Gupta Empire
Where was the Gupta Empire located?
India
What was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire first named?
Constantinople
Where was the Tang and Song Dynasties located? (Please provide the country and continent)
China and Asia
What do we call someone that practices Islam?
Muslim
What were some of the invention created during the Tang/ Song Dynasties that changed history? (HINT: Three answers)
Printing, Gunpowder, and the Compass
What was the first empire of India that influenced Chandra Gupta?
The Mauryan Empire
What cultures did the Byzantine Empire help preserve?
Greek and Roman culture.
What major invention allowed trade and exploration to go eastward towards the sea?
The compass
What dynasty did the Islamic Golden age occur during?
Abbasid Dynasty
Yes or No. Does the creation of harsh laws that discriminate against women during the Gupta Empire support the idea that it was a golden age?
No because this shows that not all were given the same opportunities to prosper during this time.
Stupas were used for what type of purpose?
Stupas were used for religious purposes of burial
What was Emperor Justinian known for?
The Justinian Code of Laws, which was a collection of the laws of the empire.
What direction did the Tang Dynasty travel on the Silk Road for trade and exploration?
West via land based trade routes
What empires did the Islamic Empire trade with that influenced their Arabian culture?
Egyptian, European, and Byzantine.
A golden age is a time of __________ and ______________ ______________ (fill in the blanks)
Prosperity and technological innovation
What social classification system was established during the Gupta Empire?
The caste system
What is the name of the building that was created during the Byzantine Empire that blends Greek, Roman, Persian and Middle Eastern styles?
The Church of Hagia Sophia
In the Tang and Song Dynasties increased amounts of what two areas of society besides urban culture allowed for artistic achievement?
Wealth and education.
How was the Muslim Empire able to gain wealth from the Silk Road?
People would travel from faraway places to buy their desired goods and merchants could also bring back goods from other places that those in the Empire would want.
Yes or No. Are examples of advancements in science, mathematics, and technology a good way to support the idea that a time period was a golden age?
Yes. Technological, scientific, and mathematical advances help with allowing empires to prosper during golden ages.
What mathematical concepts were developed during the Gupta Empire? (HINT: Three answers)
The concept of zero, decimal system, and Arabic numerals.
Provide two examples of how the Byzantine Empire influenced Russia.
Byzantines gave Russia their written language of the cyrillic alphabet.
Byzantine missionaries brought Eastern Orthodox Christianity to Russia
Introduced the idea of an autocratic ruler to them (Czar)
How does agricultural production affect population?
When agricultural production increases, the food supply becomes stable. This allows the population to increase.
How did the Islamic golden age improve medical practices?
Required the first medical licensing exams, created medical textbooks, emergency rooms, and medicinal syrup.
What typically leads to the end of a golden age? (Please provide at least two examples)
Corrupt governments, death of a ruler, natural disasters, invasion from outsiders, etc.