Exam 10: Iran and South Asia, 200 C.E 1000 C.E

What role did trade and contact with other cultures play in the development of Gupta India and Sasanid Persia? Conceptual

What was the impact of the Arab invasions on India and Persia (Iran)? What were the conditions that made the invasions successful and what changes did contact with Islamic culture bring? Conceptual

What aspects of the Gupta and Sasanid civilizations gave rise to the claim that they represented the high point of Indian and Persian civilizations? What contributions did each make to their respective cultures? Conceptual

What were the main tenets of the Buddhist faith in the Gupta period? Why did the Mahayana tradition become popular in East Asia and China? What was the importance of merit in the Buddhist faith? Conceptual

Bhakti can best be translated as

The capital of the Sasanid Empire was (Map 10-1, p. 254)

One of the most important indices of culture in the Gupta era was

How did the Sasanid Empire develop after the fall of the Parthians? What was the role of Zoroastrian orthodoxy? What benefit did the empire receive from the Byzantine state? What were the principal economic bases of the empire? Conceptual

In Sasanid society, there was

What were the major religious issues in the Sasanid Empire? What changes came to the Zoroastrian orthodoxy? Who were the main opponents of the faith? What was the importance of the silk route in bringing different concepts of religion to central Asia? Conceptual

The basis of the Sasanid economy was