Book 1, Chapter 4, Set 2

Question 1

What is an astrolabe and why was its perfection important? (page 155)

Answer 1

c. 850 CE. The astrolabe was a device used for making astronomical measurements, especially the altitude of a heavenly body. It helped greatly with navigation and the calculation of latitude at a certain point. It was used before the invention of the sextant.

Question 2

When did the Treaty of Verdun divide Charlemagne’s empire into three parts? What did the left and right parts roughly correspond to? (page 155)

Answer 2

843 CE. The east and west parts correspond to France and Germany, respectively.

Question 3

When was the Cyrillic alphabet created in East Europe? (page 155)

Answer 3

c. 860 CE.

Question 4

When did vikings take the city of York and establish a kingdom in northern England? (page 155)

Answer 4

866 CE.

Question 5

When was the “Diamond Sutra” printed in China?

Answer 5

868 CE.

Question 6

When was the Muslim Samanid dynasty established in Turkestan? (page 155)

Answer 6

874 CE.

Question 7

When did the golden age of Hindu temple-building in India begin? (page 155)

Answer 7

c. 900 CE.

Question 8

When did the Tang dynasty in China collapse?

Answer 8

906 CE.

Question 9

When did the Magyars destroy Moravia (eastern Czech Republic) and begin to raid western Europe? (page 155)

Answer 9

906 CE.

Question 10

When did the Vikings found the duchy of Normandy? (page 155)

Answer 10

911 CE.

Question 11

When was the foundation of the reformed Benedictine abbey at Cluny, France.

Answer 11

910 CE.

Question 12

When was the foundation of the Siberian Khitan empire in Mongolia? (page 155)

Answer 12

916 CE.

Question 13

When was the foundation of the state of Koryo in Korea? (page 155)

Answer 13

918 CE.

Question 14

When was the election of Otto I as German emperor? (page 155)

Answer 14

932 CE.

Question 15

When did the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad effectively lose all power to their Turkish troops, the Mamluks? (page 155)

Answer 15

936 CE.

Question 16

When did the Vietnamese kingdom of Da’ Viet throw off Chinese rule? (page 155)

Answer 16

939 CE.

Question 17

When did the nomadic Qidan people invade northern China and establish the Liao dynasty? (page 155)

Answer 17

947 CE.

Question 18

When did Otto I of Germany defeat the Magyars at Lechfield and halt their expansion west? (page 155)

Answer 18

955 CE.

Question 19

When was the Song dynasty established in China? (page 155)

Answer 19

960 CE.

Question 20

When was the Polish state founded by Mieszko I? (page 155)

Answer 20

966 CE.

Question 21

When did the Fujiwara clan begin unification of Japan? (page 155)

Answer 21

967 CE.

Question 22

When did the Fatimids of Tunisia assume control of North Africa from Tunisia to Egypt and relocate to their new capital at Cairo? (page 155)

Answer 22

969 CE.

Question 23

When was King Edgar crowned at Bath, uniting the English kingdoms?

Answer 23

972 CE.

Question 24

When was the formation of a unified Hungarian state under Duke Geza? (page 155)

Answer 24

972 CE.

Question 25

When did Erik the Red begin the Viking settlement of Greenland? (page 155)

Answer 25

986 CE.

Question 26

When was the French Capetian dynasty founded? (page 155)

Answer 26

987 CE.

Question 27

When did the Toltecs take over the Maya city of Chichen Itza? (page 155)

Answer 27

c. 990 CE.

Question 28

When was Stephen crowned first king of Hungary? (page 155)

Answer 28

1000 CE.

Question 29

When were the first Muslim raids into India led by Muhammad of Ghazni? (page 155)

Answer 29

1008 CE.

Question 30

When did there a renewed invasion of England? (page 155)

Answer 30

1013 CE.