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100
Muslims believe the word of God is contained in this work
What is the Quran?
100
Merchants in Mecca thought this man would disrupt their pilgrim trade
Who is Muhammad?
100
this city commanded key trade routes linking Europe and Asia
What is Constantinople?
100
a Byzantine emperor determined to revived ancient Rome
Who is Justinian?
100
medieval Russian traders most often reached the Byzantine world by using this geographical feature
What are rivers?
200
a bitter battle was caused between eastern and western Christianity began when a Byzantine emperor banned these
What are religious icons?
200
a key duty of Islam is taking a pilgrimage to this city
What is Mecca?
200
the city that was the center of the first Russian state
What is Kiev?
200
after this event, the Byzantine church became known as the Eastern Orthodox Church
What is the Great Schism?
200
this tsar issued laws that tied Russian serfs to the land
Who is Ivan the Terrible?
300
Arab writers gathered and adapted stories (like Aladdin) in a collection entitled this
What is The Thousand and One Nights?
300
Muslim mystics who sought communion with God through meditation and fasting were called this
Who are Sufis?
300
an area of Southeastern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
300
Justinian's most important achievement during the Byzantine empire
What is the "Body of Civil Law"?
300
the development of Kiev and its culture was the result of the blending of these two cultures
Who are the Slavs and Vikings?
400
a document that limited the power of Magyar rulers
What is the Golden Bull of 1222?
400
these followers of Islam believe that the leader of the religion should be Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali
Who are the Shiites?
400
the open, treeless grassland of southern Russia
What is a steppe?
400
In 1453, this group moved their empire to Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul
Who are the Ottomans?
400
the tsar who brought much of northern Russia under his rule
Who is Ivan the Great?
500
Russian rulers continued the use of absolute power first demonstrated by this group of rulers
Who are the Mongols?
500
the weakness of the Byzantine and Persian empires helped the _________ caliphs expand their empire
Who are the Umayyads?
500
Constantinople was located on this straight that links the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
What is the Bosporus Strait?
500
Among Justinian’s personal triumphs was the completion of this church, also known as the “Holy Wisdom”
What is the Hagia Sophia?
500
Mongol armies who ruled much of medieval Russia
What is the Golden Horde?