Roman Republic
The Roman Empire
Asia and Islam
Byzantines and Russia
Mongols and Turks
100
They "founded" Rome after being raised by a she-wolf.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
100
These people made up Rome's triumvirate in 60 BC.
Who were Pompey, Crassus and Caesar?
100
The nomadic people of Arabia.
Who are the Bedouins?
100
The Byzantine Empire comes from this half of the Roman Empire.
What is Eastern?
100
The given name of Genghis Khan.
What was Temujin?
200
This position was the head of the executive branch in the Roman Republic.
What were the consuls?
200
He accepted the title "imperator" after defeating Mark Antony.
Who was Octavian? (Augustus Caesar)
200
The pillar of Islam that would bring someone to Mecca.
What is the Hajj?
200
He helped to create Constantinople as a commercial and cultural center.
Who was Justinian?
200
The Mongols originally came from this area?
What are the Asian Steppes?
300
The size of the Roman Republic greatly increased after the Carthaginian Hannibal was defeated in this war.
What was the Second Punic War?
300
This phrase refers to free food and entertainment for the poor.
What is "bread and circuses?"
300
He converted to Islam, planted a lot of trees and led the Mauryan Empire to its greatest heights.
Who was Asoka?
300
During the time of Yaroslav the Wise, "Russia" was called this.
What is the Kievan Rus?
300
The last of the strong Seljuk Turk leaders.
Who was Malik Shah?
400
The Gracchus brothers attempted to reform the Roman economic system by having the government reclaim parts of these and redistributing to the poor.
What are the latifundia?
400
This Emperor announced the end of the persecution of Christians in Rome.
Who was Constantine?
400
He was the first Emperor of the Han Dynasty.
Who was Liu Bang?
400
This would allow the people of the Byzantine Empire to know and understand the Justinian Code.
What are the Institutes?
400
These military slaves of the Abbasids helped lead to the rise of the Seljuk turks.,
Who were the Mamelukes?
500
Toward the end of the Roman Republic, new and often poor recruits to the Roman army pledged their loyalty to this group.
Who were the generals?
500
This was the immediate cause of the fall of Western Rome.
What was the invasion of the Germanic tribes and Huns?
500
Following the reign of the "Rightly-Guided Caliphs," Islam split into these two major sects.
What is Shia and Sunni?
500
The Russians call the Mongols this.
What are the Tatars?
500
The Mongol version of the mobile home.
What are yurts?
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