Silk Road
What is a system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia, along which traders carried silk and other trade goods.
Silk Road
personal relationship during the Middle Ages by which greater lords provided land to lesser lords in return for military service is called __________
Feudalism
What is the mandate of heaven?
The approval given to the Chinese ruler by heaven that legitimized the ruler power in the eyes of the Chinese people
Define Caravan
a group of traders traveling together
What happened to lead Europe to be politically fractured?
Fall of the Roman Empire in 476 CE
What was the purpose of the civil service examination system in the period 1200-1450?
To assign jobs in the Chinese government to men who were knowledgeable and skilled
Define Steppe
wide rolling grassy plains that stretch from the Black Sea to northern China
The years before 1000 CE in Europe were called:
Dark Ages
someone who buys and sells goods for a living is called _____________
Merchant
What was one major change during High Middle Ages?
Rise of powerful kings and monarchs
What empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
Persia
The crusades was a war that aimed to:
take back control of the Holy Land for Christianity