Byzantine
The Code of Law created during the Byzantine Empire
What is Justinian's Code?
Venetian historian who traveled to China on Silk Road
Who is Marco Polo?
The barrier built during the Qin that was then expanded and reinforced during the Han
What is the Great Wall?
Explosive powder, first used for fireworks
What is gunpowder?
Prophet and messenger of Allah
Who is Muhammad?
This city was the most important trade center in the Byzantine Empire, located on the Bosporus Strait
What is Constantinople?
The leader of the Mongols who united them together.
Who is Genghis Khan?
Series of trade routes that connected eastern and south eastern Asia with the Middle East and Europe.
What is the Silk Road?
The only woman emperor in Chinese history
Who is Wu Zhao?
The art of beautiful handwriting
What is calligraphy?
What is Greco-Roman culture?
Mongol Peace, allowed for safe trade and travel along Silk Roads.
What is the Pax Mongolia?
The religion that expanded during the reign of Ashoka
What is Buddhism?
This navigation tool helped China become a sea power
What is the Magnetic Compass?
Helped to preserve Greco-Roman culture, a combination library/academy/translation center
What is the House of Wisdom?
The great church constructed under the reign of Justinian I
What is the Hagia Sophia?
The use of fear and intimidation as a warfare tactic
What is psychological warfare?
Most prevalent during the Gupta, this limited social opportunities and determined who people could marry
What is the caste system?
Type of printing where individual characters are arranged in frames, used over and over
What is Moveable Type?
The code of law that regulates the family life, moral conduct, business and community life
What is Shari'a Law?
the split between the Eastern, or Greek, Orthodox and western Roman Catholic Christian churches
What is the Great Schism?
The innovation that allowed soldiers to ride longer distances and stay mounted on their horses during battle
What are stirrups?
Ying Zheng named himself this, meaning "first emperor"
Who is Shi Huangdi?
This country became a cultural bridge between China and Japan
What is Korea?
The name of the Caliphate when the Islamic Golden Age reached its peak
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?