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- 2. Founded by Tuareg. Major terminus of the Trans- Saharan trade and center of Islamic learning
- 4. Indian belief that a person's actions in their present lives will determine their place in the next life
- 6. Ancient trade routes through continental China
- 8. First document in England that limited the power of the government
- 12. Only woman emperor of China
- 16. A form of hierarchy, a type of social stratification in Southeast Asian cultures.
- 17. Who united most of Western Europe in the early 9th century
- 18. War between French and English over English ownership of French lands
- 21. Who was burnt at the stake for being a witch in the 100 years war
- 26. The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolutions
- 28. The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. (Predates the Neolithic Period)
- 30. Venetian who traveled to China and wrote his experience in Book of the Marvels of the World
- 32. King who conquered Babylonians
- 35. A set of laws that governed Ancient Babylonia.
- 36. Muslims who did not want heredity succession
- 38. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth
- 39. This South American empire was founded in Peru in the 13th century
- 41. System of writing created by Egyptians that uses pictorial symbols to represent sounds, syllables, or concepts
- 43. Who created the largest land based empire
- 44. Emperor of Mali
- 47. He explored the Indian Ocean for China from 1405-1433
- 48. The Mongol dynasty of China
- 49. The Holy Roman Emperor who drowned on the way to a crusade was called Frederick ________
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- 1. Pieces of lands given to vassals by lords
- 3. A government ruled by religion.
- 5. The belief of there being only one god.
- 7. Pilgrimage to Mecca
- 9. System of writing created by Sumerians in Mesopotamia; Uses wedge-shaped symbols for words and syllables
- 10. Code of moral principles required by samurai to follow
- 11. Where were the Rus who settled in modern day Russia and Ukraine original from
- 13. Embarked on a 16 year pilgrimage to India from China. Translator of Buddhist scriptures
- 14. Another name for the Black Death
- 15. The oldest monotheistic religions, founded by the prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran, over 3500 years ago.
- 19. The practice of people caring for and raising herds of livestock, to later use for food and supplies
- 20. A massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks. It's associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities (Function unknown)
- 22. A large group of people that rule the government, but usually aren't elected officials.
- 23. Chinese sailing craft
- 24. Small independent state with an urban center and surrounding agricultural territory (Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Greece)
- 25. Wealthiest city in history
- 27. Event of 1054 which split Christianity into east and west or Orthodoxy and Catholicism
- 29. Also known as the Indo-Europeans, these people invaded the Khyber Pass region of Northern India around 1500 B.C.E.
- 31. Aztec capital
- 33. Japanese religion related to Buddhism and focusing on ancestors and nature
- 34. Yuan dynasty founded under him
- 37. Duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England
- 40. Greek term for a city-state
- 41. One of the first civilizations to settle down in the Tigris-Euphrates river valley.
- 42. Founded Ottoman Empire
- 45. Historical period characterized by by the production of tools from stone and other nonmetallic substances
- 46. Early Indian "knowledge" that was preserved and passed down orally by Brahmin priests, but eventually was written down