East Asia
This dynasty was in power in China around 1200, known for industrial production.
What is the Song Dynasty?
What is the House of Wisdom?
This empire in Mexico used "floating gardens" known as chinampas.
Who are the Mexica/Aztecs?
This African Kingdom was known for its wealth, particularly for the wealth of its king Mansa Musa.
What is Mali?
This political system divided up land in exchange for loyalty.
What is Feudalism?
This agricultural innovation from Vietnam caused a population boom.
What is Champa Rice?
This group of Turkic people from Central Asia began to dominate the middle east.
Who are the Seljuk Turks?
This Andean civilization used the mit'a system for labor.
Who are the Inca?
This city in West Africa was a center of Islamic learning and trade in the Mali Empire.
What is Timbuktu?
This series of wars increased trade between Europe and the Middle East.
What are the Crusades?
This test of Confucian principles was used to assign government jobs.
What is the Civil Service Exam?
Islam spread into this region through military conquest, trade, and Sufi mystics.
What is India/South Asia?
This North American culture built large, monumental earthen mounds.
Who are the Cahokians/Mississippians?
This trade network linked West African kingdoms like Ghana and Mali to the Mediterranean, and was a vital trade route for the distribution of African gold.
What is the trans-Saharan trade route?
This institution held immense power in Western Europe during the Middle Ages.
What is the Catholic Church?
This religious philosophy combined Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
Dar al-Islam was a center of mathematical innovation, as exemplified by this field first being defined as a separate topic by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi.
What is Trigonometry?
This Meso-American culture was known for their decentralized system of city-states and their advanced understanding of Astronomy.
Who are the Maya?
This East African civilization thrived by trading gold, ivory, and slaves across the Indian Ocean and was known for its massive stone structures.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
The biggest cause of the decline of feudalism in Europe and the weakening of the manorial labor system was this 14th-century pandemic.
What is the Black Death/Bubonic Plague?
These two items were invented in China during this time period, but spread around the world.
What are Gunpowder/Paper Money/Porcelain/Magnetic Compass/Printing/Commercial Iron & Steel Production?
This empire had been a major Islamic caliphate, but by the mid-1200s it had collapsed and broken into pieces.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
This city shows the sophisticated ways in which the Ancient Puebloans adapted their environment to serve their purposes.
What is Mesa Verde?
This culture, a blend of Bantu and Arabic influences, flourished along the East African coast, facilitating trade between the African interior and the Indian Ocean.
What are the Swahili City-States?
Signed in 1215, this document marked a major shift towards constitutional law by limiting the power of the English king.
What is the Magna Carta?