Kings & Conquerors
This mythical brother who killed his twin was the legendary founder of Rome.
Who is Romulus?
Hellenism spread through Alexander's Empire, thanks largely to the adoption of a simplified Greek language known as ___________.
What is koine Greek?
Ibn Fadlan wrote an account of his encounter with the ___________ in which he describes what they look like, their hygiene, their trading goods, and their religion.
Who are the Rus?
This man wrote an autobiography at the end of his life to ensure that he was remembered as the savior of the Roman Republic.
Who is Octavian/Augustus?
The Roman Empire required proof that its citizens were making the necessary sacrifices to the gods, making them show a receipt of public sacrifice called a ________.
What is a libellus?
This man was the first Emperor of Rome.
Who was Octavian/Augustus?
This Korean temple from the Kingdom of Silla is an example of the coexistence of multiple religions welcomed and practiced within it, using elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and shamanism.
What is the Sokkuram Temple?
This early sect of Christianity is evidence that there were multiple beliefs and writings floating around the Roman Empire in the first 300 years of its inception.
What is Gnosticism?
This ruler had the Great Cloud Sutra written to portray herself as the Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future.
Who is Empress Wu?
In the Muslim lands, people referred to as _____________ were followers of other Abrahamic faiths who were shown religious tolerance and given protection if they paid a tax.
Who are the People of the Book?
The Heian Period in Japan came to an end when it was replaced by a military dictatorship known as the ________________.
What was the Kamakura Shogunate?
These Greek Orthodox monks from the Byzantine Empire invented an alphabet to convert the Slavic people of Eastern and Central Europe to Christianity.
Who were Cyril and Methodius?
This rebellion caused the Tang State to pull away from state-sponsored Buddhism due to its perception as a "foreign" religion.
What was the An Lushan Rebellion?
Ichadon planned a miracle in court to convince the nobles to convert to Buddhism in this kingdom.
What is the Silla Kingdom in Korea?
This Muslim Dynasty ushered in an Islamic Golden Age after ousting its predecessor in the 8th century.
What is the Abbasid Dynasty?
This Chinese emperor is remembered for starting the Sui Dynasty, reunifying China, and attempting to reduce the inequality of the social classes through the Equal-Field System.
Who is Emperor Wen Di?
In Japan, Buddhism coincides with the native religion of ___________.
What is Shinto?
Islam split into two groups very early in its formation. Those who felt that rule over the Umma should have passed through the line of Ali and Muhammad's other blood relatives are even today known as __________.
Who are Shi'a Muslims?
Alexander the Great allowed himself to be deified in Egypt, then promoted himself as the son of this god.
Who is Zeus-Amun?
King Charles of West Francia gave the territory that would become Normandy to this Viking in exchange for his loyalty and conversion to Christianity.
Who was Rollo?
This clan, the ____________, have been the longest-running dynasty in the world, holding the title of Emperor all the way to the present day.
Who are the Yamato?
This group of people served as intermediaries along the Silk Roads, facilitating the trade and blending of cultures as they moved goods from East to West.
Who were the Sogdians?
This list of laws, issued by King Charlemagne, was meant to force the northern Germanic tribes into converting to Christianity or facing capital punishment.
What was the Saxon Capitulary?
The account of this Frankish king's conversion to Christianity was written formulaically to resemble that of Emperor Constantine's.
Who is Clovis I?
The lands within the Islamic Empire were known as the Dar al-Islam (the abode of Islam), while those outside the empire were known as ___________.
What was the Dar al-Harb (abode of war)?