Umayyads and Abbasids
What were the two main sects of Islam that were created?
What is Sunni and Shia?
These exams were given to those who wanted jobs in the government and reflected the teachings of Confucius.
What are civil service exams?
This early American empire had the largest population of the three.
What are the Inca?
This kingdom was most closely associated with Christianty.
What is Ethiopia?
This is the right to rule in ancient dynastic cycles.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
What was the capital of the Abbasid Empire?
What is Baghdad?
This practice was seen as a status symbol amongst women and seen as a beauty standard in society.
What is footbinding?
This empire had no known decline. It was also the oldest.
What are the Mayan?
Mansa Musa put this empire on the map due to his luxurious Hajj.
What is Mali?
The Mayans and Aztecs both developed accurate inventions that can still be seen today.
What are calendars?
What is the third branch of Islam that focuses on a mystical connection with Allah?
What is Sufi?
The name given to this group of people who displayed passing scores on a merit-based exam.
What are scholar-officials?
This agricultural technique involved cutting down and burning land after use.
What is slash-and-burn agriculture?
This empire came after the Mali. The center of this empire was the Niger river.
What is the Songhai?
The Abbasid Caliphate stretched from _____ sea to ____ sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea to the Arabian Sea.
The Abbasids wiped out almost all members of this family.
Who are the Umayyads?
Name three things that spread due to the Silk Road.
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Tenochtitlan was the capital.
What is the Aztec empire?
This empire became a hub for cultural blending of African, Asian and Arab cultures due to trading.
What is Swahili?
This Confucian teaching tells us to respect our elders.
What is filial piety?
What was the name for the group of people that helped run the government and acted as heads of state?
What are viziers?
What is yin and yang?
Name two similarities between all early american empires.
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This empire did not have a standing army, but internal rebellion ultimately led to its decline.
What is Ghana?
Sort these 3... Ghana, Songhai and Mali
What is
1. Ghana
2. Mali
3. Songhai