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Asiatic people who came from Mongolia. |
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Who was the famous leader of the Huns? |
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What army conquered Italy soon after 526 and incorporated it into the Byzantine Empire? |
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Who carved out a kingdom along the North African coast? |
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The Angles and the Saxons permanently settled what island? |
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When did the Merovingian Kingdom begin? |
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When King Clovis expanded his kingdom in present-day France and western Germany. |
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Charles Martel defeated whom at the Tours? |
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Pepin the Short gave the Pope land called the "Donation of Pepin," later called what? |
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Who did the Pope crown on Christmas Day, A.D. 800? |
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What was the name of old Greek colony where Constantine built Constantinople? |
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The location of Constantinople made it easy to defend and at the end of both of what routes? |
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land and sea trade routes |
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Justinian was called "the Great" because of what? |
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Justinian built what great church and where? |
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The great church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. |
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Who was Justinian's wife, and what did she give him during the revolt of 527? |
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Theodora, gave him strength. |
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What did the people of the First Crusade do?? |
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Pillaged, burned, and stole as much as the could around Constantinople before they left for Palestine. |
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Who almost destroyed Constantinople? |
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the Latins of the Fourth Crusade |
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The Crusaders were called what in the Middle East? |
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Did the Byzantines fully recover from the Fourth Crusade? |
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Who conquered Constantinople in 1453? |
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The main centers of Christianity in the East were where? |
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Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, and Constantinople |
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Illuminated manuscripts are what? |
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manuscripts decorated with pictures |
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What is the Arabian Peninsula? |
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A vast, mainly desert area southeast of Palestine. |
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What is the Arabian Peninsula? |
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A vast, mainly desert area southeast of Palestine. |
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Where were wells located throughout the Arabian Peninsula? |
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The individual bedouin's loyalty was to whom first? |
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Frankincense and myrrh came from where? |
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What, having fallen from the sky, was worshipped in Mecca? |
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How old was Mohammed when he married Khadijah? |
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Who did Mohammed talk to about their religion? |
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Where did the Moslems emigrate to, and when? |
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The Caliph who sent troops to reconquer the Arabian Peninsula was? |
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Abd al-Malik built what, and where did he build it? |
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Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. |
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When was the Golden Age of the Abbasids? |
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during the reign of Harun al-Rashid |
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When was the Golden Age of the Abbasids? |
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during the reign of Harun al-Rashid |
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India can be thought of as a what? |
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What are India's seasons? |
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Most people throughout India's history have lived in what? |
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originally nomads from grasslands northwest of India |
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The religious weritings of the Aryans were called what? |
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What were the four main classes of the caste system? |
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1.priests and holy men 2.rulers and soldiers 3.craftsmen, merchants, & farmers 4.laborers |
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Who the greatest ruler of India shortly after Alexander the Great? |
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What was the Golden Age in India--from a worldly standpoint? |
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the Gupta Period between A.D. 320 and 500 |
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Who founded the Mogul Dynasty? |
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The greatest Mogul of the early period is considered to be whom? |
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One teaching of Hinduism is that all life is what? |
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sacred, even harmful insects and animals |
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We who are Christians believe what? |
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That Christ died and arose from the dead for us. |
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The eight-fold path is a very important part of what religion? |
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Chinese writing began when? |
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A storm like a hurrican, only worse? |
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What is the land of many river valleys? |
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Confucius lived during which dynasty? |
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The Ch'in Dynasty was built around whom? |
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Shih Huang-ti. He is well remembered as China's first dictator. |
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What important event took place during the time of the Han Dynasty |
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When was China's golden age of art and poetry? |
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The Analects are the teachings of whom? |
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Who wrote the Book of Tao? |
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colored stones fitted together to form a picture |
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