Byzantine Empire
This emperor and his wife helped to rebuild the Byzantine Empire after the fall of Rome, and put it on the map.
Who is Justinian?
This is the holy text of Islam.
What is the Quran/Koran?
This is the term for a period in which one family or group rules over a country.
What is a dynasty?
This man built and ruled over the Mongol Empire.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This man was the first emperor of Rome (hint: he has a month named after him).
Who is Augustus?
This city, named after the Roman emperor who founded it, was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, and the home of the Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
What is Constantinople?
The term for the pilgrimage to Mecca every Muslim must make during their lifetime.
What is the hajj?
This practice, targeted towards women, illustrated the patriarchy of Song China's society.
What is footbinding?
The geographical term for the area that Genghis Khan conquered and ruled over (hint: it's two continents, combined).
The name for the raised area at the center of a Greek city-state, where they built their temples and government buildings.
What is the acropolis?
The term for the project where Justinian compiled the many laws of the previous Roman empire into one cohesive book.
What is the Justinian Code?
What is Dar al-Islam?
This philosophical tradition, based around filial piety, blended with Buddhism and Daoism in the Song era to form a new, "Neo-" version.
What is Confucianism?
The Mongols promoted trade between places in their empire by protecting the roads which trade route?
What is the Silk Road?
This king of the Persian Empire conquered many places, including the Babylonians.
Who is Cyrus?
This opulent domed church was built by Justinian to glorify Christianity and legitimize his rule.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
The split between the Shia and Sunni branches of Islam happened because of what debate?
Who would be the successor to Mohamed.
This is the name of the test Song Dynasty employees would take to qualify for jobs in their government.
What is the civil service exam?
Genghis Khan's military strategies, such as psychological and biological warfare, would be categorized under which SPICE element?
What is political?
The name of the document Egyptians would commission, that held instructions to help them get into the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead?
The name for the Byzantine sports arenas where chariot racing took place (the Nika Riots would occur in one).
What is a hippodrome?
This field of mathematics was developed during the Golden Age of Islam.
What is algebra?
This is the name of the social class that included employees of the Song Dynasty government.
What is scholar-gentry class?
This religion spread throughout the Mongol Empires, and eventually many of the Mongols themselves even began to practice it.
What is Islam, Confucianism, or Buddhism?
When early humans began doing this, it became the key for the formation of civilizations.
What is farming/agriculture?