Middle East
Which two nearby empires were conquered and by the Islamic caliphates?
Byzantine and Persian
What is the name of the empire that came from the classical Roman empire and established Orthodox Christianity?
The Byzantine Empire
Construction of the ____ increased interregional trade in China.
Grand Canal
Who unified the Mongol tribes and set them on a path of expansion?
Ghengis Khan
What are four major trading exports of the early African civilizations?
Ivory, gold, salt, slaves
What are the 2 divisions of Islam called?
Shia and Sunni
The Crusades
Name two major inventions during the Tang Dynasty.
gunpowder and the magnetic compass
Unified much of Eurasia through trade
What are the three major kingdoms of western Africa?
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Which two nomadic groups help spread Islam?
Bedouins and Berbers
What 2 aspects of Byzantium were adopted in Kievan Russ?
Legal code and Eastern Orthodoxy
Name two famous travellers through Asia.
Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta
Who was the mongol ruler in China?
Kublai Khan
Trade along the Indian Ocean led to the development of the ______________ city-states
Name all caliphates of the Islamic world during the post-classical period.
Rashidun (ok to omit), Umayyad, Abbasid, Al-andalus, Delhi Sultanate
What were two effects of the plague on European society?
Population decline and labor shortages (leading to end of fedualism)
Who sat at the top of the Japanese feudal system?
The Mongols are thought to be responsible for the spread of
the plague
Who was one of the greatest Mali rulers who built the capital at Timbuktu and expanded the kingdom, best known for spreading gold on his hajj to Mecca?
Mansa Musa
What is sufism?
Mystical Muslim group
What is the economic alliance that controlled trade throughout much of northern Europe during the Middle Ages?
The Hanseatic League
What was similar between European and Japanese feudalism besides the structure?
Military basis
Describe Mongol contact with the societies they conquered.
Pay tribute; allow to maintain customs/religion, usually adopted culture of area conquered
The migration of what group of people led to a common shared culture in Africa?
Bantu