Book 1, Chapter 4, Set 1

Question 1

When was the Tang dynasty established in China? (page 154)

Answer 1

618 CE.

Question 2

When was the Hegira, what was it, and why was it important? (page 154)

Answer 2

It was Muhammad’s flight to Medina and occurred in 622 CE. It marked the beginning of the Islamic era.

Question 3

When was the Battle of Badr? (page 154)

Answer 3

624 CE.

Question 4

When was the death of Muhammad? (page 154)

Answer 4

632 CE.

Question 5

When was the Umayyad caliphate established? (page 154)

Answer 5

661 CE.

Question 6

When did the Silla unify Korea? (page 154)

Answer 6

668 CE.

Question 7

When was the Dome of the Rock Mosque completed? (page 154)

Answer 7

692 CE.

Question 8

When did the West African kingdom of Ghana rise? (page 154)

Answer 8

c. 700 CE.

Question 9

When was the Muslim invasion of Spain? (page 154)

Answer 9

711 CE.

Question 10

When was the Arab invasion of Sind in India? (page 154)

Answer 10

711 CE.

Question 11

When did the Anglo-Saxon scholar Bede disseminate the AD dating system throughout Europe? (page 154)

Answer 11

725 CE.

Question 12

When were the Muslims defeated by the Franks at Poitiers and why was this important? (page 154)

Answer 12

c. 732 CE. This halted the expansion of the Muslims into Western Europe.

Question 13

When did the Byzantine army defeat the Umayyads at Akroinon and expel them from Asia Minor? (page 154)

Answer 13

739 CE.

Question 14

When did a revolt against the Umayyad caliphs result in the Abbasid caliphate? (page 154)

Answer 14

750 CE.

Question 15

When was Italy invaded by the Franks under Pepin? (page 154)

Answer 15

753 CE.

Question 16

When did a breakaway Umayyad emirate arise in Cordoba, Spain? (page 154)

Answer 16

756 CE.

Question 17

When was the Indian system of numerals adopted by the Abbasid dynasty? (page 154)

Answer 17

760 CE.

Question 18

When were the Lombards in northern Italy defeated by the Franks under Charlemagne? (page 154)

Answer 18

774 CE.

Question 19

When did scholars attracted to Charlemagne’s court stimulate the Carolingian Renaissance? (page 154)

Answer 19

c. 782 CE.

Question 20

When did Harun al-Rashid become the Abbasid caliph and what famous work of literature does he star in? (page 154)

Answer 20

786 CE. He was immortalized the “One Thousand and One Nights”.

Question 21

When did the Viking raids against Western Europe begin? (page 154)

Answer 21

c. 790 CE.

Question 22

When did Emperor Kammu move the Japanese capital from Nara to Kyoto? (page 154)

Answer 22

794 CE.

Question 23

When was Charlemagne crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III? (page 154)

Answer 23

800 CE.

Question 24

When was the Angkorian dynasty established by King Jayavarman II in Southeast Asia? (page 154)

Answer 24

802 CE.

Question 25

When was the high point of Later Classic period of the Maya in Central America? (page 154)

Answer 25

c. 740 CE.

Question 26

When did Harun al-Rashid die? (page 154)

Answer 26

809 CE.

Question 27

When did Charlemagne die? (page 154)

Answer 27

814 CE.

Question 28

When did Caliph Al-Ma’mun establish the “House of Wisdom” in Baghdad and translate ancient Greek learning into Arabic? (page 154)

Answer 28

832 CE.

Question 29

When did Alfred, king of Wessex, defeat the Danes at the Battle of Edington and why was this important? (page 155)

Answer 29

878 CE. This defeat halted the Danish advance in England.

Question 30

When did the Arabs perfect the astrolabe? (page 155)

Answer 30

c. 850 CE.