W Europe and Byzantium
In this year, the Visigoths under Alaric sacked the city of Rome
This (precious) raw material is found in abundance in the sub-Saharan region of Africa, in particular
What is gold
This was the lifestyle of the people of the Central Asian Steppe
What is nomadic
This Empress ruled during the Tang Dynasty and has a very mixed legacy
Who is Empress Wu Zetian
This religious pilgrimage to Mecca is something that Muslims (who are physically and financially capable) must do at least once in their lifetime
What is the hajj
As in many other conversion stories, Constantine converted to Christianity after this event
What is winning a battle (Battle of Milvian Bridge) and attributing it to God
This kingdom, from modern-day Ethiopia, was Christian beginning in the 4th century.
What is Aksum.
This leader supposedly tried to steal silk-making technology from China by enlisting monks to smuggle these items into the West (2 answers)
Who is Justinian, and what are silk moth eggs
The Constitution of Prince Shotoku underscored the Japanese adoption of this aspect of Chinese culture
What is Buddhism
Muhammad and his followers were persecuted in Mecca for their monotheistic beliefs and eventually migrated to this city in 622 CE, in an event called the Hijrah that marks the Year 1 in the Islamic calendar
What is Medina (Yathrib)
This is the concept that the bishop of Rome holds a uniquely special (and powerful) position within the Roman Catholic Church
What is papal primacy
This term refers to the study of coins, like those we looked at in class from East Africa in the early Middle Ages.
This group of Turks ruled a large portion of the eastern Central Asian Steppe for several hundred years. Decedents of these people still live in Western China today, but are persecuted as a religious and ethnic minority
Who are the Uighurs
This kingdom in what is now modern-day Korea unified most of the peninsula in the period following the Three Kingdoms Period
What is the Silla, or United Silla
This is the region of Spain, the supposed land of convivencia, that Rothstein discusses in his article.
What is Al-Andalus, or modern-day Andalusia
This is the name of the bacterium that caused plague during the Justinianic Plague
What is Yersinia pestis
This group took Roman Carthage from the Byzantines in the Battle of Cap Bon (468), which was an embarrassing defeat. Justinian then sought to avenge this loss in the 530s.
Although this group from the Eastern Steppe predated the Huns, they might be one in the same (but we will probably never know for sure)
Who are the Xiongnu
Much like the Western Roman Empire transformed into a series of kingdoms in the 5th and 6th centuries, this period came after the united Han Dynasty in China.
What is the Age of Division.
This collection of Islamic texts contains the sayings of Muhammad, though some are better sourced than others.
What is the Hadith.