Quiz 2

Please answer 5 questions. For full credit, try to include details and examples from the reading, and avoid personal opinion statements ("I think...", "In my opinion...", etc.) unless the question explicitly invites that.

You can email your answers to me in a Word doc, PDF file, or copy/pasted into the body of your email when done.

1) What were the Sand and Sea Roads? Were they as significant as the Silk Road? Who was/were the dominant power(s) along the so-called Sea Roads for most of the Classical and late Classical period? 

2) If you were a Classical era woman, why might you want to live in the Mongol civilization?

3) Where does the Byzantine Empire fit in the story of Christendom?

4) Where does the “Medieval Period” or “Middle Ages” fit in the story of Christendom?

5) What is an “Empire”? How is it different from other forms of political organization?

6) Place the following civilizations on a Classical Era timeline. Include approximate dates. Briefly summarize the rise and fall of these major Classical Era civilizations: 

Byzantine Empire

Roman Empire

Classical Greeks

Teotihuacan

Islamic Civilizations

Classical China

Christendom

Mongol Empire