Fall of Rome
This Empire came about after Emperor Diocletian divided Rome into two Empires. This is the empire on the EAST side of the split.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
What is the Hajj
The three Western African Empires in Linear Order
What is Ghana, Mali, Songhai?
This leader of the Mongols created one of the largest EMpires in the world in one lifetime.
Who is Genghis Khan?
The climate in the middle east and N. Africa (starts with an A)
What is Arid?
This government system was built off of the unfair labor of the peasants and created a strict social hierarchy in Western Rome.
What is Feudalism?
The Islam word for God.
What is Allah?
The trading of these two items lead to wealth and success for the Western Africa Empires.
What is the gold and salt trade?
Inventions of Gun Powder, Phiolosphy, Paper, and the Compass led to the golden age of these dynasties + the boom of poetry.
What are the Tang and Song dynaties?
This Empire had control of BOTH Eastern Europe AND all of Asia at the same time.
What are the Mongols?
This created a uniform set of laws for all people living in the Byzantine Empire
What is the Code of Justinian?
The spread of Islam, Trade, Pilgramages to Mecca, the translating of texts to Arabic, passing laws to make the learning of Arabic all lead to..
What is the Islamic Golden Age?
The most famous Emperor of Mali
Who is Mansa Musa?
Genghis Khan used to use this military strategy for getting nomadic tribes to become a part of the Mongols.
What is the military tactic of bribing one tribe to attack another?
The name of the Desert in North AFrica
What is the Sahara Desert?
A section of land to be sectioned off during Fedualism.
What is a fief?
Islam + the Hajj helped lead to a golden age because once a year everyone traveled to this place, allowing it to become a hub of innovation and trade
What is Mecca?
This innovation helped traders bring caravans, water, and goods up to 600 pounds through the desert.
What are camals?
Both the Tang and Song dyanties as well as the mongols used this to trade with other empires.
What is the Silk Road?
The name of the LARGEST Desert in the middle east.
What is the Arabian Desert?
As a result of increased taxes and harsh laws, the people of Constantinople came together against Justinian and Theodora in 532 CE. The riots started in a stadium called the Hippodrome
What are the Nika Riots?
_____ or Islamic Law, is a set of rules that come from the Qur'an (the Muslim holy book), the Hadith, and fatwas (the rulings of Islamic scholars).
What is Sharia Law?
The university started by Mansa Musa
What is Sankore University?
The Golden Age of the Mongols is referred to as this.
What is the Pax Mongolia?
(True or False) The Bzyantine Empire is on the West side of Europe.
What is FALSE