Crisis in the Classical World
These empires collapsed by 550 C.E.
Who were the Han, Roman, and Gupta Empires?
This part of Europe was under the Muslim Empire.
What is Spain?
He managed to unite the nomadic Mongol tribes into a powerful fighting force.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This network connected Europe, Asia, and Africa to each other.
What is the silk road?
The belief in one God.
What is Monotheism?
The one simple reason for the Fall of the Gupta Empire.
What is foreign invasion/white huns?
In the Muslim social system, this group occupied the lowest position.
Who are slaves captured in war.
This was the reason why the Mongols were successful.
Who were excellent Horsemen?
Christian and Muslim armies went into conflict over the holy land.
What are the Crusades?
The first five books of the Hebrew bible.
What is the Torah?
The period after the fall of Rome in western Europe.
What are the Dark Ages?
This combined the political and religious authority under Islamic rule.
What is the caliphate?
This disease was the reason for the fall of the Mongol empire.
What is the bubonic plague?
This trade network supplied the 2/3 of the world's gold and supported the powerful kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
What is the Trans-Saharan trade route?
A prophet chosen by Allah.
Who is Muhammad?
He united parts of central and western Europe in a kingdom known as the Holy Roman Empire.
Who is Charlemagne?
They were Muslim mystics who rejected the worldly nature of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates.
Who are the Sufis?
This man lived life as a Chinese emperor.
Who is Kublai Khan?
What are camels?
The period between the emergence of stone tools and the later appearance of metal tools.
What is the Stone Age?
These 3 civilizations emerged in MesoAmerica.
Who are the Olmec, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations?
They overthrew the Umayyad dynasty and went on to rule the Muslim Empire for more than 500 years
Who are the Abbasids?
A Chinese invention that was brought to Europe via the silk road by Mongols, which eventually led to the change of the world.
What is gunpowder?
This is still an issue in which forests are being cleared out for new developments or farming.
What is deforestation?
He worked to unify the Mauryan Empire through peace and religious tolerance.
Who is King Ashoka?