Sea, Sand, and Silk roads
What kind of trade was used during the Silk roads?
Relay trade.
What advantages in technology did the Crusaders have over the Muslims?
Heavier armor, better naval tech, heavy cavalry.
What was the most famous Hindu/Buddhist monument called?
Borobudur.
Who ruled over the Byzantine empire during its greatest extent?
Justinian I.
What crusade managed to sack Constantinople?
Yes or no: Did the mongol empire ever rule over the entire Silk road trade route.
Yes, the Mongol Empire encompassed the Silk Road for a short time in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
During Genocides, the Mongols only spared the:
Trick question! The mongols did not spare anyone.
What were Chinese women expected to do to their feet?
Chinese women were expected to participate in the terrible practice of foot binding.
How many people lived in Constantinople when it was sacked on contrary to before it was sacked?
400,000 to 40,000.
What was the relationship between the Church and Kings/Rulers?
Rulers would protect the church, and the Church would legitimize the ruler.
What ship used square sails?
The Chinese Junk ship.
What country/city state invented Greek fire?
True or false: China was an entirely defensive nation- it would not invade other countries around it.
False, China would invade and conquer other smaller nations around it.
What did the Byzantine empire wish to do in Greece?
What Germanic ruler wanted to bring back Rome, but replace it with Gothic strength.
Athaulf.
What palace did Marco Polo believe was the best palace?
Xanadu.
What was the first weapon that utilized gunpowder called?
The Chinese fire lance.
What country invented the wheelbarrow and spinning wheel?
China!
What country conquered Constantinople?
The Ottoman empire
What were Eastern Orthodox Christians often viewed as/called?
Right-thinking Christians.
What was the name of the Muslim merchant that visited the Swahili coast?
Ibn Battuta.
What was the name of the typhoon that stopped the Mongol invasion of Japan?
Typhoon Kamikaze.
How many stone carved women statues were in Angkor Wat.
1,800.
What was the name of the king of the Byzantine empire during its fall?
Constantine XI.
Why did Europe stop crusading against Islam?