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An ethnic group native to China, sharing a culture and a language constituting the majority of Chinese people from the Middle Ages to the present.
Who are the 'Han Chinese'?
Buddhism arrived in China because of travelers on this road.
What is 'Silk Road'?
This was a traditional social class that was often based on a person's wealth or job.
What is 'caste'?
The Mauryan Empire ruled from these dates.
What is '322-184 BC'?
An Arabic word meaning 'struggle' or 'striving'.
What is 'jihad'?
This person was considered the greatest of Sanskrit writers.
Who is 'Kalidasa'?
The Abbasids' first great achievement was the creation of this city.
What is 'Baghdad'?
A bride or her family would bring this gift of property or money to her husband.
What is 'dowry'?
The Gupta Empire ruled from these dates.
What is 'AD 240-500'?
The strife between this group and the Sunnis fractured the community of faithful Muslims.
Who are the 'Shiites'?
The only female emperor in the history of China.
Who is 'Empress Wu Zetian'?
The Shiite Caliphate of Fatimad founded this major city in Egypt.
What is 'Cairo'?
This is the recruiting system for government officials based on testing scholars' knowledge and understanding of the Confucian classics.
What is 'civil service examination'?
The Three Kingdoms Period in China lasted through these years.
What is 'AD 220-280'?
This book features the story of Scheherazade.
What is 'The Thousand and One Nights'?
The first emperor of the Gupta Dynasty.
Who is 'Chandragupta 1'?
This place was a Buddhist center that was founded during the Gupta Empire and flourished for seven centuries. It was key for scientific, mathematical, and medical discovery.
What is 'Nalanda University'?
What is 'hierarchy'?
The Islamic Golden Age lasted through these years.
What is 'eight-thirteenth century'?
This term describes the integration and absorption of non-Chinese people into Han Chinese society.
What is 'sinicization'?
This person founded the Macedonian Dynasty of Byzantium.
Who is 'Basil 1'?
This was the largest mosque in the world for two centuries.
What is the 'Great Mosque of Samarra'?
This battle in 1071 would lead directly to the First Crusade.
What is 'The Battle of Manzikert'?
'The Macedonian' was born this year.
What is 'AD 867'.
This was a popular game by the seventh century in northwestern India, which could be an ancestor to chess or checkers.
What is 'Chaturanga'?