Section 1
The only classical society that survived in the centuries after 400 C.E. was the?
Byzantine Empire
What was the name of the false prophet who was the focus of the Ridda Wars?
Musaylima
How big is the continent of Africa compared to other continents?
2nd largest
The biggest problem of the Middle Ages in Europe was that of?
Atheism
What was the main reason between the schism of the Catholic Church between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic (besides power)?
Icons
The Abbasid dynasty finally came to an end in 1258, when it was overrun by the
Saljuq Turks
What fraction of the earths land mass does Africa equate to?
1/3rd
ristians were against certain practices that led them to refuse to create banks. What was this practice called?
Usury
A restoration was done under which Byzantine Emperor?
Alexios I Komnenos
The Caliph brought in a new army made up of which group?
Samanids
The most powerful state in west Africa at the time of the arrival of Islam was?
Axum
What group worked in the banks while Christians refused to do it?
Muslim people
The wife of Justinian, who proved to be an invaluable adviser, was?
Theodora
The capital of the Abbasid Empire was
Cordoba
Which group attacked Ghana enough times that it eventually fell from the pressure?
Igbo
Where did the bubonic plague originated from?
East Asia
What did the Byzantines do to the men they captured after the Battle of Kleidion?
Blinded them
Women who are kept in seclusion from the other men so that the leader can have them to himself are called what in Islamic (and earlier Middle Eastern) communities?
Zenana
The capital of Zimbabwe was
Niani
What % of Europe lost their lives due to the Bubonic Plague?
1/3rd