1.What are travelogues? Name two travelogues and give reasons for them being important sources of history
2.List the historical developments during the medieval period.
3.How do archaeological sources help in the study of history?
4.The name Hindustan has been used since medieval times. What does Hindustan stand for?
Answers
1.
1 : A piece of writing about travel. 2 : a talk or lecture on travel usually accompanied by a film or slides. 3 : a narrated motion picture about travel.Travelogues are an important literary source as they give interesting accounts of foreign travellers. A travelogue is an expense report, a journal, a log. It gives a lot of information about the places they visit and the people they met.
2.
The period saw major technological advances, including the adoption of gunpowder, the invention of vertical windmills, spectacles, mechanical clocks, and greatly improved water mills, building techniques (Gothic architecture, medieval castles), and agriculture in general (three-field crop rotation).
3.
Historical archaeology studies the remains of cultures for which a written history exists. ... Through combining the use of documentation and archaeological evidence, archaeologists gain a better understanding of the past and human behavior.
4.
Hindustan is the Persian word associated for the entire subcontinent of India. Explanation: Hindustan is the Persian word associated for the entire subcontinent of India. ... 'Hind' is the Persian word while 'Sindhu' is the Sanskrit word. It was in the medieval times that the suffix 'stan' was added with the word 'Hind'.