Vocab
Blocks of metal or wood, each bearing a single character that can be arranged to make up a page for printing.
What is movable type?
The founder of Constantinople.
Who was Constantine?
Cyril and Methodius
Who invented the Cyrillic alphabet?
The only woman in China to assume the title of emperor herself.
Who was Wu Zhao?
The church that formed in the Byzantine empire after the Great Schism.
What was the Eastern Orthodox Church?
A class of powerful, well-to-do people who enjoy a high social status.
What is the gentry?
The prince of Moscow who took the title of czar. Intended to make Russia the "Third Rome".
Who was Ivan III?
Took over Constantinople.
Who were the Ottoman Turks (Sultan Mehmed II)?
The Tang emperor who reigned from 626 to 649
Who was Tang Taizong?
The period of Mongol peace.
What was Pax Mongolica?
The taking away of a person's right of membership in a Christian church.
What is exocommunication?
The grandson of Gengis Khan who assumed the title "Great Khan" in 1260.
Who was Kublai Khan?
Differences in eastern and western Christianity caused this.
What was the great schism?
The Sui Dynasty's greatest accomplishment.
What was the completion of the Grand Canal?
The religion Vladimir chose for his empire.
What is Christianity?
The body of Roman civil law collected and organized by order of the Byzantine emperor, Justinian, around AD 534.
What is the Justinian Code?
Novgorod's prince and military hero who advised his fellow princes to cooperate with the Mongols.
Who was Alexander Nevsky?
Khanate of the Golden Horde (Where was it?)
What was the Mongol empire in Russia?
The Tang imposed crushing taxes which brought hardship to the people but failed to cover the costs of military expansion.
Why did the Tang lose power?
The title Russian rulers took after Ivan III.
What is Czar?
A religious image used be eastern Christians.
What is an icon?
A Venetian trader whose stories were turned into a book.
Who was Marco Polo?
The four regions from the split of the Mongolian Empire.
What was the Khanate of the Golden Horde, the Khanate of Great Khan, the Khanate of Chagatai, and the Ilkhanate?
Two of the Tang period's most celebrated poets.
Who were Li Bo and Tu Fu?
He banned the use of icons.
Who was Emperor Leo III?