The development of a reliable saddle between 500 and 100 B.C.E. allowed nomadic Arabs to fight effectively from atop ____.

The Mongols called Russia the Kipchak Khanate following its incorporation into their empire, whereas the Russians called it the ____.

The Sui dynasty sought to solidify the unity of the Chinese state by a vast extension of the ____ system.

The delegations dispatched to the Mongol capital by both the pope and European rulers did not hope to

Yellow Turban Rebellion

Persian political organization included all of the following features except ____.

Greek civilization expanded through the creation of _____ rather than through the conquest of territories.

The cross-regional ties created in the expanding Islamic world ____.

In which of the following civilizations was slaveholding both widespread and central to the economy?

After conquering China, the Mongol rulers gave themselves a Chinese dynastic title, the ____, meaning “great beginnings.”