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| Asiatic people who came from Mongolia. |
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| Who was the famous leader of the Huns? |
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| What army conquered Italy soon after 526 and incorporated it into the Byzantine Empire? |
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| Who carved out a kingdom along the North African coast? |
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| The Angles and the Saxons permanently settled what island? |
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| When did the Merovingian Kingdom begin? |
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| When King Clovis expanded his kingdom in present-day France and western Germany. |
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| Charles Martel defeated whom at the Tours? |
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| Pepin the Short gave the Pope land called the "Donation of Pepin," later called what? |
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| Who did the Pope crown on Christmas Day, A.D. 800? |
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| What was the name of old Greek colony where Constantine built Constantinople? |
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| The location of Constantinople made it easy to defend and at the end of both of what routes? |
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| land and sea trade routes |
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| Justinian was called "the Great" because of what? |
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| Justinian built what great church and where? |
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| The great church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. |
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| Who was Justinian's wife, and what did she give him during the revolt of 527? |
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| Theodora, gave him strength. |
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| What did the people of the First Crusade do?? |
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| Pillaged, burned, and stole as much as the could around Constantinople before they left for Palestine. |
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| Who almost destroyed Constantinople? |
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| the Latins of the Fourth Crusade |
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| The Crusaders were called what in the Middle East? |
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| Did the Byzantines fully recover from the Fourth Crusade? |
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| Who conquered Constantinople in 1453? |
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| The main centers of Christianity in the East were where? |
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| Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, and Constantinople |
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| Illuminated manuscripts are what? |
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| manuscripts decorated with pictures |
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| What is the Arabian Peninsula? |
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| A vast, mainly desert area southeast of Palestine. |
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| What is the Arabian Peninsula? |
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| A vast, mainly desert area southeast of Palestine. |
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| Where were wells located throughout the Arabian Peninsula? |
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| The individual bedouin's loyalty was to whom first? |
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| Frankincense and myrrh came from where? |
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| What, having fallen from the sky, was worshipped in Mecca? |
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| How old was Mohammed when he married Khadijah? |
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| Who did Mohammed talk to about their religion? |
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| Where did the Moslems emigrate to, and when? |
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| The Caliph who sent troops to reconquer the Arabian Peninsula was? |
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| Abd al-Malik built what, and where did he build it? |
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| Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. |
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| When was the Golden Age of the Abbasids? |
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| during the reign of Harun al-Rashid |
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| When was the Golden Age of the Abbasids? |
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| during the reign of Harun al-Rashid |
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| India can be thought of as a what? |
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| What are India's seasons? |
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| Most people throughout India's history have lived in what? |
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| originally nomads from grasslands northwest of India |
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| The religious weritings of the Aryans were called what? |
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| What were the four main classes of the caste system? |
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| 1.priests and holy men 2.rulers and soldiers 3.craftsmen, merchants, & farmers 4.laborers |
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| Who the greatest ruler of India shortly after Alexander the Great? |
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| What was the Golden Age in India--from a worldly standpoint? |
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| the Gupta Period between A.D. 320 and 500 |
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| Who founded the Mogul Dynasty? |
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| The greatest Mogul of the early period is considered to be whom? |
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| One teaching of Hinduism is that all life is what? |
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| sacred, even harmful insects and animals |
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| We who are Christians believe what? |
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| That Christ died and arose from the dead for us. |
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| The eight-fold path is a very important part of what religion? |
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| Chinese writing began when? |
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| A storm like a hurrican, only worse? |
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| What is the land of many river valleys? |
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| Confucius lived during which dynasty? |
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| The Ch'in Dynasty was built around whom? |
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| Shih Huang-ti. He is well remembered as China's first dictator. |
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| What important event took place during the time of the Han Dynasty |
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| When was China's golden age of art and poetry? |
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| The Analects are the teachings of whom? |
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| Who wrote the Book of Tao? |
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| colored stones fitted together to form a picture |
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