East Asia
According to this theory, Chinese emperors derived their powers from their gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
According to them, the caliph should be a descendant of Ali.
Who are the Shia?
This magnificent Khmer temple shows Hindu and Buddhist influences.
What is Angkor Wat?
This Mesoamerican civilization developed city states in the Yucatan peninsula, the most important of which was Tikal.
Who are the Maya?
The migration of this ethno-linguistic group left a profound impact on Africa culturally, politically and technologically.
Who are the Bantu?
This common practice in China ensured women would be confined to the home.
What is footbinding?
This was the head tax that Umayyad forces insisted that conquered peoples paid.
What is jizya?
This sea-trading kingdom controlled the strategic link between India and China via the Isthmus of Kra.
What is Funan?
This empire derived its name from the Mexica people who dominated the triple alliance that built it.
What is Aztec?
This East African state benefited tremendously from increased Indian Ocean trade.
What is Aksum?
This dynasty in Korea copied China in many ways but never adopted the bureaucracy of merit.
What is the Silla?
Of all the new crops that spread throughout the Islamic world through trade, this was the most important for manufacturing.
What is cotton?
Despite its otherwise heavy cultural influence, this feature of Indian society did not take root in SE Asia.
What is the caste system?
This empire was easily the largest state ever built in South America.
What is the Inca?
Control of the gold trade helped this empire become the wealthiest in sub-Saharan Africa.
What is Mali?
The first paper money printed by the government occurred during this Chinese dynasty.
What is the Song?
This fabled city was once a leader in intellectual thought and scholarship and contained the "House of Wisdom".
What is Baghdad?
Mastery of this was essential for both farmers and merchant sailors in the Indian Ocean region of South and Southeast Asia?
What are the monsoon winds?
Inca bureaucrats and administrators relied on this mnemonic aid to keep track of their responsibilities.
What is quipu?
This kingdom in southeast Africa was known for its magnificent stone towers, palaces and public buildings.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
This tool was the most important Chinese technological innovation in seafaring.
What is the compass?
It’s the name given to the political system used by the Islamic empires.
What is the caliphate?
In India, they were the most effective agents of conversion to Islam.
Who were the Sufis?
This class of merchants in the Aztec empire served as spies as informants in addition to their commercial responsibilities.
Who are the pochteca?
Kingdoms and empires in west Africa grew wealthy and powerful due to trade of these two important commodities.
What are gold and salt?