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bushi
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what caused the flight of the Song dynasty from thier capital in northern China?
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the invasions of the Jurchens who had formed the Qin kingdom
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what was the innovation of the Abbasid wourt with respect to women?
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the establishment of the harem
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while the position of Aztec women in many ways paralleled that of women in other civilizations at a similar stage of developement, what was the significant difference between the life of women in Mesoamerica and in the Mediterranean world?
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the limited technology of mesoamerica confined women to many more hours grinding grain for food.
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how did the Aztecs view the cultural achievements of the Toltecs?
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as the givers of civilization
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what was a result of the conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Arab Muslims?
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The position of small farmers in the Empire was weakened as a result of heavy tazxation, resulting in greater aristocratic estates.
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what was the impact on Confucianism of the Tang repression of the Buddhists?
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confucianism emerged as the central ideology of Chinese civilization until the twentieth century.
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what was the nature of the material culture of bedouin society?
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ecept in the sedentary agricultural communites of the south, there was little art or architectrue; and the cief focus of cultural creativity was oral poetry.
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what was the impact of the crusades on the Christian west?
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christians adopted military techniques, words, scientific learning, and Arabic numerals among other things.
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wht were primary exports of the Byzantine Empire?
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raw materials such as metal ores from asia minor.
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what happened after Muhammad's death in 632?
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many of the bedouin tribes renounced Islam.
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what was the religious affiliation of the Seljuk Turks?
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Summi
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The dynasty that ended the period of political chaos after the fall of the Qin-Han was the..?
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Sui
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During the post classical period societies in the Americas...?
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remained entierely separate from those of the Old World.
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What was the result of the imperial attempt to suppress Buddhism within the Chinese empire?
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Buddhism survived the repression, but in a reduced state without the political influence of the early Tang years.
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what was the Umayyad attitude to other religions?
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the umayyads displayed tolerance towards the religions of dhimmi peoples.
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what was the principle advantage of the Islamic concept of the ummah?
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it transcended old tribal boundaries and made possible political unity among Arab clans.
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why was theCaliph uthman disliked by so many Arabs?
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he was the first caliph to be chosen from muhammad's early enemies, the umayyads
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what was the impact of the rise of the samurai on the pesantry in Japan?
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Japanese peasants were reduced to the status of serfs bound to the land they worked.
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the inca nobility were...?
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drawn from 10 royal ayllus and the city of Cuzco.
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What was the Aztec view of history?
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like other mesoamerican peoples, the aztecs pelieved in a cyclical pattern of repetititive destructions of the world.
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What group of peoples were responsible for the conquest of Kievan Russia after 1236?
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Mongols ( Tartars)
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What was the impact of expansion and conquest on the Aztec social system?
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From a loose association of clans, Aztec society became a stratified society.
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what was the impact of the cusades on Islam?
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There was minimal western impact on islam.
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What was the nature of pre-islamic bedouin religion?
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bedouin religion for most clans was a blend of animism and polytheism focusing on the worship of nature spirits.
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what appears to have been the primary concerns at the imperial Japanese court at Heian?
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social conventions and original verse
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What government replaced the Kamakura regime in the early 14th century in Japan?
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Ashikaga Shogunate
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The Arabic camel nomads were referred to as ...?
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bedouin
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the period of political disorder and chaotic warfare that followed the Qin-Han era is referred to as...?
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era of Division
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what was the immediate impact of the imperial move to Heian?
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the aristocracy was resotored to counterbalance the power of the Buddhist monasteries and took over most of the positions in the central government.
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what made the reunification of China undr the first Sui emperor possible?
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the support of the nomadic warrior elite
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how did the Song empire comare to the Tang?
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the song empire was smaller in territorial extent than the Tang empire.
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how did the principles of warfare change under the daimyos?
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scientific warfare based on s[uing, timely assaults, wise command and organization of massive armies replaced heroic combat.
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by the eleventh and twelfth centuries, what was the status of the japanese court aristocracy?
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aristocratic families at the court depended on alliances with the provincial warrior elite in order to exercise any power.
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what was a difference between the spread of civilization in eastern and western europe?
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they produced different versions of Christianity, culturally as well as organizationally separate.
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what was the initial response of the Umayyads to Muhammad's new faith?
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they regarded him as a threat to thier wealth and power as he questioned the traditional gods of the ka'ba.
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Islam means...?
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submission
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what was the Ka'ba?
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the religious shrine that was the focus of an annual truce.
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what was muhammad's teaching with respect to the revelations of other monotheistic religions?
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muhammad accepted the validity of earlier Christian and Judaic revelations and taught that his own revelations were a final refinement and reformulation of erlier ones.
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what represents a mounting pressure for change in pre-islamic society?
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greater byzantine and Sasanian control over Arabic tribes of the peninsula and Arabic migration to Mesopotamia.
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what was the umayyad responce to Muhammad's migration to Medina and subsequent succes there?
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war broke out between mecca and Medina resulting in the eventual victory of Muhammad and the Medina clans.
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Leaders of bedouin clans were called...?
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shaykhs
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