MKD + MKP 600-1450

Question 0

c. 730

Answer 0

printing invented in China

Question 1

622

Answer 1

founding of Islam

Question 2

732

Answer 2

battle of tours (end of Muslim move into France)

Question 3

800

Answer 3

Charlemagne crowned emperor of the Romans

Question 4

c. 900

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decline of classical maya

Question 5

1054

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great schism in Christian church (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox)

Question 6

1066

Answer 6

Norman conquest of England

Question 7

1071

Answer 7

battle of manzikert (Seljuk Turks defeat Byzantine army)

Question 8

1095

Answer 8

first crusade

Question 9

1206

Answer 9

chinggis khan begins Mongol conquests

Question 10

1215

Answer 10

king john signs the Magna Carta

Question 11

1258

Answer 11

mongols sack Baghdad

Question 12

1271-1295

Answer 12

Marco polo’s travels

Question 13

1279-1368

Answer 13

yuan (Mongol) dynasty in China

Question 14

1324

Answer 14

mansa musa’s pilgrimage

Question 15

1325-1349

Answer 15

travels of Ibn battuta

Question 16

1347-1348

Answer 16

bubonic plague in Europe

Question 17

1368-1644

Answer 17

Ming dynasty

Question 18

1405-1433

Answer 18

Zheng Hi’s voyages

Question 19

1438

Answer 19

rise of inca empire

Question 20

Justinian

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Byzantine empire in the 6th century responsible for codifying the old roman laws which governed the empire for the next 900 years and for building the Hagia Sophia

Question 21

Muhammad

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founder of Islam; religious, political, military leader from Mecca who unified Arabia into a single religious polity

Question 22

genghis khan

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founder of Mongol empire; came to power by uniting the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia

Question 23

kublai khan

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grandson of genghis khan; conquered China and created yuan/Mongol dynasty there

Question 24

Marco Polo

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Venetian explorer/merchant who traveled to yuan dynasty; hosted by kublai khan at the imperial palace and traveled through Asia

Question 25

Saladin

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Muslim general and sultan of Egypt who defeated the European crusaders in the third European crusade

Question 26

mansa musa

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king of Mali famous for his hajj journey; stopped and gave out gifts to many cities which ruined local economies

Question 27

Ibn battuta

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Moroccan explorer known for his travels in Africa, Asia, Arabian peninsula

Question 28

Ibn sina

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Muslim philosopher wrote many works on Islamic/Hellenistic medicine and philosophy; the canon of medicine

Question 29

Zheng he

Answer 29

commanded voyages throughout Asia, the Middle East, and Africa during Ming dynasty; meant to re establish Chinese dominance

Question 30

pachacuti inca

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founder of Incan empire; United small tribes into one large empire

Question 31

Thomas aquinas

Answer 31

Italian Dominican priest and philosopher/theologian in tradition of scholasticism; summa theologica