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What was a cause of the collapse of the Han Empire?
Power struggles among government factions
Which feature of Russian culture resulted from contacts with the Byzantine Empire?
Orthodox Christianity
Which of the following was a major accomplishment of Genghis Khan?
He led the creation of the Mongol Empire
Why did Muslim rulers show less tolerance for Hinduism than for Christianity or Judaism
The Hindus believed in many gods instead of just one God.
Han dynasty falls in China
220 C.E.
Who ruled northern India in the same period as the Han and Roman empires?
The Guptas
Who lived in Mesoamerica, name two
Maya
Olmecs
What was the Pax Mongolica
A state of peace under Mongol rule
Belief in many Gods
polytheism
476 C.E.
How did the Roman emperor Diocletian solve the problem of governing an enormous empire?
He split it into eastern and western halves
Spiritual and political leaders of the Muslims were called
caliphs
What was the main cause of the Mongol Empire's collapse?
bubonic plague
Holy Roman Empire in Europe is established
Around 800 C.E.
End of the Gupta Empire in India
550 C.E.
What physical barrier shielded India from foreign invasion from the north?
high mountain ranges
A particular advantage to the Muslim Empire in warfare was its use of
Camels
The Silk Road was significant between 300 to 1500 because of
it was the world's largest trade network
Mongol Empire extends across Asia from China into Europe
About 1300 C.E.
618 C.E.
As other empires were collapsing, the Sassanian Empire survived in..
Persia
The Sunni and Shi'a branches of Islam originally split over what?
The trans-Saharan trade route was used primarily in the exchange of
salt for gold
Which Chinese dynasty rose first, Han or the Tang?
Han
Muslims begin conquest of Arabia
632 C.E.