River Valley Civilizations
This civilization was ruled by pharaohs and built pyramids along the Nile River.
What is EGYPT?
This is the founder of Islam.
Who is MUHAMMAD.
What is a REPUBLIC?
This institution had the most power during the Middle Ages.
What is the CHURCH?
This trade of these two goods made the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai wealthy.
What is GOLD and SALT?
What is INDIA?
This is the strict version of Christianity.
What is ROMAN CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY?
This is the Greek city Athens fought against during the Peloponnesian War.
What is SPARTA?
What disease spread throughout Europe in the 1300s that killed 1/3 of the population?
What is the BUBONIC PLAGUE or BLACK DEATH?
What is the INCA?
This was the largest Fertile Crescent empire that ruled with tolerance and an imperial bureaucracy.
This religion finds reincarnation, karma, and the caste system important.
What is HINDUISM?
This is the Byzantine emperor who codified Roman laws, ruled in Constantinople, and built the Hagia Sophia.
Who is JUSTINIAN?
This is who unified Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire and was named Holy Roman Emperor.
Who is CHARLEMAGNE?
This civilization ruled the Yucatan Peninsula, built Chichen Itza for polytheistic worship, and created an accurate calendar.
What is the MAYA?
This is the approval to rule given by the gods in China.
What is the MANDATE OF HEAVEN?
This is what Buddhist aim to attain when they follow the Eightfold Path and reach enlightenment like Siddhartha Gautama.
What is NIRVANNA?
This group of nomads conquered the early Russians and were lead by Genghis Khan.
Who are the MONGOLS?
This is the holy city that Pope Urban II told Christians to recapture during the Crusades.
What is JERUSALEM?
This Northeastern African kingdom was the first to practice Christianity.
What is AXUM?
This philosophy found education, filial piety, and ancestor worship important in China.
What is CONFUCIANISM?
This is the dispersal of Jews.
What is the DIASPORA?
This is the alphabet that Byzantine missionaries created to convert Russians to Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
What is the CYRILLIC ALPHABET?
What is HUMANISM?
This is a Japanese religion where believers worship nature, family, and the emperor.
What is SHINTO?