What was the most important animal to the Mongol way of life?
The horse
What Roman emperor moved the capitol to modern day Istanbul (aka Constantinople)
Constantine
What event officially begins the Medieval Ages?
The fall of Rome
Who is the founder of Islam?
The Prophet Muhammad
What was the largest empire in all of history?
The Mongol Empire
What station in the tribe did Yesugei (Genghis's father) have before he was poisoned?
Kahn
What is the colloquial name of the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of Rome?
The Byzantines
What class of people were at the bottom of society in feudal Europe?
Serfs
What is the name for the time period between the 8th and 13th century in the Islamic Caliphate? (hint: not all that glitters is _______")
The Golden Age of Islam
When did the Bubonic plague officially disappear?
It Never did (don't pet chipmunks they can carry it)
What does the Name Genghis Kahn mean?
Universal Ruler
What is the name of this famous former church in Constantinople?
Hagia Sophia
What was the primary way that the black plague was transmitted throughout Medieval Europe?
Through flea bites
What is Al Khwarizmi partially credited with inventing?
Algebra
What is the name of this actor who played the Mongolian Genghis Kahn in the 1956 movie titled "The Conqueror"
Who is John Wayne
How were the nomadic Mongols able to successfully lay siege upon walled cities?
They enlisted enemy engineers to use siege weapons like trebuchets.
What was the most common language spoken in the Byzantine Empire?
Greek
After the Great Schism, what type of Christianity did the Byzantines adopt?
Eastern Orthodoxy
What is the name of the numbers that scholars in the Islamic Caliphate invented? (hint: we still use them...1,2,3)
Arabic Numerals
What is my favorite invention from the Islamic caliphate? (hint: it proved that light moves in straight lines)
Camera Obscura
What is Genghis Kahn's real name?
Temujin
What year did Rome fall to the Visigoths?
476 AD
What war between France and England is considered to lead to the end of Feudalism?
The Hundred Years war
What group of people end the Islamic Caliphate by invasion?
The Seljuk Turks
What is the term used to describe the separation between the eastern orthodox and catholic church in 1054 AD?
The Great Schism