DP History Questionbank
1: Trade and exchange: The Silk Road in the medieval world (750–1500)
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Description
- The Silk Road under the Tang dynasty
- Connecting west and east: interregional trade; travellers and explorers; merchants; missionaries and pilgrims; Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo
- Increase in trade under the Mongol Empire: role of Mongol expansion and empire in re-establishing and increasing trade; establishment of political centres of the Mongol Empire; Tamerlane; Samarkand
- Political and cultural integration: connection of previously isolated nomadic societies; political unification of zones
- Cultural interaction and exchange: transmission of religious ideas and art
- Decline in the 15th century: causes of decline; rise in seaborne trade; fragmentation and loosening of political, cultural and economic unity after the end of the Mongol Empire
Directly related questions
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17M.3op3.HL.TZ0.1:
Evaluate the importance of the Mongol Empire to the effective functioning of the Silk Road.
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17M.3op3.HL.TZ0.2:
“The transmission of religious ideas was the most important consequence of cultural interaction along the Silk Road.” Discuss.
- 20N.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: “Political integration was the most significant result of the Silk Road.” To what extent do you...
- 20N.3op3.HL.TZ0.1: “The Silk Road developed because the Tang emperors wanted increased foreign trade.” Discuss.
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17N.3op3.HL.TZ0.02:
Evaluate the significance of Tamerlane’s [Timur’s] rule to the effective functioning of the Silk Road.
- 17N.3op3.HL.TZ0.01: “The Silk Road was more significant for interregional trade than it was for the transmission of...
- 21M.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: Examine the role of the Silk Road in encouraging the transmission of religious ideas and art.
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21M.3op3.HL.TZ0.1:
“Merchants were the most important factor in connecting east and west along the Silk Road.” Discuss.
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18M.3op3.HL.TZ0.1:
Evaluate the influence of the Tang dynasty on the operation of the Silk Road.
- 18M.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: “The city of Samarkand was economically and culturally significant, but had little political...
- 21N.3op3.HL.TZ0.1: To what extent do you agree that merchants were more important than explorers in connecting West...
- 21N.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: “Environmental problems were the main cause of the decline of the Silk Road in the 15th century.”...
- 18N.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: “The rise in seaborne trade was the most important reason for the decline of the Silk Road in the...
- 18N.3op3.HL.TZ0.1: Discuss the ways in which Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta connected the West and the East.
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22M.3op3.HL.TZ0.1:
“The Mongol Empire was the main reason for the increase in trade along the Silk Road.” Discuss.
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22M.3op3.HL.TZ0.2:
To what extent was cultural interaction and exchange the most important consequence of the Silk Road?
- 19M.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: Discuss the causes of the decline of the Silk Road in the 15th century.
- 19M.3op3.HL.TZ0.1: To what extent did the Silk Road enable political and cultural integration in the medieval world?
- 19N.3op3.HL.TZ0.1: Discuss the reasons for the development of the Silk Road under the Tang Dynasty.
- 19N.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: Discuss the impact of the Silk Road on the transmission of religious ideas.
Sub sections and their related questions
The Silk Road under the Tang dynasty
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18M.3op3.HL.TZ0.1:
Evaluate the influence of the Tang dynasty on the operation of the Silk Road.
- 19N.3op3.HL.TZ0.1: Discuss the reasons for the development of the Silk Road under the Tang Dynasty.
- 20N.3op3.HL.TZ0.1: “The Silk Road developed because the Tang emperors wanted increased foreign trade.” Discuss.
Connecting west and east: interregional trade; travellers and explorers; merchants; missionaries and pilgrims; Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo
- 18N.3op3.HL.TZ0.1: Discuss the ways in which Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta connected the West and the East.
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21M.3op3.HL.TZ0.1:
“Merchants were the most important factor in connecting east and west along the Silk Road.” Discuss.
- 21N.3op3.HL.TZ0.1: To what extent do you agree that merchants were more important than explorers in connecting West...
Increase in trade under the Mongol Empire: role of Mongol expansion and empire in re-establishing and increasing trade; establishment of political centres of the Mongol Empire; Tamerlane; Samarkand
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17M.3op3.HL.TZ0.1:
Evaluate the importance of the Mongol Empire to the effective functioning of the Silk Road.
-
17N.3op3.HL.TZ0.02:
Evaluate the significance of Tamerlane’s [Timur’s] rule to the effective functioning of the Silk Road.
- 18M.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: “The city of Samarkand was economically and culturally significant, but had little political...
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22M.3op3.HL.TZ0.1:
“The Mongol Empire was the main reason for the increase in trade along the Silk Road.” Discuss.
Political and cultural integration: connection of previously isolated nomadic societies; political unification of zones
- 19M.3op3.HL.TZ0.1: To what extent did the Silk Road enable political and cultural integration in the medieval world?
- 20N.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: “Political integration was the most significant result of the Silk Road.” To what extent do you...
Cultural interaction and exchange: transmission of religious ideas and art
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17M.3op3.HL.TZ0.2:
“The transmission of religious ideas was the most important consequence of cultural interaction along the Silk Road.” Discuss.
- 17N.3op3.HL.TZ0.01: “The Silk Road was more significant for interregional trade than it was for the transmission of...
- 19N.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: Discuss the impact of the Silk Road on the transmission of religious ideas.
- 21M.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: Examine the role of the Silk Road in encouraging the transmission of religious ideas and art.
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22M.3op3.HL.TZ0.2:
To what extent was cultural interaction and exchange the most important consequence of the Silk Road?
Decline in the 15th century: causes of decline; rise in seaborne trade; fragmentation and loosening of political, cultural and economic unity after the end of the Mongol Empire
- 18N.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: “The rise in seaborne trade was the most important reason for the decline of the Silk Road in the...
- 19M.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: Discuss the causes of the decline of the Silk Road in the 15th century.
- 21N.3op3.HL.TZ0.2: “Environmental problems were the main cause of the decline of the Silk Road in the 15th century.”...
