Describe a journey from Samarqand to Damascus, referring to the cities on the route.
Journey from Samarqand to Damascus had a lot of cities in its route. Samarqand was located in the North east of the Islamic state and Damascus was situated in the centre (Syria). A traveller journeying from Samarqand to Damascus had to pass through the cities of Merv, Nishapur, and Samarra etc.
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?
Why was trade so significant to the Mongols?
How did long-term changes in population levels affect economy and society in Europe
Imagine and describe a day in the life of a craftsman in a medieval French town.
What were the Sun Yat-sen’s Three Principles?
Why do we say that it was not natural fertility and high levels of food production that were the causes of early urbanisation?
How did the Qing dynasty try and meet the challenge posed by the Western powers?
How did the discovery of South America lead to the development of European colonialism? HOTS
Write a careful account of how the world appeared different to seventeenth century Europeans.
Give examples of the cosmopolitan character of the states set up by Arabs, Iranians and Turks.
What is meant by the term ‘Abbasid revolution’?
What were the features of humanist thought?
Indicate how the supply of raw materials affected the nature of British industrialization.