Assignment
1st part:
Pick any two of listed and write max 4 lines about : where? when? What? Who?
Maize,, milpas, Inuit, Chaco Canyon, Greenland, Maori, Cahokia, Almoravids, Seljuks, Pope Urban II, Ghana, Crusader kingdoms, Basil II, Tang Dynasty, Jurchens, Song Dynasty, Genghis Khan, Mongolian Peace, Golden Horde, Silk Roads, Black Death, Majapahit, anti-Semitism, millenarianism, Mali, Delhi, Zen, Ashikaga Takauji, Zanzibar, Songhay, Ivan the Terrible, Ottomans, Janissaries, Ming Dynasty, Aztecs, Inca,, Ming Dyansty, lateen sail,
2nd part:
Pick any essay of listed and write about 400 to 500 words. you can use any source.
Essay Questions and Identification Terms: Below are the terms and essays. Each essay is associated with a set of terms. In many cases, the terms themselves will be useful in answering the essay as well. Some terms are useful for more than one essay!
Essay 1:
• The period from c.700-c.1200 CE saw humans colonizing all previously uninhabited regions (except Antarctica) and rapidly expanding populations in previously sparsely populated zones. What factors made this activity possible and what challenges did these new societies face?
Terms: maize, Mayas, milpas, Inuit, Chaco Canyon, Greenland, Maori, Cahokia
Essay 2:
• In the two centuries before the rise of the Mongols (c.1000-1200 CE) many of the major centers of urbanized agricultural civilization faced invasions, often by nomadic peoples. To what extent were these conflicts motivated by cultural differences and to what extent were the motivated by political and economic interests?
Terms: Almoravids, Seljuks, Pope Urban II, Ghana, Crusader kingdoms, Basil II, Tang Dynasty, Jurchens, Song Dynasty,
Essay 3:
• How did the Mongols transform the vast regions that they conquered, and how successful were they in governing them?
Terms: Genghis Khan, Mongolian Peace, Golden Horde, Silk Roads
Essay 4:
• How did the Little Ice Age and the plagues of the 1300s transform the societies effected by them? Who suffered, and who gained?
Terms: Black Death, Majapahit, anti-Semitism, millenarianism, Mali, Delhi, Zen, Ashikaga Takauji, Zanzibar, Songhay, Ivan the Terrible, Ottomans, Janissaries, Ming Dynasty, Aztecs, Inca
Essay 5:
• Why is that Europe but not China establishes a world maritime trade network in the 1400s and early 1500s? Discuss the role of technology and motivations.
Terms: Zhengh He, Ming Dyansty, lateen sail, Vasco de Gama.