Week 8 + 9
(Greece & Rome)
(Greece & Rome)
This Greek polis was the largest and defined by its Democratic government.
What is Athens?
This dynasty (202 BCE - 220 CE) marked the first Golden Age of Chinese history followed the collapse of the Xia Dynasty.
What is the Han Dynasty?
This period of instability across the Euro-Mediterranean world plunged the Roman world in a period of Crisis between 235 and 284. It ended only with the rise of Emperor Diocletian.
What is the Crisis of the Third Century?
This title was given to the successor of the Prophet Muhammad. This office held both religious and political authority.
What is the Caliph?
This son of Temujin (Genghis Khan) oversaw the conquest of China and the solidification of his father's conquests in the Mongol Empire.
Who was Ogedei?
This educational program was unique to Sparta and trained citizen youth to serve in the city's army.
What is the Agoge?
This ideology was at the heart of the imperial Civil Service Exam.
What is Confucianism?
This proclamation (313 CE) by Constantine the Great legalized Christianity across the Roman world.
What is the Edict of Milan, 313?
This Norse-Slavic people were encountered by Ibn Fadlan during his 922 CE expedition northward into the Volga River region.
This Turkic empire conquered Constantinople in 1453 and ended the Silk Road trade into Europe.
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
This religious-athletic festival was held every four years, and saw participation from across the Greek-speaking world.
What are the Olympic Games?
This ancient Iranian people (6th cen BCE - 11th cen CE) served as an important facilitator of trade along the Silk Road. They are credited w/ spreading many of the religious ideas commonly attributed to the Silk Road network.
Who are the Sogodians (the people of Sogodia)?
This early Frankish king (d. 511) converted his people to Christianity by copying the story of Constantine's vision before the Battle of Milvian Bridge, 312.
Who was Clovis I?
This branch of Islam believes that succession to the prophet should pass through Muhammad's bloodline.
What is Shia' Islam?
This Mongol dynasty was the first in Chinese history to be dominated by non-Han peoples.
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
This conflict followed the Greek victory against the Persians and the formation of the Delian League. It constituted a war between Athens and the Greek cities, led by Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
This group of military predators lived to the north of China during the Xia and Han periods. They are thought to share a common origin w/ the Hunnic confederation.
Who are the Xiongnu?
This religious leader became the most important bishop in the Western Mediterranean and would play a critical role in Late Antique and Medieval European society.
Who was the Pope (Bishop of Rome)?
This political faction revolted against the Umayyad Caliphate in 751, founding an empire of its own.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate? / Who are the Abbasids?
This intellectual program in the Abbasid capital of Baghdad had gathered knowledge from many societies, serving as the most advanced center of learning in the world during its time. It was destroyed in the Mongol conquest of 1258.
What is the Ulama?
This concept refers to the spread of the Greek language, culture, and polis model throughout the lands conquered by Alexander and his generals.
What is Pan-Hellenism?
This late Vedic Sanskrit group of texts were important for the formation of mature Hinduism in India. They mark the transition from archaic ritualism to more sophisticated Axial Age concepts w/in the religion.
What are the Upanishads?
This fishing village was converted by Constantine into a new Roman capital in the eastern Mediterranean. It would give its name to a later phase of the empire.
What is Byzantion?
This gathering in France (1096 CE) saw Pope Urban II preach the First Crusade, offering an indulgence to anyone who died on the journey.
What is the Council of Clermont, 1096?
This gathering of Mongol nobles was called to determine the succession of Khan. The calling of this meeting after the death of Genghis Khan saved western Europe from likely Mongol conquest.
What is the Kurultai?