Medieval Middle East and Africa - Review - History

Empires - give one to two sentences about the following empires: 

• Byzantine 
• Sasanid
• Ummayyad
• Abbasid
• Fatimid
• Ghana/Mali/Songhay
• Benin
• Kongo
• Great Zimbabwe

Art and Architecture - name some distinctive features of the art and architectural styles of each empire.

Social customs - give some examples of what society was like in each empire. 

Religion - briefly describe the religious views of each empire and how tolerant of other religions they were.

Government - describe the nature of governance in each empire.

Decline (if applicable) - explain why each government eventually fell into decline