In the later sixteenth century, Russian monarchs allowed _____________ merchants to settle and trade in the capital.

After early kabuki theater performances prompted violence among audience members, the Tokugawa government

Imports to mainland Southeast Asia consisted primarily of

Many modern Bantu speakers believe that natural disasters and evil arise from

The waning of Ottoman sea supremacy was marked by the Battle of _________, where the Ottomans were defeated by a large force of Hapsburgs.

The abundance of Islamic coins found in Viking hoards

By the beginning of the common era some Polynesians stopped producing pottery altogether because

Ming emperor Wanli required that all taxes be collected in

The Olmecs, or their ancestors, were one of the few peoples on earth who invented ___________ independently.

The term for roughly 500 related languages spoken in sub-Saharan Africa is