professional oral historians who served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kings whithin the Mali empire
What is griots
100
Muslim leader who led the reconquests of the Crusades
What is Saladin
100
Capital of the Byzantine Empire
What is Constantinople
100
Mongols; captured Russian cities and largely destroyed Kievan state in 1236; left Russian orthodoxy and aristocracy intact
What is Tatars
200
seriees of military adventures initially launched by western Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslims
What is Crusades
200
port city of Mali; located just of of the flood plain on the great bend of the Niger River; contained a library and university
What is Timbuktu
200
Arab general; conquered Sind in India; declared the region to be part of the Umayyad Empire
What is Muhammad ibn Qasim
200
Byzantine weapon consisting of mixing chemicals that ignited when exposed to water
What is Greek Fire
200
extended the boundaries of the Songhay Empire; Islamic ruler of the mid-16th century
What is Muhammad the Great
300
new church constructed in Constantiople during the reign of Justinian
What is Hagia Sophia
300
African societies organized around kinship or other forms of obligation and lacking the concentration of political power and authority associated with states
What is stateless societies
300
responsible for capture and destruction of Baghdad
What is Hulegu
300
The predecessor to modern Russia; medival state during the 9th to 14th century
What is Kievan Rus
300
The "Lion Prince"; a member of the Keita clan; created a unified state that became the Mali Empire
What is Sundiata
400
Islamic law
What is Sharia
400
Kingdom based on agriculture formed on the lower Congo River in late 15th century
What is Kongo
400
Ruler of Russian kingdom of Kiev from 980-1015; converted kindgom to Christianity
What is Vladimir I
400
Russian form of Christianity
What is Russian Orthodoxy
400
military of Persian extraction who began process of conquest to establish Muslim political contro in northern India
What is Muhammad of Ghur
500
an artistic reresentation, usually of a religiously figure
What is icon
500
Bantu confederation located between Zambezi and Limpopo rivers during the 9th century
What is Great Zimbabwe
500
Legendary Scandinavian, regarded as founder of the first kingdom of Russia based in Kiev in 855