World Empires

This city became the capital of the Abbasid Empire.

• Jerusalem

• Madinah

• Baghdad

• Cairo

The Ottoman Turks seized _____________, the capital of the Byzantine Empire in 1453.

The Moguls created a Muslim empire in

• Egypt

• Spain

• India

• China

Select all reasons which contributed to the fall of the Mogul Empire.

• High taxes

• Forced conversion to Islam

• Banning the building of Hindu temples

• Lack of trade

What group took over the Islamic Empire after the Abbasids?

• Ottomans

• Sunnis

• Umayyads

• Seljuk Turks

a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government

• province

• astronomer

• empire

• tribute

• caravan

Around 2340 B.C., ______ created the world's first empire.

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Nabopolassar

What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make their army stronger?

• how to use catapults and battering rams

• how to fight while riding horses

• how to use iron for weaponry

• how to make chariots

In 539 B.C., Which group defeated the Chaldeans and conquered Babylon?

• Egyptians

• Persians

• Assyrians

• Hittites

wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior

• province

• astronomer

• empire

• tribute

• caravan