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Eastern Slavs
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Vocabulary
Byzantines
100
What was the earliest of the so-called Rus states?
Novgorod or Kiev
100
Muslim scientists started the basis of chemistry through this failed enterprise. What was it called?
Alchemy
100
Who is the most well known Mongol leader?
Genghis Khan
100
What is the name for the money or goods that a woman brings to her husband in marriage?
Dowry
100
What was the name of Justinian's wife?
Theodora
200
What leader chose Eastern Orthodoxy as the state religion?
Vladimir I
200
What is a Muslim house of worship called?
A mosque
200
What area of the world did Kubla Khan conquer?
China
200
What is the pilgrimage to Mecca called?
The Hajj
200
What was the name of the city of Constantinople called before it was Constantinople?
Byzantium
300
What leader was known for being wise?
Yaroslav
300
What was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate?
Baghdad
300
What religion did the Mongols eventually adopt?
Islam
300
What are pictures made out of small pieces of glass or stone?
Mosaics
300
What was the secret weapon that the Byzantines used that set fire to water?
Greek Fire
400
What was the name for the Russian town assemblies?
veche
400
What is the name of a Muslim prayer leader?
Imam
400
What Russian leader defeated the Mongols?
Ivan the Great
400
What were the nobles of Moscow called?
Boyars
400
Who created an alphabet to teach Christianity to parts of eastern Europe?
Cyril
500
What is the name of the fortress in Moscow?
the Kremlin
500
What group set up their capital at Damascus?
the Umayyads
500
What should you do with a bunch of dead enemies if you are the Mongols?
Cut off their heads and put them in a pile
500
What was the name of the position of chief adviser to the caliph?
Vizier
500
What partially caused the split in the Christian church?
The use of icons or disputes over who was in charge