Before the Middle Ages
When humans changed from hunter-gatherers to farmers
The Neolithic Revolution
The Dark Ages
This City-State of Greece was famous for it's warriors
Sparta
The crusades were a conflict between which two religions?
Christians and Muslims
The Renaissance focus on the potential and beauty of human beings
Humanism
Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China
The name of the Eastern European Empire, considered Rome 2.0
The Byzantine Empire
A word used to described the ruling Chinese family (Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Ming)
A dynasty
What did the each side from the crusades want? Who ultimately won?
They wanted Jerusalem, and the Muslims kept it.
This invention allowed Renaissance ideas to spread easily
The Printing Press
When different cultures blend together through trade or conquest
cultural diffusion
This capital of the Byzantine Empire was desired by all civilizations for it's great location
Constantinople
What are the 3 main monotheistic religions?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
How did the Black Death end up devastating Europe?
Trade from Asia
Which Renaissance author said it is better to be feared than to be loved?
Machiavelli
The social class system of Western Europe (King / Lords / Knights / Serfs)
Feudalism
What THREE continents did the Muslim Ottoman Empire spread to?
The name of the Western European economic system; everyone lived on the lords land and it was farming based
Manorialism
What famous city did the Ottomans conquer?
Constantinople