The Han Empire 180 BCE -220 CE
The Han Dynasty was known for creating a time of this in China for many centuries.
Peace
Despite being a powerful empire, one issue Rome struggled with was choosing this.
Leaders.
The Gupta Empire was successful because it allowed its leaders to have this.
Autonomy
The Mulsim Empire was based on the religious teachings of this man.
Muhammad.
The Mongol Empire was united from various tribes into one powerful fighting force by this man.
Genghis Khan
Leading up to its fall, one of Han's emperors was overthrown, likely because he was this.
Young.
Like the Han Dynasty, this issue, that would fall under Economic Structures, was one which led to Rome's fall.
High taxes on poor farmers.
This natural barrier proctected the Gupta Empire from outside forces.
Muhammad's father in law, Abu Bakr, became the first of these leaders of the Muslim Empire.
The Mongol Empire at its height of power created the Pax Mongolica, which was this.
"Mongol Peace" or peace throughout the Mongol Empire.
Raise taxes
This emperor was the one who split Rome into two empires, an eastern and a western empire.
Diocletian
The fall of the Gupta Empire was caused by this.
Invasion.
One major contribution of the Muslim Empire to Cultural Exchange that can still be seen in many parts of the world today is this.
It was split among his son and grandsons.
Diseases spread throughout the Han Dynasty, helping to weaken it before its collapse. These diseases came to Han along this route.
The Silk Road
Also similar to the Han, Rome lost 1/4th of its population to this issue.
Disease.
This group invaded the Gupta Empire, causing its fall.
The White Huns
The Muslim Empire was able to rise to power because of these two advantages.
The believed God was on their side and they had trained camels for desert travel and warfare.
Over time, many Mongol warriors lost their will to fight and raid because of the Mongol Empire's policy of allowing conquered people to do this.
Keep their cultures.
Place the following causes for the fall of Han into their correct historical themes:
1. Smallpox outbreaks
2. Fighting of different government factions
3. Peasant Revolts caused by high taxes
1. Human-Environment Interactions.
2. Political Structures
3. Social Structures/ Economic Structures
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!
Name one reason for the fall of Rome that matches each of the following Historical Themes:
1. Human-Environment Interactions
2. Political Structures
3. Economic Structures
4. Social Structures
2. The splitting of the empire by Emperor Diocletian / the failure of Rome's system for choosing leaders.
3. High taxes placed on poor farmers.
4. Peasant revolts
The Historical Theme that best fits the fall of the Gupta Empire would be this one.
Cultural Exchange (through invasion).
One major cause of the fall of the Muslim Empire was it's split into these two factions over this.
Sunni and Shi'a / Which caliph to follow
This was ultimately the reason for the end of the Mongol Empire and the Historical Theme it best fits.