Ancient Rome
Rome was named after this person
Who was Romulus?
The modern-day country where Charlemagne ruled during the early Middle Ages
What is France?
If your foot was badly infected, this was the cure for it.
What is amputation!
The Islamic word for God.
What is Allah?
Perhaps the most famous traveler on the Silk Road, he came from Venice
Who was Marco Polo?
One of the wealthiest people to ever live, he went on a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and built numerous schools and mosques
Who was Mansa Musa?
The name of the bacteria that spread the Black Death
What was yersinia pestis?
The name given to all the foreign groups, believed to be of lesser value, who invaded Rome
Who were the barbarians?
The year Charlemagne was crowned the Holy Roman Emperor
What was 800 CE?
What were the 3 fields on a Medieval farm (3-field system)?
The prophet who Allah spoke to through the angel Gabriel and started the religion of Islam
Who was Muhammad?
The European City where silk was perhaps most highly valued.
What is Rome?
Many West Africans converted to this religion because it stressed the belief in the “brotherhood of all believers”
What is Islam?
The animals that carried the deadly bacteria that spread the Black Death
The day Julius Caesar died
What was March 15, or the Ides of March?
Not known for being tall, he was the father of Charlemagne
Who was Pepin the Short?
Cruck houses were made of these three materials
What was straw, mud and manure?
The shape of the old city of Baghdad
What is round (the "Round City")
They were about 20 miles apart and provided lodging for travelers along the Silk Road
What were caravanserais?
Prince Sunni Ali declared its independence in 1435, and it became the largest trade empire of West Africa.
What was Songhai?
How Christians explained the cause of the Black Death?
What is: they believed it was a punishment from God.
The physical feature in the northern end of the peninsula that was a natural defense for the Roman republic.
What were the Alps?
Charlemagne did this to make trade in his empire easier.
What is standardize weights, measurements and money?
It was the 10% tax that peasants had to pay the church
What was a tithe?
The name of the caliphate that ruled from 750 to 1258 CE
Who were the Abbasids?
One of the most valuable commodities on the Silk Road, they could be hidden in pockets.
What are jewels (jewelry)
He still rules over local politics in Benin City, Nigeria.
Who is the oba?
He was the Pope's doctor during the Black Death
The year that Rome "fell."
Charlemagne encouraged others to do this, but never quite mastered it himself
What is read and write?
What are sheep or cattle horns?
The name of the Muslim prayer associated with sunset
What is the Maghrib, or evening prayer.
Other than commodities, these were traded on the Silk Road
What were new ideas, religions, languages or technologies?
The technology used to create Benin's gorgeous bronze plaques
What is the lost wax casting process?
What was Messina?