The massive geoglyphs populate the subtropical coastal deserts of Peru.
What are the Nazca Lines
100
By 1518, this prominent African export was shipped as far as the Americas by the Songhay Empire
What are slaves
100
Due to hostilities with the Jurchen’s Jin Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty of China was henceforth known as this.
What is The Southern Song Dynasty.
100
This Frankish King became the first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire in the early Middle Ages.
What is Charlemagne.
100
This ruler of Kiev is attributed with the conversion of Russia to Christianity
Who is St. Vladimir I
200
This city was the capital of the Aztec Empire.
What is Tenochtitlan
200
In 16th century Africa, this was the lone Christian kingdom on the continent
What is Ethiopia
200
Following the Genpei War, ultimate power in Japan rested not in the hands of the Emperor, but in this?
What is the Shogun
200
Under the direction of Abd al-Malik in 699, caliph of the Umayyad dynasty, this became the official language of the empire.
What is Arabic
200
In 1242, an army led by the Prince of Novgorod defeated this knightly order at the Battle on the Ice?
What is The Teutonic Knights
300
This Mississippian Culture city, characterized by massive mounds, was the largest settlement north of the Rio Grande
What is Cahokia
300
This was the most valued import to sub-Saharan West African Kingdom of Ghana.
What is salt
300
This Ming Dynasty eunuch led an armada of over 300 ships through established trade routes between 1405 and 1433.
Who is Zhang He
300
This European country acted as the catalyst for the Renaissance
What is Italy
300
This was the name of the democratic entities that gathered in Russian towns and villages to decide important matters? Any head of household that lived in the locale could attend.
What is the Veche
400
This Makah village in the Pacific Northwest was buried in a mudslide in the 1700’s, only to be rediscovered in 1970 and dubbed the Pompeii of the Americas
What is Ozette
400
During the early expansion of Islam, Muslim leaders were compelled to build a navy after the conquest of this country.
What is Egypt
400
Utilizing a combination of Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist though, Zhu Xi devised this revolutionary philosophy in China during the 12th century
What is Neo-Confucianism
400
This leader of the Ottoman Empire finally captured the city of Constantinople and brought about the end of the Byzantine Empire.
Who is Mehmet the Conqueror.
400
Olga, who ruled Kiev as regent from 945-962, enacted revenge in spectacular fashion against this neighboring tribe.
What are the Drevliane
500
This dogmatic anthropologist headed the National Museum of History from 1903 to 1942, and believed that Native Americans crossed the Bering Land Bridge no earlier than 3,000 B.C.
Who is Ales Hrdlicka
500
This Malian King conducted the Great Hajj to Mecca in 1324, thereby spreading word of Mali's wealth.
Who is Mansa Musa I
500
In 1380, this Ming Dynasty Emperor had the prime minister and 30,000 conspirators put to death
Who is the Hongwu Emperor
500
This was the name of the Mongol Empire’s capital, built on the steppe in 1220 C.E.
What is Karakorum
500
This was the name of the subdivision of the Muscovite state, totally controlled by the czar (he then ordered them to hunt down and kill ‘traitors’ by the boat-load)