Greece
An Athenian political leader that ruled during the Golden Age
Who is Pericles
How did Rome conquer a vast empire?
It extending some form of citizenship to many of the people it conquered
What is the legacy of the Byzantine Empire?
The Byzantine Empire influenced many cultures, primarily due to its role in shaping Christian Orthodoxy
How did the Islam spread so quickly?
What is trade, military conquest, and pilgrimage
What was the Abbasid Empire known for?
It is greatly contributed to the development of the Islamic Golden Age, especially through the direct promotion of arts, philosophy, and scientific progress.
The topography of Greece that created independent city states
What are Mountains?
What ended the Roman Republic?
What is the Battle of Actium of 31 BC
How did Justinian impact the Byzantine Empire?
Justinian reorganized the government of the Byzantine Empire and enacted several reforms to increase accountability and reduce corruption.
What was the legacy of the Islamic Empires?
Literature, philosophy, science, medicine, mathematics, and art
What ended the Abbasid Empire?
The Abbasids' age of cultural revival and fruition ended in 1258 with the siege of Baghdad by the Mongols under Hulagu Khan and the execution of al-Musta'sim.
It was a blend of Persian, Egyptian , Indian , Greece
What is the Hellenistic Culture?
What caused the decline of Rome?
What is corruption?
How did geography of the Byzantine Empire help to formulate its success?
They had easy access to both the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
How did art help Islam spread?
It helped spread the values, themes, and agenda that the Islamic Empire wanted in an indirect way
What major problem did the Abbasids Empire faced?
The major issue which the Abbasid Caliphate faced throughout its five centuries of rule was maintaining such a large multi-ethnic empire.
How did geography influence the Greek city states?
What is the landscape of rocky, mountainous and many lands
What were the contributions of Pax Romana?
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
What is Constantinople
How did trade spread Islam?
It spread Islam because any long-distance exchange had to traverse Muslim lands
What is the purpose of the Abbasid Empire?
The Abbasids maintained an unbroken line of caliphs for over three centuries, consolidating Islamic rule and cultivating great intellectual and cultural developments in the Middle East in the Golden Age of Islam.
Who created one of the largest empires of the ancient world?
Who is Alexander The Great
How did Italy’s geography help the Roman unite the peninsula?
The less rugged terrain helped unite the peninsula. It was cut off from other lands by sea and mountains.
What was the Byzantine Empire known for?
It was a center of education and was renowned for its writing , and it's art
How did Islam travel through regions so quick?
Sometimes it was carried in great caravans or sea vessels traversing vast trade networks on land and sea, and other times it was transferred through military conquest and the work of missionaries
What was the main goal of the Abbasid Caliphate?
During this period the Muslim world became an intellectual center for science, philosophy, medicine and education.