Give examples of the cosmopolitan character of the states set up by Arabs, Iranians and Turks.
Examples of the cosmopolitan character of the states set up by Arabs, Iranians and Turks:
● The vast Arab empire was inhabited by the people of multi cultural identities, i.e. the Muslims, the Christians and the Jews.
● The Iranian empire witnessed for the development of Muslim and Asian culture.
● In Turkish empire, the Egyptian, Iranian, Syrian and Sudanian culture developed simultaneously.
Why would the early temple have been much like a house?
What do ancient stories tell us about the civilisation of Mesopotamia?
Compare the Venetian idea of good government with those in contemporary France.
Compare the conditions of life for a French serf and a Roman slave.
Why do we say that it was not natural fertility and high levels of food production that were the causes of early urbanisation?
What was the function of medieval monasteries?
Why did knights become a distinct group and when did they decline?
Why did Genghis Khan feel the need to fragment the Mongol tribes into new social and military groupings?
How did long-term changes in population levels affect economy and society in Europe
Why was trade so significant to the Mongols?
Discuss how daily life was transformed as Japan developed?
Other than the use of English, what other features of English economic and social life do you notice in 19th century USA?
Give reasons for Spain and Portugal being the first in the 5th century to venture across the Atlantic.
Why did knights become a distinct group and when did they decline?
Did Japan’s policy of rapid industrialization lead to wars with its neighbors and destruction of the environment?
Why would the early temple have been much like a house?
Which of the following were necessary conditions and which the causes, of early urbanisation, and which would you say were the outcome of the growth of cities:
(a) highly productive agriculture,
(b) water transport,
(c) the lack of metal and stone,
(d) the division of labour,
(e) the use of seals,
(f) the military power of kings that made labour compulsory?
Write a careful account of how the world appeared different to seventeenth century Europeans.
How did the Qing dynasty try and meet the challenge posed by the Western powers?
Compare details of Italian architecture of this period with Islamic architecture.