2.5 - Culture Exchange

Effects of new religions

unity, language, blended with other religions

How was Buddhism introduced to China?

Silk Roads, monks, printing

___ appealed to elites, while ___ appealed to peasants

Confucianism = elites, Buddhism = peasants

Khmer Empire

diverse - Hinduism then Buddhism

The spread of Islam caused

equality through caste system and blended with other religions

Hangzhou

city in China - trade center, diverse, more than one million people

Two declining cities

Kashgar - fell to nomads / Constantinople - fell to crusades, Black Death, and Ottomans

Marco Polo

visited Yuan Dynasty. Europeans didn't believe China's size and wealth

Ibn Battuta

Muslim Scholar who travelled throughout Dar al-Islam. wrote about rulers and culture from Muslim POV

Margery Kempte

English mystic female - first account of middle class medieval woman. described spiritual visions and feelings on pilgramages