Byzantium Lives On
Named for Emperor Constantine, this city became the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
Constantinople
This is the central religious text of Islam.
The Quran
This famous temple complex in Cambodia was built by the Khmer Empire.
Angkor Wat
This ruler of Mali made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca.
Mansa Musa
This sacred object served as a symbol of unity for the Asante Empire.
The Golden Stool
This emperor organized Roman laws into an influential legal code bearing his name.
Justinian I
This pilgrimage takes Muslims to the Kaaba in Mecca.
The Hajj
Champa was known for growing a drought-resistant variety of this crop.
Rice
This West African trading city became a major center of Islamic education, with more than 150 Muslim schools.
Timbuktu
As Mali weakened, this empire expanded and became the largest state in sub-Saharan Africa by about 1500.
Songhai
These two missionaries helped spread Christianity among the Slavic peoples.
Cyril and Methodius
This title identifies the civil and religious leader of a caliphate.
Caliph
This maritime Indonesian kingdom helped spread Buddhism between the eighth and twelfth centuries.
Srivijaya
This city, famous for its massive stone walls, traded gold and ivory through connections to the Swahili coast.
Great Zimbabwe
This Songhai ruler supported Islamic education by building religious schools and mosques.
Askia the Great
This empire captured Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire.
The Ottoman Empire
Under the Abbasids, this capital became a major center of mathematics, astronomy, literature, and learning.
Baghdad
This empire defeated the Mongol invasion of Java in 1293.
Majapahit
Ruled by the Solomonic dynasty, this African empire remained largely Christian.
Ethiopia
The Manikongo ruled this African kingdom, which developed trade ties with Portugal.
The Kingdom of the Kongo
Explain one benefit and one danger the Silk Roads brought to the Byzantine Empire.
They supported trade and access to goods, but also helped diseases such as plague spread.
Disputes over who should rightfully lead the Muslim community contributed to a division between these two branches of Islam.
Sunni and Shi’a
Explain why Hinduism’s caste system appealed to some Southeast Asian rulers.
It reinforced a social hierarchy that supported the rulers’ authority and position.
explain how trans-Saharan trade helped spread Islam into West Africa.
Muslim merchants brought their beliefs along trade routes. Contact with traders helped introduce Islam to rulers and communities.
Explain how succession disputes within Mali created an opportunity for Songhai to expand.
Disputes over leadership weakened Mali, allowing Songhai under Sunni Ali to seize cities and territory, including Timbuktu.