Jeopardy!!!

While playing Jeopardy in class today, I realized I really need to study.  I had the most problems on questions that had to do with political structure.  I also have a hard time differentiating between Dynasties in one area.  I don't think I knew any answers to questions about Byzantium.  Jeopardy gave me a good idea of what I need to study for this test!

Incorrect Jeopardy

The answer shown was "the byzantine emperor" and the question "in which empir did Justinian and Theodora rule?" This is setup backward. It should show, "Justinian and Theodora ruled in this empire." and the question would be "What is the Byzantine Empire?"

Benedictine Rules

Monasteries could be very useful to monks.  They gave people a place to connect with themselves and disconnect from humanity.  People could go and focus on things they couldn't focus on as other talked and distracted them.  Everyone in the monasteries also had very similar goals.  This made fulfilling your goal much easier as you weren't trying to compete with others doing other things.  The Rule gives insight into social and economic structure through some of the specific rules.  You have to help others and be respectful to other people.  You also cannot be greedy or destructive.  This could show that most people were equal while there still were some divisions in social class.  Even if there were upper and lower classes, they would not completely avoid each other.  Because of the rules, the people would help anyone and attempt to be an overall cleansed person/

Bhakti Poets

All of these seem to represent a religious connection to Indian culture. The first shows how someone can lose their connection to religion in an instant. By the end, they are asking how to find the God. They even mention that everything in the world could be God. I liked the poems and how they connected to Indian society.