Islam in the Sun
It's Mid(dle Ages)
When in Rome
Porcelain
Unless... You're the-
100
Islam is known for having five core tenants, also known as...
What are the five pillars of Islam?
100
This was the economic and political system primarily relied upon during the middle ages in Europe.
What is Feudalism?
100
This highest level of political office in the Roman Republic was held by this many people.
What is a consul, and 2?
100
This was one of the Chinese dynasties we learned about this year.
What is the Shang/Zhou/Qin/Han dynasty?
100
This is the name of the most prominent leader of the Mongol Empire.
Who is Genghis Khan?
200
This man was the most important prophet, according to Islam.
Who is Mohammed?
200
Medieval times also received this nickname, on account of being a period of artistic, scientific, and cultural stagnation in Europe.
What are the Dark Ages?
200
What is the Colosseum?
200
This dynasty is credited with starting to unite multiple wall segments into one great wall.
What is the Qin dynasty?
200
The Mongols generally treated the people they conquered in this way.
What is well/with rights/freedoms often not afforded by other empires?
300
Islam calls for all those who practice to make at least one lifetime pilgrimage to this destination.
What is Mecca/the Kaaba?
300
These were the title or classification of people who were each owned, technically free, but who's labor was owned, and people who were fully free, but generally poor during the Middle Ages.
What are slaves, serfs, and peasants?
300
Name this Roman Structure, and its purpose.
What is an Aqueduct, used for carrying water?
300
Daily Double!
This dynasty ruled during the era from which oracle bones, which were covered with the predecessor to modern Chinese writing, were from.
300
The Mongols were known for conquering the majority of this landmass.
What is Eurasia?
400
Muslims pray this many times a day, facing this direction.
What is five times, facing toward the Kaaba?
400
This was what happened to tools owned by serfs who worked a lord's land if the serf died without children. This was the justification for that outcome.
What is being returned to the land's lord, as the serf was considered only to be using the lord's tools.
400
Rome was known for offering rights, often including full voting rights to the people they conquered for this reason.
What is to build a sense of shared identity?
400
These were the three primary philosophies that emerged during/from the Warring States period.
What are Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism?
400
At the end of the original Mongol leader's lifetime, this was done with the empire's land, leading to its eventual demise.
What is being split amongst Ghengis Khan's sons?
500
While Romans gave us Roman numerals, Islam is known for giving us this more popular number writing system.
What are Arabic numerals?
500
Lords and serfs/peasants each benefited from a feudal system in these respective ways.
What are having a stable supply of food produced by workers, and receiving protection from invasion?
500
This Ancient Roman road, despite thousands of years of wear, still exists, as it was made from this material that we've only recently been able to replicate.
What is self-healing cement?
500
This is the idea that a cosmic force guides the universe, and will ensure that the right people come to power, while the corrupt will naturally be ousted.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
500
What year was the Mongol Empire at its peak in terms of landmass? (within 50 years)
When is 1279 CE?