This Southern Africa city controlled the gold and ivory trade for the Karanga Empire.
Great Zimbabwe
100
Hajj
Pilgrimage to Mecca
100
This empire of skilled horsemen from the North China Plains invaded and controlled Russia before Ivan III. Which empire am I?
The Mongol Empire
100
Muhammad was born in which city? It's is also the holiest city in Islam.
Mecca
200
I was an advocate for women's rights and I saved Justinian's reign by demanding he confront the Nika Rebellion. Who am I?
Empress Theodora
200
Mansa Musa was the greatest leader of Mali. However, he is best known for what?
His very large, elaborate and expensive Hajj
200
Sawn
fasting for Ramadan
200
Who was the first Russian leader to convert to Christianity?
Vladimir
200
The first 4 leaders of Islam after the death of Muhammad were called what? (hint:it's because they knew Muhammad personally.)
The rightly guided caliphs
300
What was the common language of the Byzantine Empire? (Hint: The Orthodox Church adopted it because it was the common language of the people.)
Greek
300
I reunited the Songhai after a civil war. I was their leader during their golden age. Who am I?
Askia Muhammad
300
Zakat
Giving Alms
300
These people mixed with the Vikings and lived in the area north of the Black Sea?
Slavs
300
What Islamic Caliphate controlled North Africa during the fall of Constantinople. This Caliphate also replace the "rightly guided" caliphs. What was their name?
Umayyad Caliphate
400
The end of the Byzantine Empire ended with the fall of Constantinople. Who invaded the city?
The Ottoman Turks
400
What was the occupation of the earliest African societies?
Hunter/Gathering
400
Salat
Prayer: 5x a day
400
I created a legal code for Kiev that protected property and commerce rights. Who am I?
Yaroslav the Wise
400
This Caliphate pulled back to it's capital, Baghdad, to secure control of the western trade routes with Asia. They control their empire their an enormous bureacracy. What caliphate am I?
The Abbassid Caliphate
500
Justinian's Code revised 400 years of Roman law into 4 books. Name the 4 books.
Code, Digest, Institute and Novellae
500
Where was Bantuland?
On the southern edge of the Sahara; Nigeria, Cameroon
500
Shahada
The Creed
“There is no God worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad is his messenger.”
500
Because of their close ties with the Byzantine Empire, Ivan III declared Russia what?
The "third Rome"
500
Accoring to the Shia, I should have been the caliph after the death of Muhammad because we were cousins. Who am I? The Sunni give me props but only after Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman.