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Key Terms
100
Axumite leaders adopted this type of Christianity from Egypt.
What is Coptic?
100
Set up by Augustus, its job was specifically to protect the emperor.
What is the praetorian guard?
100
"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
What is The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew.
100
The best known play in Indian literature, written by Kalidasa.
What is Shakuntala?
100
Issued by Constantine and Licinius, this enacted a policy of religious tolerance throughout the Roman Empire.
What is the Edict of Milan?
200
This group acted as intermediaries and carried food products and manufactured goods from Carthage across the desert.
Who are the Berbers?
200
A set of universal laws based on reason.
What is natural law?
200
While no original written version existed, it was later translated from Quiche (the spoken language of the Maya) to Latin and then to Spanish.
What is the Popul Vuh?
200
The Hindu temple at Khajuraho is an example of this.
What is the relationship between Hinduism and sexuality?
200
Moctezuma welcomed Hernan Cortes as a figure of this god.
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
300
In this work, an Egyptian monk describes an African gold rush.
What is the Christian Topography of Cosmas Indicopleustes?
300
By mid-first century B.C., women who married remained under this.
What is their father's legal control?
300
An account of the siege of Jerusalem in 1099 written by a Christian.
What is Fulcher Chartres' "Chronicle of the First Crusade?"
300
He ruled a Mongol khanate in Samarkand, invaded northern India, and was known as "the last of the great nomadic conquerors."
Who is Tamerlane?
300
The king of Mali
Who is Mansa Musa?
400
This group was not nomadic, but still facilitated trade in Central Africa.
Who are the Garamantes?
400
They ruled a military monarchy from 193-235
Who are the Severans?
400
An African story where a male protagonist is aided on his quest by a strong female character, his sister.
What is The Epic of San-Jara?
400
A time of prosperity and and thriving commerce with China, Southeast Asia, and the Mediterranean.
What is the Gupta Dynasty?
400
The dominant political force in northern India after the fall of the Mauryas.
What is the Kushan Kingdom?
500
Under these conquerors, taxes were lower for Africans than under the Byzantine Empire.
Who are Arabs?
500
A need for a more emotional and intimate spiritual experience led Roman citizens to these.
What are mystery cults?
500
This Indian novel tells the story of a mother trying to mold her daughter into a wealthy courtesan.
What is Dandin's "The Ten Princes?"
500
This development in Buddhism is an example of a devotional religion.
What is Mahayana Buddhism?
500
The sites of a Hindu temple and a Buddhist temple, respectively, built during the Khmer Empire.
What is Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom?
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