This economic system is comprised of landowners (nobles) and those who work the land (peasants).
What is feudalism?
100
This era of human history lacked professional armies.
What is the paleolithic era?
100
This empire occupied much of Spain and Northern Africa for hundreds of years.
What is the Abbasid Empire (Muslim Empire)?
100
This system of government requires that religious doctrines and philosophies dictate policies and laws.
What is a theocracy?
200
This is a political system where the monarch has unusual power.
What is an autocratic or despotic monarchy?
200
This social-economic system was implemented by the Tang State allowed social mobility and valued the peasant farmer's social status.
What is the Fengjian social structure?
200
This era of human history witnessed the rise of "standing" professional armies.
What is the Bronze Age?
200
This empire used a system known as meritocracy to allow for social mobility into the higher ranks.
What is the Tang State?
200
This is a political system that allows government to be chosen by the people.
What is a republic?
300
This is a small, elite group who help the monarch administer his/her kingdom or empire.
What is an aristocracy?
300
This is a social system that values intellectual talent.
What is a meritocracy?
300
This weapon of mass destruction was used by the Byzantine empire (Greek Orthodox Christians)
What is "Greek Fire"
300
This dynasty is known for having ruled via a Bureaucratic Monarchy.
What is the Koryo dynasty?
300
This is the act of refusing to trade with another country.
What is a sanction?
400
This is rule by a small, elite group.
What is an oligarchy?
400
These people worked the land in exchange for land from the Noble or landlord. They were not allowed to leave the land or work their way up the "social hierarchy."
What are serfs?
400
Many empires and kingdoms used which social groups as their foot soldiers?
What is the peasant?
400
This empire saw the rise of Catholicism.
What is the Frankish Kingdom?
400
This is the physical interference with a nation's ability to trade goods.
What is a blockade?
500
This is a form of monarchy that has organized agencies or departments that help rule and administer the kingdom/empire.
What is a bureaucratic monarchy?
500
This is the ownership of one human being of another human being.
What is slavery?
500
This allowed military technology to improve dramatically, by contributing a source for stronger weaponry.
What is metallurgy?
500
The primary difference between these two religious sects is their belief of the "true successor."
Who are Shiite and Sunni Muslims?
500
This is the state of being independent, free, and autonomous.