An example of a European innovation made possible by borrowing technologies from other civilizations.
What is the use of gunpowder in cannon
100
The year Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Empire
What is 1453
100
The greatest of the Florentine artists. A true Renaissance Man
What is Leonardo Da Vinci
100
The first European to discover the Pacific Ocean
What is Balboa
200
The most thoroughly Islamized region in the period from 600 to 1500.
What is Anatolia
200
What system emerged in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire that emphasized the reciprocal ties between a king and his vassals, and between a lord and his serfs.
What is Feudalism
200
Spread during the Mongol control of the Silk Roads; devastated Europe
What is the Black Death
200
revival of Greco-Roman art and philosophy
What is Renaissance
200
Natives who lived on the island of Hispaniola
What is Arawak
300
Statement found in the Quran which expressed a view of women
What is women were spiritually equal to men
300
A country outside of Europe where the strongest presence of Christianity from 500 to 1300 occurred.
What is Ethiopia
300
The most difficult and protracted of the Mongols' many conquests
What is China
300
One of the more original thinkers of the Italian Renaissance
What is Niccolo Machiavelli
300
In 1533 toppled the Inca Empire
What is Francisco Pizarro
400
A religious traditions which blended elements of Hinduism and Islam.
What is Sikhism
400
Disagreement which contributed to the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
What is Veneration of icons
400
Region that gained the most from the exchanges of ideas and technologies facilitated by the Mongol Empire
What is Europe
400
Idealist who embraced Neoplatonism. He was committed to classical aesthetic principles of art: harmony, solidity, and restraint.
What is Michelangelo
400
A mountain of silver in Peru
What is Potosi
500
The pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims should try to make at least once in their lifetime.
What is Hajj
500
Besides Islam, this was also a target of Western European crusaders
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity
500
Mongol rule in Russia facilitated the rise to power of this city.
What is Moscow
500
He was more interested in the way man ought to act.
What is Baldessare Castiglione
500
Between 1519 and 1521, this conquistador overthrew the Aztecs and carried off their wealth in gold