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100
These nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula were early converts to Islam.
What are bedouins?
100
The political and religious successor to Muhammad is called what?
What is a caliph?
100
This man, who is credited with the creation of the unified state that became the Mali Empire, was known as the "Lion Prince."
Who is Sundiata?
100
This trade city in southern Russia became the focal point for the kingdom of Russia.
What is Kiev?
100
This period in western European history lasted from the decline and fall of Rome into the 15th century.
What is the Middle Ages?
200
Muhammad left Mecca and fled to this city for fear of persecution and assassination.
What is Medina?
200
"People of the book" in the Islamic world were referred to as what?
What is dhimmi?
200
Cities of commercial exchange, such as Jenne and this city, which had a population of 50,000, flourished in Mali.
What is Timbuktu?
200
This Russian leader converted the kingdom to Christianity.
Who is Vladimir I?
200
These were peasant agricultural laborers within the manorial system of the Middle Ages.
What are the serfs?
300
This religious shrine was once the focus of an obligatory annual truce among bedouin tribes.
What is the Ka'ba?
300
What are the two main sects of the Islamic faith known as?
What are Shi'a and Sunni?
300
In 1324, this king of Mali made a pilgrimage to Mecca that brought attention of the Muslim world to the wealth of his kingdom.
Who is Mansa Musa?
300
This church was constructed in Constantinople during the reign of Justinian.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
300
This system described economic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers during the Middle Ages.
What is manorialism?
400
This Quraysh clan dominated politics and the commercial economy of Mecca.
What is the Umayyad clan?
400
This man succeeded Muhammad as the first caliph of the Islamic community.
Who is Abu Bakr?
400
This city state in present-day Nigeria came into contact with the Portuguese in 1485.
What is Benin?
400
These Mongol people captured Russian cities and largely destroyed the Kievan state in 1236.
What are the Tatars?
400
This Carolingian monarch was responsible for defeating Muslims in the Battle of Tours of 732.
Who is Charles Martel?
500
The prophet Muhammad was a member of this clan of the Quraysh tribe.
What is the Banu Hashim clan?
500
The capital of this dynasty was Baghdad.
What is the Abbasid dynasty?
500
This Bantu confederation of Shona-speaking peoples had created a centralized state by the 15th century.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
500
Rurik is regarded as the founder of this kingdom.
What is the first kingdom of Russia?
500
This man invaded England from Normandy in 1066.
Who is William the Conqueror?