13 Definitions and 3 questions about History World civilization (3-5 sentences for each one)

Historical essay questions: You will be required to answer essay questions:1. Accordingto the course lectures and readings, what was the 'Great Divergence' and howwould you best explain how and why it happened? In what ways were China andEurope both similar to and distinct from one another in the 1500s? What were the factors that made thedifference? Was there any one factormore important than the others?2. Whatwas the Italian Renaissance? How did it developout of the interactions between the the problems and characteristics of latemedieval civilization and the legacies of the classical civilizations andvalues of Greece and Rome? Why were thenorthern Italian city-states such fertile ground for such a development? What was the role of Catholicism in thisprocess?3. Compareand contrast the ways in which the Mongols invaded and controlled Chinesesociety with the ways they invaded and controlled the Persian empire(Kwarezmed) and the early Russian principalities. How would you account for the differences?Historical defentions, providing about 3-5 sentencesfor each one, describing the event, person or process, and its historicalcontext and significance. The MagnaCartaMachiavelliThe BlackDeathTheSpanish InquisitionFranciscoPetrarchTheJannisseriesThe YuanDynasty in ChinaTheChristian 'Reconquest' of SpainEleanorof AquitaineEmperorBaburPastoralsocieties (in general, with one or two specific examples)Treaty ofTordesillasThe Plauge (or Black Death)