While the exact year might be up for discussion, the Medieval era began somewhere around 500 AD, after the fall of which once mighty empire?
A) Carthage
B) Western Roman Empire
C) Parthia
While the exact year might be up for discussion, the Medieval era began somewhere around 500 AD, after the fall of which once mighty empire?
A) Carthage
B) Western Roman Empire
C) Parthia
During the early Middle Ages, Islam emerged as a major religion, even resulting in the new Hijri calendar which began its count following what migration by Muhammad and his followers?
A) Medina to Mecca
B) Mecca to Jerusalem
C) Mecca to Medina
During the early Middle Ages, Islam emerged as a major religion, even resulting in the new Hijri calendar which began its count following what migration by Muhammad and his followers?
A) Medina to Mecca
B) Mecca to Jerusalem
C) Mecca to Medina
As Islam spread across the Middle East and North Africa, science, the economy and the culture flourished, and this period was later named what?
A) The Islamic Golden Age
B) The Muhammadan Era
C) The Arab Advancement
As Islam spread across the Middle East and North Africa, science, the economy and the culture flourished, and this period was later named what?
A) The Islamic Golden Age
B) The Muhammadan Era
C) The Arab Advancement
Islam was not the only growing culture of the time, Vikings from the North also ventured far from their homeland, some reaching as far as North America, but who is said to be the first one to reach what they called Vinland?
A) Erik the Red
B) Leif Erikson
C) Olaf Tryggvason
Islam was not the only growing culture of the time, Vikings from the North also ventured far from their homeland, some reaching as far as North America, but who is said to be the first one to reach what they called Vinland?
A) Erik the Red
B) Leif Erikson
C) Olaf Tryggvason
Travel from the Norse countries did not exclusively go in a south-western direction; Vikings also traversed the waterways of Eastern Europe and beyond, some going as far as Baghdad. On their journeys, many became mercenaries or bodyguards, among them the Varangian Guard who protected emperors from which empire?
A) The Abbassid Caliphate
B) The Byzantine Empire
C) The Seljuk Empire
Travel from the Norse countries did not exclusively go in a south-western direction; Vikings also traversed the waterways of Eastern Europe and beyond, some going as far as Baghdad. On their journeys, many became mercenaries or bodyguards, among them the Varangian Guard who protected emperors from which empire?
A) The Abbassid Caliphate
B) The Byzantine Empire
C) The Seljuk Empire
Though not the first European to reach China, Marco Polo was the first to chronicle his experience, providing a source of information on the Far East, but what was the route he explored?
A) The Spice Route
B) The Sino-Arab Highway
C) The Silk Road
Though not the first European to reach China, Marco Polo was the first to chronicle his experience, providing a source of information on the Far East, but what was the route he explored?
A) The Spice Route
B) The Sino-Arab Highway
C) The Silk Road
Another explorer, Ibn Battuta first left his home for a pilgrimage to Mecca, but ended up travelling the world over a period of thirty years. To what North African country did he finally return home?
A) Morocco
B) Libya
C) Mauritania
Another explorer, Ibn Battuta first left his home for a pilgrimage to Mecca, but ended up travelling the world over a period of thirty years. To what North African country did he finally return home?
A) Morocco
B) Libya
C) Mauritania
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is his magnum opus, exploring the travels of pilgrims from London to Canterbury, going to visit the shrine of which saint?
A) Saint George
B) Saint Thomas Becket
C) Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is his magnum opus, exploring the travels of pilgrims from London to Canterbury, going to visit the shrine of which saint?
A) Saint George
B) Saint Thomas Becket
C) Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
As with the beginning, the end of the Middle Ages is also a contested point, but some say Christopher Columbus' travel to the New World in 1492 was the momentous event that ushered in a new era. Of the three ships on that first trans-Atlantic voyage, what was the flagship named?
A) Pinta
B) Niña
C) Santa Maria
As with the beginning, the end of the Middle Ages is also a contested point, but some say Christopher Columbus' travel to the New World in 1492 was the momentous event that ushered in a new era. Of the three ships on that first trans-Atlantic voyage, what was the flagship named?
A) Pinta
B) Niña
C) Santa Maria
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