People
The only female emperor in the history of China.
Who is 'Empress Wu Zetian'?
The Abbasids' first great achievement was the creation of this city.
What is 'Baghdad'?
These two people both wrote a "confession".
Who are St. Augustine and St. Patrick?
This event happened to a king on Christmas Day in AD 800.
What is the coronation of Charlemagne?
This 20th century book borrows the plot from the Old English epic Beowulf.
What is The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien?
This was a political and religious advisor to Charlemagne who inspired reform in education.
Who is Alcuin of York?
This site is where the Carolingian cathedral still stands.
What is Aachen?
This battle in 1071 would lead directly to the First Crusade.
What is 'The Battle of Manzikert'?
These years were when the Hunnic empire reigned.
When is AD 375-455?
This term describes the integration and absorption of non-Chinese people into Han Chinese society.
What is 'sinicization'?
In 596, this person sent Augustine and other monks to Canterbury, England.
Who is Pope Gregory the Great?
This place is where the Hijra ended.
What is Medina?
This was a traditional social class that was often based on a person's wealth or job.
What is 'caste'?
This year is when the Little Antique Ice Age started.
What is AD 536?
This woman was an actress and Justinian's wife.
Who is Theodora?
This person was the last person to rule the entire Roman Empire by himself.
Who is Theodosius I?
This island in the Atlantic Ocean, settled by Scandinavians starting in the ninth century, was governed by an assembly rather than a monarch.
What is Iceland?
This architecture was used to build massive stone structures and reminded people of old Roman architecture.
What is Romanesque architecture?
This is the second major battle of 1066, where William the Conqueror conquered England.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
These are the five pillars of Islam.
1. Profession of Faith
2. Prayer
3. Almsgiving
4. Fasting
5. Pilgrimage
These two Greek missionaries to Slavic realms created a language to share the Gospel and the Scriptures with them.
Who are Cyril and Methodius?
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'?
This book was written in 1086 and describes the average life in England in the late eleventh century.
What is the Domesday Book?
The Islamic Golden Age lasted through these years.
What is 'eight-thirteenth century'?
This book features the story of Scheherazade.
What is 'The Thousand and One Nights'?