Major Classical Empires
Which was the first empire to have a centralized government?
The Persian Empire
What are the two groups of Muslims that are in constantly in conflict due to religious disagreements?
Sunni and Shi'a
Scientists used the _________________ to test their hypotheses.
Scientific method
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, humanism, 800 page notebook, Sistine Chapel, Machiavelli, Dante
The Renaissance
What were the groups that can determine employment and control trade and labor?
Guilds
List 3 philosophers that influenced groups of people to synthesize greek math and science to create annotations in medicine, math and science
Socrates, Aristotle, Plato
How did Diasporic communities help the spread of Islam?
they would spread Islam while they were dispersed
n 1632, he wrote a book about his study of the stars and planets. He was placed under house arrest by the church.
Galileo
Gunpowder, mechanical clock, paper currency, porcelain, magnetic compass, Grand Canal
Tang and Song Dynasty
Second Rome
Which Indian empire got the title "Golden Age of India"?
Gupta Empire
What was one thing that was done during the Delhi Sultanate to make sure Islam was the domoniant religion in the empire?
Destroy hindu and buddhist temples
He developed the idea the universe is heliocentric.
Copernicus
House of Wisdom, Scientific Method, Practice of separating Religion from Science
Islamic Empires
What is the practice in China reserved for women which demonstrated higher status?
foot binding
What is name established during the Rashidun Caliphate for the group of people who are monotheistic but not Islam?
Dhimmis
what did Mongols divide Anatolia (capital of Seljuk Turks) into?
Emirates
This church was opposed to new scientific discoveries.
Catholic Church
Concept of Zero, Middle Man on the Silk Road
Gupta Empire
Reinvigoration of the Silk road, Religious Tolerance, excellent cavalry (horseman) nomads
Mongols
Which ancient Chinese dynasty established a foundational state for later Chinese dynasties and successfully unified the regional kimgdoms into an empire?
Qin Dynasty
Which Caliphate earned the title "Golden Age islam"?
Abbasid Caliphate
He proved the law of gravity using an apple.
Newton
Aqueducts, Coliseum, Forums, Roads
Pax Romana
Barbarian Invasions, over taxation, political corruption are all reasons for what major event that ended the classical era
Fall of Rome