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100

The important channel that was used for trade between the Black Sea and the Mediterranian

Bosphorus Strait

100

The founder of Islam

Mohammed

100

The richest king in the world

Mansa Musa

100

This was the capital of the Kievan Rus

Kiev

100

Put these in order: 

Rurik begins to rule

Kievan Rus is converted to Orthodoxy

Capital moves to Kyiv

Rurik begins to rule


Capital moves to Kyiv

Kievan Rus is converted to Orthodoxy

200

The beautiful church now turned mosque in Istanbul

Hagia Sophia

200

The most important place in Islam

Mecca

200

The two things that made Medieval Africa incredibly rich

Salt and Gold

200

What was the primary religion of the slavic people before their conversion

Paganism

200
Put in order the Empires of West Africa from who came first to who came last?




Ghana

Mali

Songhai

300

Constantinople was located between these two continents

Europe and Asia


300

Name the first four caliphs of Islam


Abu-Bakr

Umar

Uthman

Ali

300

What were the three empires in West Africa

Ghana

Mali

Songhai


300

Who converted the Kievan Rus to Christianity and why?

Volodymyr I because he thought Orthodoxy had the nicest churches

300

Put these events in order

Muhammed flees to Medina

Ali becomes Caliph

Muhammed begins to preach Islam

Abu-Bakhr becomes Caliph


Muhammed begins to preach Islam

Muhammed flees to Medina

Abu-Bakhr becomes Caliph

Ali becomes Caliph



400

The year of the Great Schism, who was it between?

1054, between the Catholic and Orthodox church

400
What is one things that Muslims cannot do?

Drink Alcohol

400
What is the largest desert in the world?

Sahara Desert

400

This writing system was brought by _______________ & ___________ and was the beginning of the ___________________ alphabet

Cyril and Methodius


Cyrilic Alphabet

400

Which empires existed at the same time as one another?

Byzantines, Mali, Islamic Empires, and Kievan Rus

500
The important Emperor who codified laws and expanded the Byzantine Empire

Justinian

500

What are the five pillars of Islam

Declaration of Faith

Daily Ritual Prayer

Alms to the Poor

Fasting 

Haj


500

The religious and learning centre that only Muslims could access

Timbuktu

500

Which tribe eventually conquered the Kievan Rus?

What was their name and who was their leader?

Mongols also known as the Golden Horde and led by Batu Khan

500

Put these in Order:

Justinian retakes territory

Rome is sacked

Constantine changes the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople

Constantinople is sacked.



Constantine changes the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople

Rome is sacked

Justinian retakes territory

Constantinople is sacked.

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