Trade Goods
Rise and Fall
Religion/Tolerance
People
Landmarks and Developments
100

This empire primarily traded porcelain and silk.

What is the Ming Dynasty?

100

This empire rose due to the plague killing millions and very poor living conditions for the common person.

What is the Ming Dynasty?

100

The Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid empires all practice this religion.

What is Islam?

100

This king is said to be the richest man who ever lived; he also built Timbuktu.

Who is Mansa Musa?

100

This planned city served as a center of learning and art and increased Islamic influence in West Africa.

What is Timbuktu?

200

This empire was the largest in its region and traded gold and salt.

What is the Songhai Empire?

200

This empire was conquered by the Spanish in 1532.

What is the Inca?

200

This empire was known for worshipping hundreds of gods and performing ceremonies that included human sacrifice.

Who were the Aztecs?

200

This Chinese explorer traveled to Arabia and Africa on behalf of his country, but records of his travels were eventually destroyed.

Who is Zheng He?

200

The Taj Mahal was built by this empire.

What is the Mughal Empire?

300

Name one trade good of the Ottoman Empire.

Coffee, ceramics, mugs

300

This empire fell because it was unable to modernize, and eventually was on the losing side of WWI.

What is the Ottoman Empire?

300

These two empires both had sizeable populations of people who practiced Buddhism.

What are the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Ming Dynasty?

300

This Spanish Conquistador conquered the Aztecs.

Who is Hernan Cortes?

300

This site is one of the greatest military defense structures and spans for miles. It was completed under the Ming dynasty.

What is the Great Wall of China?

400

This was the only European country with which the Tokugawa shogunate could trade.

What are the Netherlands? (the Dutch)

400

This European empire rose because one leader unified smaller lands and ruled them under a strict social hierarchy.

What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?

400

This empire practiced Shi'a Islam, which is still practiced in the geographical area today.

What is the Safavid Empire?

400
This leader of the Safavid empire expelled foreign influence from the region and rebuilt the capital of Isfahan.

Who is Shah Abbas?

400

These "floating islands" allowed the Aztecs to maximize their farmland.

What are chinampas?

500

This Islamic empire traded carpets and tiles.

What is the Safavid Empire?

500

This empire fell when attacked by Moroccans, who had obtained gunpowder, giving them a tactical advantage.

What is the Songhai Dynasty?

500

This empire is the only NON-European Empire to practice Christianity empire-wide.

What is Ethiopia?

500

This emperor took back the Mughal Empire after it was overpowered; under his leadership, there was constant war.

Who is Akbar?

500

This site is believed to have been a royal residence for an emperor; it also features terrace farming.

What is Machu Picchu?