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Which of these is not a characteristic of a civilization
a) administrative infrastructure
b) division of labor
c) currency
Chinese emperors rightful claim to rule was dependent upon
The mandate of heaven
This empire stretched from the Arabian peninsula to East Africa and much of the Mediterranean coast
Ottoman
The word Islam means this in Arabic
To submit
These people were from East Africa and traded with the Arab countries since the 8th century
Songhai
Continuous rule by a single family is called
Dynasty
The trade route that connected Europe and Africa to East Asia was
The Silk Road
This empire extended from Mesopotamia to modern day Afghanistan
Safavid
Hinduism is an Indian religion which
These people are indigenous nomads of the Sahara who were early converts to Islam, although their alliance with the Arabs was not very steady
The Berbers
A series of territories controlled by a single government is a
Dynasty
Akbar's success in ruling his divine empire was due to
Arranging marriages between Mughal aristocracy and the families of this Hindu Rajput rulers, his policy of promoting Hindus into the highest levels of governments, abolishing the head tax (jiizya), removing the ban on building Hindu temples
This empire covered all of Northern and Central India and reached high into the Himalayas
Mughal
The Mughal ruler who succeeded his father after his "unfortunate" death from an aviary and went on to win lots of battles and territory despite his love on cannabis candy
Babur
This guy was a Moroccan scholar and cleric who traveled over 75,00 miles
Ibn Battuta
In the 13th century, the Mongol empire was established by
Genghis Khan
A monsoon is
A seasonal wind that blows across the Indian subcontinent
The Ottoman policy of taking male children from their Christian peasant families to be converted to Islam and to be trained as soldiers or government workers was
Devshirme
This guy ruled over the Ottoman empire during it's apex, stretching it's boundaries, was a talented poet and goldsmith, and had some really cool onion shaped turbans
Suleiman the Magnificent
This culture arose on the east coast of Africa as a number of cities began trading with the Arab world
Swahili
Zheng He was
A Chinese diplomat, an explorer, a fleet admiral, and a court eunuch (he was castrated)
Among Aurangzeb's policies, he notably banned
Dancing, marriage outside of one's caste, reading non-Muslim texts, and eating shellfish
This branch of Islam believed that Mohammed's successor had to be a relative
Sunni
Timbuktu
This empire rose in west Africa in the 13th century, eclipsing Ghana empire and controlling trade in salt, ivory, and gold
Mali