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Potpourri
100

This work of Ottoman naval science used knowledge and maps of the Indian Ocean World to create an atlas of oceans

Book of the Sea

100

Known as Temujin, this nomadic warrior would go on to create one of the world's largest empires

Genghis Khan

100

This part of the world remained unaffected by the spread of the Black Death

South Asia

100

This disease first hit Europe in 1347

The Black Death

100

Religions like Buddhism and Christianity are considered these types of religions, unlike Hinduism and Judaism

Universalizing

200

This illuminated manuscript is held in Trinity library.

Book of Kells

200

This monk nailed 99 theses to a door in Wittenberg

Martin Luther

200

Topkapi Palace was where these elite soldiers were trained

Janissaries

200

This process was initiated in 1492 and resulted in one worldwide biome.

The Columbian Exchange

200

These institutions flourished in western and northern europe, in locations like Lindisfarne, and were responsible for spreading Christianity and literacy

monasteries

300

This "book" was printed in "vernacular" language during the reformation.

The Bible

300

This Chinese admiral undertook 7 major voyages with as dozens of thousands of sailors

Zheng He

300

This 'secret' palace complex was built during the Ming Dynasty

The Forbidden City

300
Columbus's voyage was intended to help fund what Iberian military campaign

The Reconquista

300

These sayings of the prophet form part of Islamic law and theology

hadith

400

This holy text of Islam is organized by the length of the verse and not in chronological order.

Koran

400

This conquistador conquered Mexico

Hernan Cortes

400

This library in Baghdad was well-known for translating, Greek, Persian, and Indian texts into Arabic

House of Wisdom

400

Spain created the first what after acquiring the Philippines and Latin America

Maritime empire

400

This emperor reintroduced Confucian civil service examples after the fall of the Yuan

Hongwu

500

This ancient Persian text written by a poet named Ferdowsi sought to connect ancient Persian political and cultural traditions to the emergence of Islam in Persia. 

Shahnameh "The Book of Kings"

500

This Ottoman sultan conquered Constantinople in the 15th century

Mehmed the Conqueror

500

This region of central Asia produced the Huns, Mongols, and Turkic-peoples who would found the Ottoman Empire

The steppes
500

In 751, the Tang Empire stopped expanding westward because of their defeat in which battle?

Talas River

500
This language is a mix of Bantu, Arabic, and Persian and is found on the Indian Ocean coast of Africa

Swahili

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