Song Dynasty & East Asia
This philosophy reinforced social hierarchy and filial piety.
What is Confucianism?
This South Asian sultanate helped spread Islam between 1200–1450.
What is the Delhi Sultanate?
This West African empire thrived under Mansa Musa.
What is Mali?
This movement emphasized personal devotion to a single deity.
What is the Bhakti movement?
This institution unified Europe and held political power.
What is the Catholic Church?
This innovation in agriculture boosted population growth.
What is Champa rice?
These mystical missionaries helped spread Islam in West Africa.
Who are the Sufis?
This city was a hub of Islamic learning and trade.
What is Timbuktu?
This empire built the Angkor Wat temple complex.
What is the Khmer Empire?
This system tied peasants to land in exchange for protection.
What is manorialism?
This exam system promoted merit over birth in government roles.
What is the civil service exam?
This term refers to lands under Islamic rule.
What is Dar al-Islam?
These trade routes connected North and West Africa.
What are the Trans-Saharan routes?
This maritime empire dominated trade in Southeast Asia.
What is the Majapahit Empire?
This factor led to the rise of feudalism after Rome’s fall.
What is the decline of centralized authority?
This waterway connected northern and southern China for trade.
What is the Grand Canal?
These elite slave soldiers founded their own dynasty in Egypt.
Who are the Mamluks?
This East African city-state prospered from Indian Ocean trade.
What is Swahili city-states?
Control of this waterway allowed empires to dominate regional trade and collect taxes from passing ships.
What is the Strait of Malacca?
This labor system helped the Inca build infrastructure.
What is the Mit’a system?
This religion spread to Southeast Asia and blended with local beliefs.
What is Buddhism?
This city’s fall marked the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate.
What is Baghdad?
This southern African kingdom is known for its stone architecture.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
This innovation spread from China and revolutionized warfare.
What is gunpowder?
Both the Aztec and Inca empires practiced this religious ritual.
What is human sacrifice?