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What is the civilization south of Egypt which used the (still undecoded) Meriotic script?

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Kush/Sudan

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What is the civilization which has been a Christian oasis in Africa?

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Aksum/Ethiopia

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Who is the Syrian Slave who may have led King Ezana of Aksum to the Lord?

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Frumentius

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What is the location of the first civilization in West Africa?

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Niger River

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Who is the first leader of the Mauryan Empire in India?

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Chandragupta Maurya

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Who was the Mauryan ruler who conquered 75% of India and then gave up warfare to promote Buddhism and help the people of his empire?

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Asoka

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What was the empire during the “golden age” of India?

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Gupta Empire

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Who was India’s most famous poet and dramatist from the 400’s?

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Kalidasa

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What is the form of Buddhism that teaches Buddha is a god to be worshipped but also the hope that anyone could reach enlightenment?

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Mahayana

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Who is the Hindu creator God?

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Brahma

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Who is the Hindu destroyer God?

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Shiva

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Who is the 1st emperor of the Qin, credited with building the Great Wall?

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Qin Shi Huang

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Who are the most respected people in Chinese society?

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Scholars

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Who was the Chinese teacher who wrote the Analects teaching people to maintain proper relationships?

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Confucianism

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What was the city on the Bosporus Strait separating Europe and Asia, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?

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Istanbul/Constantinople

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Who was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire during its “Golden Age”?

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Justinian the 1st

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Who was Justinian’s wife and counselor?

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Theodora

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What is the greatest example of Byzantine Architecture?

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Hagia Sophia

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What city which sponsered Crusaders to attack Constantinople to gain the advantage in their trade rivalry?

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Ottoman Turks

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What is Russia’s largest people group?

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Slavs

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What is the Russian name for the Swedish Norsemen who attacked and then assimilated into their culture?

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Vrangians (Vikings)

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Who established the first Russian dynasty?

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Rurik

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What is the first capital (prominent city) of Russia?

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Kiev

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Who is the Russian ruler who chose the Orthodox church as Russia’s state religion?

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Vladimir the 1st

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Who are the missionary brothers from the Byzantine Empire who developed the Slavic written language?

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Cyril and Methodius

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Who was the ruler of Russia who developed an empire through conquest, marriage alliances, and creating a law code?

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Yaroslav the Wise

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What is Russia’s capital today?

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Moscow

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Who were the nomadic herders with little organized government?

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Bedovians

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What is the location of the Ka’bah, a center for pilgrimages for thousands of years?

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Mecca

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Who claimed to be the last and greatest prophet of Allah and founded Islam?

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Muhammad

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What was the city the followers of Islam fled to in 622 AD?

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Medina

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What is the term for the successors of Islam, political rulers?

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Ca’liph

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What is the country in Europe ruled by Muslims for hundreds of years?

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Spain

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What is the city that sponsored the Crusaders to attack Constantinople to gain an advantage in their trade rivalry?

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Venice

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What is the capital of the Muslim Empire during its “Golden Age”?

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Bagdad

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What is the place of Muslim worship, usually with minarets, a courtyard with a ceremonial pool, a domed building?

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Mosque

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What word means more then one spouse?

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polygamy

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What word means believing when everything has a spirit?

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Animism

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What word means a path China made to connect with Europe for trade?

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Silk Road

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What word means a painting on a stained glass window?

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Mosiac

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What is the Arabic word for God?

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Allah

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What is the holy book of Islam?

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Qur’an

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What is the word for holy war and a promise for paradise?

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Jihad

44
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What is written by Sharazad and a story with Aladdin, Sinbad, and Ali Baba?

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Thousand and One Arabian Nights

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What word means fancy, beautiful writing?

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Caligraphy

46
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Traditionally, what does a family look like in Africa?

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An extended family, with a man with as many wives as he can have, children, grandparents, siblings, cousins, a clan with common ancestor

47
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Describe Africa’s Tribal Religion

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High/Creator God, but the lesser gods or spirits, Animism-the belief spirits live everything, Ancestor Worship

48
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What areas are exceptions to the “tribal religion” generalization in Africa?

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Ethiopia/Aksum, Sudan, Egypt were all Coptic Christianity. Islam started later from the North moving down.

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What have been the two constants to Indian society throughout ancient history?

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Hinduism and Subsistence Farming

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What have been Africa’s main trade products throughout ancient history?

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Gold/Salt, iron, ivory, animal skins

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What are the 2 main rivers in India?

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Ganges and Indus Rivers

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What did Asoka accomplish that still affects Southeast Asia today?

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He conquered 3/4 of the Indian peninsula

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Why was the Gupta Empire considered the “Golden Age” of India?

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Best of the trade, Silk Road, finest period in universities

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What contributions did the Gupta Empire make on the world?

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Negative numbers, decimal points, art/architecture, literature, Kalidasa, Arabic numbers, zero, gravity, heliocentric theory, hospitals

55
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What’s the difference between Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism?

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Theravada has Buddha as a man, the 8 Fold Path, Nirvana, and the 4 Noble Truths
Mahayana has Buddha as a god, everyone can reach enlightenment

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Describe Qin Shi Huangs accomplishments

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Writing system, weights, measurements, coinage, built the Great Wall

57
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How did Emperor Wu Ti seek to improve China?

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Drove back the Huns, civil service system, scholars most respected, Pax Sinica

58
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Which religion is foundational to Chinese culture? Describe it. What other 3 religions have influenced their culture since the BC years?

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Ancestor Worship-must have a boy to carry on the family line and revere the memory of one’s ancestor, a daily practice of burning incense and praying to ancestors, asking them for guidance and protection, yearly practice of various holidays to take care of ancestor shrines and remember them with rituals.
Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism

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Describe the location of Constantinople and why it was an important city.

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A commercial center where east and west land-sea trade routes meet
Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
One of the major Patriarchates of the Christian church
After the fall of Rome, Constantinople became the primary city of the empire

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How was Byzantine Culture different then Romes?

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Roman legal system revitalized into Justinian Code
Constantine legalized Christianity

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What were Justiniain’s achievements?

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Extensive Building Programs
Art and Architecture made to glorify God, Hagia Sophia
Justinian Code

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Compare and Contrast the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church?

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EOC-is the state church with the emperor, celibacy for clergy, icons, influences oriental and greek, different dates for Easter
RCC- Pope in Power, celibacy for clergy, No icons, Roman and Germanic Tribes

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What were the contributions of the Byzantine Civilization?

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A shield to protect Europe from the spread of Islam
The means by with the classical heritage of Greece and Rome was preserved and transmitted to the West
Art and Architecture primarily intended to glorify god with domed buildings and mosaics

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What was the purpose of Byzantine Art?

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to glorify God

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How did the Byzantine culture influence Russia?

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Close cultural ties with Constantinople
Cut off from Western thought
Adopted Orthodox church as state religion
Russian language from Slavic from Greek missionaries
Russian churches are similar to Byzantine in belief and architecture but onion-shaped domes

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What made Yaroslav “the wise” to the people of Kievan Russia?

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Great territorial expanison
marriage alliances with royal families
sponsored Russian code of laws
Made Kiev a rival of Constantinople
Built schools and libraries
Civil war over succession to the throne
New trade routes and other cities grew more popular Moscow, decreasing the importance of Kiev
The Tartars destroyed Kiev and ruled Russia for 200yrs

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Where did Islam begin?

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Arabia

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What are the basic doctrines and teachings of Islam? how do they describe God? What was their leader like? what happens when you die? What are the 5 Pillars?

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The central doctrine is monotheism is the unity of Allah. Allah is to be feared because he will reward good works and punish evil.
The 5 Pillars of Islam
1. Reciting the confession: There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet
2. Praying 5 times a day while facing Mecca
3. Giving Alms to the poor
4. Fasting from sunrise to sunset during the month of Ramadan
5. Making a pilgrimage to Mecca once in your life
Muhammad claimed to be the last and greatest prophet of Allah

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What did the Abbasid Caliphate accomplish?

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More land than the Romans ever had

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What were the contributions of the Muslim Golden Age to the rest of the world?

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A unified civilization through a blending of the cultures of the conquered people
Economics: extensive trade routes-spices silk, muslin, carpets, dates, lemons, melons
Academics: copied and preserved many manuscripts which otherwise may have been lost
Medicine: hospitals, drug stores, delicate operations
Literature: picturesque poetry and prose, Most famous; Thousand and One Nights
Mathematics: brought Arabic numerals from India to Europe
Art and Architecture: Some say Islam forbids the representation of humans and animals in art, fancy, beautiful writing = calligraphy, mosques-Muslim places of worship
Contact with the Middle East stimulated the Renassance

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