M_Hall Study Guide

Examination System 

• importance of morality & ethics between society & superior parties

  maintained & justified its order by ritual 

• inclined people towards obedience to superiors

  sustained ethical foundations for social order & stable society

• mobility testing to enroll bureaucrats

  maintained immense cultural prominence

• simplicity in living, taking efforts at self-improvement

  justifies shifts in power by promoting withdrawal into nature used individually

Confucianism

• importance of morality & ethics between society & superior parties

  maintained & justified its order by ritual 

• inclined people towards obedience to superiors

  sustained ethical foundations for social order & stable society

• mobility testing to enroll bureaucrats

  maintained immense cultural prominence

• simplicity in living, taking efforts at self-improvement

  justifies shifts in power by promoting withdrawal into nature used individually

Daoism

• importance of morality & ethics between society & superior parties

  maintained & justified its order by ritual 

• inclined people towards obedience to superiors

  sustained ethical foundations for social order & stable society

• mobility testing to enroll bureaucrats

  maintained immense cultural prominence

• simplicity in living, taking efforts at self-improvement

  justifies shifts in power by promoting withdrawal into nature used individually

Filial Piety

• importance of morality & ethics between society & superior parties

  maintained & justified its order by ritual 

• inclined people towards obedience to superiors

  sustained ethical foundations for social order & stable society

• mobility testing to enroll bureaucrats

  maintained immense cultural prominence

• simplicity in living, taking efforts at self-improvement

  justifies shifts in power by promoting withdrawal into nature used individually

Mandate of Heaven 

• resistant fast growing rice from India; exported to China

  Crucial in feeding Chinese population of 100 million+

• cash alternative made by Chinese merchants

  Alleviated shortages of

  copper coins

  Enabled powerful stimulus to economy 

• trader from Mecca

  Commissioned to bring Arab's scriptures in their language

  Unified Arabia on Islamic belief's 

• norms that grant legitimacy to rulers

  Justified overthrowing unfit rulers 

  Expectations to follow to keep blessings from heaven

Flying/Paper Money

• resistant fast growing rice from India; exported to China

  Crucial in feeding Chinese population of 100 million+

• cash alternative made by Chinese merchants

  Alleviated shortages of

  copper coins

  Enabled powerful stimulus to economy 

• trader from Mecca

  Commissioned to bring Arab's scriptures in their language

  Unified Arabia on Islamic belief's 

• norms that grant legitimacy to rulers

  Justified overthrowing unfit rulers 

  Expectations to follow to keep blessings from heaven

Champa Rice

• resistant fast growing rice from India; exported to China

  Crucial in feeding Chinese population of 100 million+

• cash alternative made by Chinese merchants

  Alleviated shortages of

  copper coins

  Enabled powerful stimulus to economy 

• trader from Mecca

  Commissioned to bring Arab's scriptures in their language

  Unified Arabia on Islamic belief's 

• norms that grant legitimacy to rulers

  Justified overthrowing unfit rulers 

  Expectations to follow to keep blessings from heaven

Muhammad

• resistant fast growing rice from India; exported to China

  Crucial in feeding Chinese population of 100 million+

• cash alternative made by Chinese merchants

  Alleviated shortages of

  copper coins

  Enabled powerful stimulus to economy 

• trader from Mecca

  Commissioned to bring Arab's scriptures in their language

  Unified Arabia on Islamic belief's 

• norms that grant legitimacy to rulers

  Justified overthrowing unfit rulers 

  Expectations to follow to keep blessings from heaven

Porcelain

• study of a mythical faith that created sacred places Islam took root in

  helped spread Islam & educated masses to deepen closeness with God

• Light utensil or art; normally for wealthy

  Diffuse to other lands 

  Increased profit of China

• Carving reverse image into book & pressed frame on top; common in Tang era

  produced text quickly, cheaply, & in large quantities 

• sacred scriptures of Islam

  Denounces social practices of Mecca 

  Made Mecca a powerful city 

  Spread monotheistic beliefs 

Quran 

• study of a mythical faith that created sacred places Islam took root in

  helped spread Islam & educated masses to deepen closeness with God

• Light utensil or art; normally for wealthy

  Diffuse to other lands 

  Increased profit of China

• Carving reverse image into book & pressed frame on top; common in Tang era

  produced text quickly, cheaply, & in large quantities 

• sacred scriptures of Islam

  Denounces social practices of Mecca 

  Made Mecca a powerful city 

  Spread monotheistic beliefs