Medieval Africa
This animal revolutionized trade across the Sahara Desert.
What is the camel?
This trade network connected China to the Middle East and Europe.
What is the silk road?
This modern-day country was the heart of the Ottoman Empire.
What is Turkey?
What institution was the primary 'unifying force' that provided stability after Rome's fall?
This empire was located in modern-day India:
What is the Mughal Empire?
These were the two most important commodities traded in the West African Kingdoms.
What are gold and salt?
The two denominations of Islam are called:
What are Shi'a and Sunni?
What is the Safavid Empire?
This was a political and social system based on a "contract" of land for loyalty and service.
What is Feudalism?
This major event towards the end of the Middle Ages led to a massive labor shortage and the decline of feudalism:
What is the Plague?
The three major West African kingdoms were:
What are Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?
Islamic art forbids the depiction of Muhammad. This is because the Quran does not permit:
What is idolatry?
This system involved taking Christian boys from the Balkans to be raised as Muslim soldiers or bureaucrats?
What is the Devshirme System?
William the Conqueror is known for capturing England's crown after a battle at:
What is Hastings?
To travel from India to China by boat, you must travel during which time of year to ensure favorable Monsoon Wind conditions?
What is Summer
Most traditional African societies were kin-based, meaning they were organized by:
What are family lineages or bloodlines?
The Islamic Golden Age is responsible for the development of this kind of "math in pieces."
What is Algebra?
These were the elite, highly trained soldiers of the Ottoman Empire.
What are Janissaries?
These were the "Holy Wars" fought between 1095 and 1200 to retake Jerusalem:
What are the Crusades?
This 'almost' king of England was fatally wounded when he took an arrow to the eye in 1066.
Who is Harold Godwinson?
What kind of journey was Mansa Musa taking during his famous show of wealth?
What is a Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca?
What are the Trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean?
Gunpowder Empires gained power due to Muslim merchants bringing gunpowder from:
What is China/Silk Road?
What is the Fall of Rome?
This vocab word means the blending of cultural norms/tradition.
What is cultural syncretism?