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A series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to reclaim the Holy Land from the Muslims during the 11th, 12th, and 13th Centuries.
What are the Crusades?
100
He was a Medieval Berber Muslim traveler and scholar, widely recognized as one of the greatest travelers of all time.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
100
Islamic Arabs took on a great many influences from this civilization as they spread their dominance.
Who are the Persians?
100
A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
What is bureaucracy?
100
Confucius, Buddah, and Laozi were all alive during this century.
What is the 500s BCE?
200
An area containing an Islamic steward.
What is a caliphate
200
He is the central figure and founder of Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
200
The Mongol Khanate that controlled the early Russians and Eastern Europe.
What is the Golden Horde?
200
This irrigation system spread from Iran to North Africa and the rest of Asia through trade routes.
What is the Quant System?
200
The Han dynasty ended in this century.
What is the 200s CE?
300
The title for a Mongol sovereign or military ruler.
What is Khan?
300
He was the 14th century emperor of the Mali Empire.
Who is Mansa Musa?
300
The major Christian Empire of the era, with an elaborate bureaucracy and an absolute emperor.
What is the Byzantine?
300
The high point of Muslim cultural achievement, considered the Golden Age of Islamic Culture, occurred during this dynasty.
What is the Abbasid
300
The Silk Road, the Trans-Saharan, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean.
What are the major trade routes of the post-classical era?
400
The religious legal system governing the members of the Islamic faith.
What is Sharia?
400
He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia and founded one of history's most significant empires.
Who is Genghis (Chinggis) Khan?
400
The era of peace controlled by the Mongolian Empire and credited with reviving Silk Road trade.
What is the pax Mongolica?
400
The year the Ottomans defeated Constantinople.
What is 1453?
400
The early American society that altered their environment most extensively.
Who are the Aztecs?
500
The title of certain rulers who claimed almost full sovereignty in practical terms, without claiming the overall caliphate.
What is a sultan?
500
He was the 5th Great Khan of the Mongol Empire and founded the Yuan Dynasty in China.
Who is Kublai Khan?
500
He is the central figure in feudal Europe.
Who is Charlemagne?
500
Examples include the Huang Ho River Region and the Indus River Region.
What are foundational civilizations?
500
The decade in which Islam developed?
What is 620 CE?