Byzantine
Capital of the Byzantine Empire
What is Constantinople?
Mongolian leader that creates the entire Mongol Empire
Who is Genghis Khan?
These are the key foundations to Islam
What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?
This Russian city was located closely to the Byzantine capital
What is Kiev?
Wife of a famous Byzantine Emperor. She supported his rule and helped keep him in power
Who is Theodora?
Wrote a special code to preserve Roman law
Who is Emperor Justinian?
Primary form of travel that the Mongolians used
What are horses?
Founder of Islam
Who is Muhammad?
Russian leaders learned to be cruel from this empire
Who is the Mongolian Empire?
European explorer that visits China during the Yuan Dynasty, writes about things he visits and sees
Who is Marco Polo?
Split between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches
What is the Great Schism?
Continent that the Mongolians capture a vast majority of
What is Asia?
The region where Islam is founded
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
Russia adopts this branch of Christianity from the Byzantine Empire
What is Orthodox?
Major capital that plays an important role for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
What is Constantinople?
The Byzantine Empire eventually falls to them in the 1450s
Who are the Ottomans?
Chinese Dynasty started by the Mongolians
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
The two different Islamic groups that form after the death of its founder
What are the Sunni & Shi'a?
Russian city that emerges after the rule of a foreign empire
What is Moscow?
First caliph after Muhammad's death
Who is Abu-Bakr?
Rebellion that happened during a sporting event in the Byzantine Empire
What is the Nika Rebellion?
The Mongolians were better at these two things which allowed them to conquer this vast empire
What are technology & negotiation?
The house of worship in Mecca
What is the Kaaba?
Russian leader that freed Russia from foreign rule in 1480, nicknamed "the Great"
Who is Ivan III / Ivan the Great?
Grandson of the first Great Khan. He starts the Yuan Dynasty
Who is Kublai Khan?