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| 7938088798 | - regions began to specialize in products - merchants, traders, and other middle class became wealthier - many religions spread throughout the silk roads - disease was also spread throughout populations (downfall of han and rome) | what are 4 results from the establishment of the silk roads? | 0 | |
| 7938109391 | - han wudi defeated the xiongnu, making it possible for zhang qian to open up region to safe trade routes | what event made it possible for the silk roads to be established? | 1 | |
| 7938119011 | - building of roads and bridges (primary effect was for military travel) - empires expanded until borders were close together | what are some important developments of the hellenistic era that reduced risks of the silk roads? | 2 | |
| 7938153868 | - one of the most successful african marketplaces (port) - exports: ivory and slaves | what was the significance of the city of rhapta? what kinds of things did they trade? | 3 | |
| 7938177796 | - india/china: silk, spices, and cotton - central asia: horses and jade - rome: glass, jewelry, art, perfumes | what kind of goods were traded along the silk roads? which empires provided these goods? | 4 | |
| 7938198545 | - in stages - many different empires dominated sea trade | how was long-distance trade handled on the silk roads? | 5 | |
| 7938219788 | - first emerged in oasis towns, where trade facilitated cultural diffusion - foreign merchants from india etc. spread it to china - monasteries and missionaries became popular | how did buddhism emerge and become popular in central and east asia? | 6 | |
| 7938250681 | - gregory the wonderworker (missionary) - roads and sea lanes - ascetic christianity in asia influenced rome christianity | how did christianity spread in asia? | 7 | |
| 7938276652 | - people who branched away from christianity and formed their own belief - human nature of jesus - had prominent communities in asia, and spread beliefs along silk roads | who were the nestorians? | 8 | |
| 7938532063 | - mani, zoroastrian, who blended different religions - believed Jesus, Zarathustra, and the Buddha - struggle between light and darkness, good and evil - ascetism | what were the beliefs of manichaeism? | 9 | |
| 7938558502 | - mani spread the religion through the silk roads, and eventually appeared in all the large cities of rome - appealed because it provided an explanation for the presence of good and evil - also because it was a religion of salvation | how did manichaeism spread? what was its appeal? | 10 | |
| 7938573228 | - sasanids and romans persecuted the religion as a threat to public order - still was a popular religion in central asia | what led to the decline of manichaeism? | 11 | |
| 7938585559 | - smallpox - measles - black plague | what were some common epidemic diseases in rome and china? | 12 | |
| 7938588986 | - decline of chinese and roman economies - small regional colonies emerged - weakened han and roman empires | what were the 3 main effects of epidemic diseases? | 13 | |
| 7938618763 | - epidemic disease - factions at govt. only cared for themselves - land distribution and peasant rebellions - wealthy landowners began to rule instead of emperors | what led to the collapse of the han dynasty? (4) | 14 | |
| 7938652627 | - sinicization of nomadic people (adopted chinese customs) - no point of confucianism bc there was no government - popularity of buddhism, helped restore political order | how did china's culture change after the decline of the han dynasty? | 15 | |
| 7938695343 | - divided the roman empire into two districts in order to save it from collapse (and to put an end to the barracks emperors) | who was the emperor diocletian? | 16 | |
| 7938712274 | - successor of diocletian - unified roman empire again, but it set same problems as before - established new capital at constantinople | who was constantine? (edict of milan) | 17 | |
| 7938718688 | - germanic people who settled on the roman border (adopted roman customs) | who were the visigoths? | 18 | |
| 7938723439 | - attacks of the huns (attila) caused germanic peoples to stream into rome, who then sacked rome - 476, odovacer deposed the last roman emperor | what was the main reason for the collapse of the roman empire? | 19 | |
| 7938738972 | - christianity became the official religion (edict of milan) - st. augustine's writings made christianity respectable - the pope became the spiritual leader | what happened to christianity after the fall of the roman empire? | 20 |
