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100
What is Muhammad's title?

prophet

100

The location of Mali, which was a center of wealth  and learning in the Islamic empire. 

What is Sub Saharan Africa orWest Africa

100

Sunnis and Shi’ites split over a disagreement on who should take on this role, literally “successor” of Muhammad.

What is caliph?

100

This is the new philosophy that emerged in the post classical and was a combination of Buddhism and other ancient philosophies. Spread to Japan and Korea too

Neo-confucianism

100

This Islamic dynasty ruled from Baghdad and continued as religious leaders of the Middle East until the Mongol invasion.

What is the Abbasid dynasty?

200
What was true about women in early Islam?
What is women had the right to control their own property.
200
African societies organized around kinship or other forms of obligation and lacking the concentration of political power and authority associated with states.
What is stateless states?
200

The Song dynasty brought about a revival of Confucianism after this previous dynasty had adopted and encouraged the spread of Buddhism.

What is the Tang dynasty?

200
Regional warriors in Japan who ruled small kingdoms from fortresses.
What is Bushi?
200

Mansa Musa, who made a famous voyage to Mecca, was one of the most wealthy leaders of this African kingdom along the trans-Saharan trade routes

What is Mali?

300

The grandson of Chinggis Khan and ruler of Ilkhan khanate that captured and destroyed Abbasid Baghdad.

What is Hulegu.

300
Conservative branch of Christianity that developed in Russia and Byzantine.
What is Orthodox Christianity?
300

The relationship among military elites in which greater lords provided protection and aid to lesser lords.

What is Feudalism?

300

Which dynasty innovated gunpowder, porcelain and movable type?

Who are the Song?

300

Muslim scholars developed this computational instrument that allowed observers to calculate their location on earth to determine the direction of Mecca for prayers.

What is the astrolabe?

400
Also known as Temujin, he united the Mongol tribes into an unstoppable fighting force; created largest single land empire in history.
What is Chinngis Khan
400
A separation between the two branches of Christianity.
What is schism?
400

This body-altering practice, which began among women in Song China, was deemed both aesthetically pleasing and was viewed as a status symbol.

What is foot-binding?

400
In this century the first emperor of China converted to Buddhism.

What is 6th century?

400

Aristocratic Japanese of the ninth century who exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs.

What is Fujiwara?

500
The reason for the Arab's rapid success in establishing their empire in the seventh century C.E.
What is Sikhism: blended elements of Hinduism and Islam to create a new religion.
500
Ruler of Mali known for his pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325. Also established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world.
What is Mansa Musa
500

This language group had spread across much of sub-Saharan Africa by 1000 CE.

What is Bantu?

500
This is the name of the first group to unify Korea and based their government on the Tang.

What is Koryo?

500

This type of ship was one of the earliest and most sea-worthy vessels, and the main vessel used by Indian Ocean traders.

What is the dhow?