Unit 7: Paper 2 — Causes and Effects of Medieval Wars (750–1500)
Topic 7.1: Causes of medieval wars Questions
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The medieval custom by which the eldest son inherited everything, leaving younger sons to seek land elsewhere, is known as what?
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At which 1095 meeting did Pope Urban II call on Western Christians to march east and recover the Holy Land?
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Why was the English king's tenure of Gascony a source of instability before the war?
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What was the short-term trigger that started the Hundred Years' War in 1337?
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The rival claims that helped launch the Hundred Years' War in 1337 were an example of which family of cause?
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What spiritual reward did Urban II offer crusaders, promising that their sins would be wiped away?
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Evaluate the view that the Seljuk advance was the most important cause of one medieval war.
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To what extent did rivalry over Flanders contribute to the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War?
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Compare and contrast the causes of two medieval wars from different regions.
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Which Byzantine emperor appealed to Pope Urban II for Western military help against the Seljuk Turks?
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To what extent do the causes of the Mongol conquests support the view that individual leadership matters more than structural conditions in causing medieval wars?
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Analyse how the yassa and the reorganisation of the Mongol army contributed to the success of the Mongol conquests.
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Compare and contrast the causes of the Mongol conquests with the causes of the Hundred Years' War.
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Examine the reasons why the unification of the Mongol tribes in 1206 led to further conquest rather than lasting peace.
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Examine the long-term causes of the Mongol conquests up to 1218.
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Evaluate the importance of the murder of Mongol envoys at Otrar in 1218 in causing the Mongol invasion of the Khwarezmian Empire.
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Evaluate the claim that economic motives were more important than religious motives in causing the Mongol conquests and the Hundred Years' War.
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Discuss the reasons why Genghis Khan chose war rather than continued diplomacy with the Khwarezmian Empire in 1218 to 1219.
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Discuss the role of Genghis Khan as an individual in causing the Mongol conquests.
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