True or false? Legalism was a tradition predicated on the belief that people did not need to get overly invested in the specifics of legal codes but instead should embrace general moral values in society.
King Croesus of Lydia increased the speed of trade by solvin…
King Croesus of Lydia increased the speed of trade by solving the problem of trust. He guaranteed the purity of coins in his kingdom.
True or false? During the Abbasid caliphate, non-Muslims wer…
True or false? During the Abbasid caliphate, non-Muslims were allowed a certain amount of autonomy, including religious courts.
As the Bantu migrated, they found that the lands were largel…
As the Bantu migrated, they found that the lands were largely __, allowing them to expand farming into the region.
True or false? The Mandate of Heaven justified the overthrow…
True or false? The Mandate of Heaven justified the overthrow of bad governments and corrupt or inept rulers and reinforced a common conviction that in order to govern, a ruling house must demonstrate morality and order to retain heaven’s favor.
This was a section of low-lying land between modern Alaska a…
This was a section of low-lying land between modern Alaska and Russia, now underwater, that once served as a land bridge between continents.
Mary Beard describes Rome as a consuming city, which means t…
Mary Beard describes Rome as a consuming city, which means that Romans were entirely self-sufficient by making all that they consumed.
The influence of Mesopotamia on the Indus valley culture is…
The influence of Mesopotamia on the Indus valley culture is evident in the use of what item?
True or false? Some historians believe that the ummah was op…
True or false? Some historians believe that the ummah was open to most monotheistic believers in the first decades at Medina regardless of whether they believed in Islam, Judaism, or Christianity.
True or false? During the expansionist period of Islam, many…
True or false? During the expansionist period of Islam, many Christians in the newly conquered areas viewed Muslims as liberating them from Zoroastrianism.