Islamic Golden Age
This Arabic word means “God” in Islam.
What is Allah?
This leader, originally named Temujin, united the Mongol clans.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This political and economic system was based on land ownership and loyalty.
What is feudalism?
This pope issued the call for the First Crusade in 1095.
Who is Pope Urban II?
This deadly epidemic killed one-third of Europe’s population in the 1300s.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
This city became the Abbasid capital and a major center of scholarship.
What is Baghdad?
This grandson of Genghis Khan founded the Yuan Dynasty in China.
Who is Kublai Khan?
This was the basic economic arrangement of the Middle Ages, centered on a lord’s estate.
What is the manor system?
This Muslim leader recaptured Jerusalem in 1187.
Who is Saladin?
These Scandinavian raiders carried out swift attacks on monasteries and villages.
Who are the Vikings?
This institution in Baghdad preserved and advanced global knowledge through translation.
What is the House of Wisdom?
This term describes the period of peace and stability across Eurasia under Mongol rule.
What is the Pax Mongolica?
This tax, usually one-tenth of a peasant’s income, was paid to the Church.
What is a tithe?
hese were the series of “holy wars” launched to reclaim the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades?
The Bubonic Plague contributed to the decline of this economic system based on self-sufficient estates.
What is manor system?
This pilgrimage to Mecca is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
What is the Hajj?
This invention allowed Mongol warriors to stand and shoot arrows while riding.
What are stirrups?
This body of Church law governed medieval Christians in matters like marriage.
What is canon law?
This city, capital of the Byzantine Empire, was looted during the Fourth Crusade.
What is Constantinople?
As a result of labor shortages caused by the plague, this group gained more bargaining power.
Who are the peasants?
This fundamental disagreement caused the Sunni-Shi’a split.
What is who should succeed Muhammad?
These portable felt tents were used by Mongol nomads.
What are yurts?
This punishment by the Church meant banishment and denial of salvation.
What is excommunication?
This region, where Jesus lived and preached, was the primary goal of the Crusades.
What is the Holy Land?
The social and economic upheaval caused by the plague helped bring about the end of this historical period.
What is the Middle Ages?