Trade Networks
This trade network connected China to the Middle East over many land routes.
What is the Silk Road?
The Byzantine Empire was first this half of the Roman Empire.
What was Eastern Roman Empire?
Name a major commodity traded in Africa during the Post-Classical Era.
Gold, Salt, Ivory, Spices, etc.
Location of the early Islamic Empire including Mecca.
What is Arabian Peninsula or Modern-Day Saudi Arabia?
While the Byzantine Empire grew in power, which rival empire fell?
What is the Western Roman Empire?
This trade network connected India to South East Asia and East Africa through maritime/sea routes.
What is the Indian Ocean Complex or Trade?
He was the most famous emperor of the Byzantine Empire and reformed Byzantine law
Who was Justinian?
Name one of the major trade networks that made Africa wealthy during the Post Classical Era.
Trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean Complex
True or False: Muhammad did not name a successor which resulted in a power vacuum and regional warfare.
True
This region is located between North and South America.
What is Mesoamerica or Central America?
This trade network connected areas like Italy, Greece, the Middle East, Egypt, and Northern Africa through maritime/sea trade.
What is the Mediterranean Sea Complex or Trade?
Name for Byzantine law compiled from hundreds of various Roman laws collected across the Eastern Mediterranean.
What is the Justinian Code?
Merchants used these to transport goods across the vast Sahara desert.
What are camels?
Name for a Muslim ruler during the Post Classical Era who was believed to be connected to Muhammad.
Caliph
This is the name for the flat grasslands that stretch across Africa's plains home to elephants, lions, and cheetahs, among other animals.
What are savannahs?
This trade network connect Empires in Northern African across the world largest hot desert.
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade Network?
This religion was formed when the Byzantine Emperor split from the Roman Catholic Church and most significantly the Pope's authority.
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church?
This religion became the predominate religion followed in Northern Africa due to the Trans-Sahara Trade Network.
What is Islam?
True or False: Religious freedom was allowed during the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates.
What is true? Scholars of all religions were welcome, but churches were taxed
Name a trade network located in North or South America
What is Mesoamerican, Andes, or Mississippian?
These three continents became interconnected by trade during the Post Classical Era.
What are Africa, Asia, and Europe?
This religious site is a wonderful example of Byzantine cultural diffusion because it was a Christian Church before becoming a Muslim Mosque
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Who was Mansa Musa?
The Islamic Caliphates issued this official language to be used for all government documents and currency to consolidate power.
He was a famous Muslim explorer who is claimed to have traveled across Africa and Asia.
Who is Ibn Battuta?