Lesson test: The other faiths

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The other faiths

1.[3p]
Match each religion to the event associated with it in this lesson.

Manichaeism
Church of the East
Zoroastrianism
Islam

the Uighur khagan adopts it in 762
the Qarakhanid conversion in the tenth century
Sogdian tomb reliefs at Xi'an dated 579
the Xi'an stele of 781

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Manichaeism: the Uighur khagan adopts it in 762 Church of the East: the Xi'an stele of 781 Zoroastrianism: Sogdian tomb reliefs at Xi'an dated 579 Islam: the Qarakhanid conversion in the tenth century

2.[3p]
Why did Zoroastrianism travel the whole route and convert almost nobody along it?

Priesthood was hereditary, purity rules were demanding, and there was no way for an outsider to buy standing

Correct

Its texts were never written down

The answer is: Priesthood was hereditary, purity rules were demanding, and there was no way for an outsider to buy standing

Its clergy were forbidden to leave Persia

The answer is: Priesthood was hereditary, purity rules were demanding, and there was no way for an outsider to buy standing

Chinese law prohibited its practice

The answer is: Priesthood was hereditary, purity rules were demanding, and there was no way for an outsider to buy standing

3.[2p]
Mani wrote his own canon and intended it to be translated into other languages.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

4.[2p]
The 845 edict gives 4,600 monasteries suppressed and 260,500 monks and nuns laicised. How many religious per monastery is that?

CorrectNot quite: 57

5.[3p]
What did Islam supply that the other faiths on these routes did not?

Portable commercial law, with contract forms and judges recognised across the whole Muslim world

Correct

A written scripture

The answer is: Portable commercial law, with contract forms and judges recognised across the whole Muslim world

Monasteries offering lodging to travellers

The answer is: Portable commercial law, with contract forms and judges recognised across the whole Muslim world

State patronage

The answer is: Portable commercial law, with contract forms and judges recognised across the whole Muslim world

6.[2p]
What is the Islamic partnership in which one party supplies capital and the other labour? One word.

CorrectNot quite: mudaraba

7.[3p]
What does the Xi'an stele of 781 not establish?

The size of the Christian following in China

Correct

That an organised church with Syriac liturgy existed at Chang'an

The answer is: The size of the Christian following in China

That the church claimed to have arrived in 635

The answer is: The size of the Christian following in China

That the church had wealthy patrons and imperial permission

The answer is: The size of the Christian following in China

8.[3p]
On this lesson's account, what does a religion need to spread along a trade route?

Select all that apply

Membership open to outsiders regardless of birth

Correct

A way for a donor to convert money into standing

Correct

An institution physically present along the route

Correct

A patron state

Correct

Doctrine that stays unchanged as it crosses a language boundary

The answer is: Membership open to outsiders regardless of birth, A way for a donor to convert money into standing, An institution physically present along the route, A patron state

9.[3p]
Why did Central Asia take three centuries to become substantially Muslim after the Arab conquest?

Conquest changes who rules and taxes; conversion runs through intermarriage, urban élites and later the Sufi orders

Correct

The Arabs forbade conversion outright for three hundred years

The answer is: Conquest changes who rules and taxes; conversion runs through intermarriage, urban élites and later the Sufi orders

The population was almost entirely Buddhist and resisted militarily throughout

The answer is: Conquest changes who rules and taxes; conversion runs through intermarriage, urban élites and later the Sufi orders

No Arabic texts were available in the region until the tenth century

The answer is: Conquest changes who rules and taxes; conversion runs through intermarriage, urban élites and later the Sufi orders

1.[3p] Match each religion to the event associated with it in this lesson.

2.[3p] Why did Zoroastrianism travel the whole route and convert almost nobody along it?

3.[2p] Mani wrote his own canon and intended it to be translated into other languages.

4.[2p] The 845 edict gives 4,600 monasteries suppressed and 260,500 monks and nuns laicised. How many religious per monastery is that?

5.[3p] What did Islam supply that the other faiths on these routes did not?

6.[2p] What is the Islamic partnership in which one party supplies capital and the other labour? One word.

7.[3p] What does the Xi'an stele of 781 not establish?

8.[3p] On this lesson's account, what does a religion need to spread along a trade route?

9.[3p] Why did Central Asia take three centuries to become substantially Muslim after the Arab conquest?

1.[3p]
Match each religion to the event associated with it in this lesson.

2.[3p]
Why did Zoroastrianism travel the whole route and convert almost nobody along it?

3.[2p]
Mani wrote his own canon and intended it to be translated into other languages.

4.[2p]
The 845 edict gives 4,600 monasteries suppressed and 260,500 monks and nuns laicised. How many religious per monastery is that?

5.[3p]
What did Islam supply that the other faiths on these routes did not?

6.[2p]
What is the Islamic partnership in which one party supplies capital and the other labour? One word.

7.[3p]
What does the Xi'an stele of 781 not establish?

8.[3p]
On this lesson's account, what does a religion need to spread along a trade route?

9.[3p]
Why did Central Asia take three centuries to become substantially Muslim after the Arab conquest?