Silk Road
largest producer of goods
China
capital city of the Byzantine Empire
Constantinople
a library in Baghdad containing translated texts
House of Wisdom
China's most valuable export
events that Middle ages takes place in between
fall of Western Rome/ Constantinople
technology that the Ottomans use to conquer Constantinople
gun powder & cannons
control of territory becoming unmanageable
overexpansion
reason the first 4 caliphs are 'rightly guided'
relationship with/ learned from Muhammad
leader of the Mongol Empire whose name was Temujin
religious wars fought over control of holy sites
Crusades
early empire that spread Greek culture
Macedonian
dominate religion in the Byzantine Empire
Christianity
a political and religious leader of the Ottomans
skills that nomads in the steppes develop
archery & horseback riding
Catholic Church
disease
groups that invaded Rome
barbarians
location of the Mali Empire
Africa
earning something based on skills or abilities
merit
focus on developments only being made in Europe
Eurocentrism
a Mongol development that relayed messages
postal system
language and culture adopted by the Byzantines
Greek
Turkic leader that establishes the Ottoman Empire
Osman I
a dynasty that makes Confucianism its state ideology
Han
portion of Europe's population that dies of the plague
2/3
largest consumer of goods
Rome
denomination of Christianity formed by the Byzantines
Orthodox
Islamic capital that was Constantinople
Istanbul
incentivized conquered people to not revolt
religious toleration/ embracing diversity
the first 'Holy Roman Emperor'
Charlemagne