Chapter 10: early civilizations in africa and the americas 1000 b. c. – a. d. 700 – 225 ⦁ list the major geographical features and their names where are they located in africa. example: rain forest - congo – central africa. (page 202, map on 203) ⦁ who were the bantu people and why and where did they migrate? (page 206) ⦁ what advantage did the bantu-speaking people have over the hunter and gathers they displaced? (page 207 -208) ⦁ how did the aksums rise to power? (page 209 -210) ⦁ aksum was one of the few african civilizations to do what? ( page 210) ⦁ what was one of the initial and later became the prevalent crop in mesoamerica? (page 214) ⦁ what did the mayans invent and what did they not invent that many other civilizations did? ⦁ what were mayan cities like? (page 218) chapter 11: the byzantine empire and the rise of russia 300 –1500 – 251 ⦁ how was the city of constantinople created? (page 229) ⦁ what happened during the nika revolt? (page 231) ⦁ what was the justinian code? (page 234 -235) ⦁ who was theodora and what did she accomplish? (page 231) ⦁ what was theodora’s role? (page 231) ⦁ how did the plague effect the byzantine empire? (page 235 -236) ⦁ what caused the christian church to divide into two branches—the eastern orthodox church and the catholic church? (page 237- 238) ⦁ who were cyril and methodius and what did they accomplish? (page 239 – 230) ⦁ describe byzantine culture? what did they incorporate in their culture? (page 230 -231) ⦁ what were the major accomplishments of the byzantine empire? (page 230 -242) ⦁ which group invaded the slavic homeland beginning in the ninth century? ⦁ what did vladimir, prince of kiev, do in 988 to unify his people? chapter 12: islamic civilization 600 –1300 – 275 ⦁ what was ka’bah? (page 256) ⦁ what were muhammad’s origins? (page 257) ⦁ what is the name of the book in which muhammad's words and teachings were collected? (page 259) ⦁ what are the five pillars of islam? (page 230) ⦁ what is ramadan? (page 230) ⦁ how do muslims view muhamad in comparison to abraham and jesus? (page 259) ⦁ what happened after the death of muhammad? (page 262) ⦁ what led to the division of islam into sunni and shia? (page 263) ⦁ what is the importance of the bazaars in islamic society? (page 270) ⦁ what advancements did muslims make between 600 -1300 ad? (page 270 – 275) ⦁ science ⦁ math ⦁ medicine ⦁ art ⦁ architecture ⦁ literature ⦁ philosophy