Byzantine
Created after the Western Rome Falls
Byzantine Empire
The new form of Christianity that developed in the Byzantine Empire become known as:
Eastern Orthodox
United all the Mongols
Genghis Khan
Final prophet of Islam
Muhammad
trade route between West Africa and the Islamic countries of North Africa.
Trans-Saharan trade
Divides the Empires into the East and West
Diocletian
the Pope claimed authority over kings
Roman Catholic
Part of their military strategies for quick invasion and quick exit
Horses
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Hajj
Main trade good provided by Africans in the trade between East Africa and Asia
Gold and Salt
He moves the capital to Byzantium and renames it Constantinople
Constintine
banned from the church and salvation
excommunication
You could walk from one side of the empire to the other with a gold plate along this.
Silk Road
Jews, Christians, and Muslim developed in this region
Middle East
Ruler of Mali who took so much gold on his hajj that it flooded the economy in Egypt
Mansa Musa
A collection of over 5,000 Roman laws that Justinian formed using legal advisors.
Justinian Code
Influenced by the Byzantine missionaries
Russians
Trade and travel were abundant during this time period
Pax Mongolica
A division of Islam believes that the Caliph should be blood
Shia
Group that grew Mali's trade
Berbers
Circumference is eighteen miles long, melting pot of cultures, has three walls
Constantinople
First church before the Great Schism
Early Christian Church
Genghis Khan died in 1227 and his sons and grandsons divided the empire into
Khanates
This law regulated personal and public affairs of the people.
Sharia Law
Important city trading center
Timbuktu