Indian Empires
What were the two dynasties that unified the Indian subcontinent?
What are the Maurya and Gupta
What was the first capital of Islam?
What is Mecca
What are the three main Mesoamerican ancient civilizations?
Who are the Mayans, Aztec, Incas
Who was the richest African king?
Who is Mansa Musa
Where did trade routes first develop?
What is the Eastern Hemisphere
What was the name of the two rivers that Maurya and Gupta were on?
What are the Indus and Ganges rivers
What was the effect of the battle of tours?
What is stopped the spread of islam into Europe
What type of religion did the Mesoamerican civilizations follow?
What is Polytheism
What was the only Christian African empire?
Who is the Axum empire
Where did ambers, furs, and timber come from?
What is Northern Europe
Which dynasty was in a golden age?
What is Gupta
Who first moved the capital from Mecca?
Umayyad caliphate
Which Mesoamerican civilization had a king?
Who are the Mayans
What city was the center of trade and learning in Africa?
What is Timbuktu
Where did paper from China get traded?
Through the Muslim world to the Byzantine empire and Western Europe
What caused Asoka to convert to buddhism?
What are the devastating effects of the Kalinga War
What was the name of a very common type of art in islam?
What is Arabesque
What type of disease did the Spanish bring over to Mesoamerica?
What is Smallpox
What were the 2 most valuable trading items?
Gold and salt
What was considered technology?
What is Paper, crops, waterwheels and windmills, and compasses
What are two Gupta math concepts that we still use today?
What is the zero and decimal system
Who was Ibn Battuta?
What is an explore and map maker
What was used for currency in the Mayan civilization?
What are Cocoa beans
What were the 3 Western African kingdoms?
What are the Ghana, Mali, Songhai kingdoms
What were the major trade routes in the Eastern Hemisphere from 1000 to 1500 A.D.?
Silk roads, Maritime routes, Trans-Saharan, Northern european, Western European, Southern China