5716486277 | Proliferation | increase in numbers | 0 | |
5716486278 | Sinification | Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions, typical of Korea and Japan | 1 | |
5716490855 | Orientalism | a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient | 2 | |
5716490856 | Syndicalism | a radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of labor unions | 3 | |
5716492877 | Syncretism | The blending traits from two different cultures to form a new trait. | 4 | |
5716495473 | Jericho | early walled urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern Israel-occupied West Bank near Jordan river | 5 | |
5716495474 | Catal Huyuk | early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification | 6 | |
5716498507 | Cyrus the Great | The early King of Persia | 7 | |
5716498508 | Zoroastrianism | Persian religion founded by Zoroaster; taught that humans had the freedom to choose between right and wrong, and that goodness would triumph in the end | 8 | |
5716500711 | Pericles | The leading figure in Athenian politics. He guided Athens for more than 30 years. He helped Athens dominate the Delian League | 9 | |
5716503317 | Peloponnesian Wars | War between the Pelo League and Delian League | 10 | |
5716505317 | Tributary State | A country that pays tribute in money or goods to a more powerful nation | 11 | |
5716505318 | Julius Caesar | Roman general who has defeated his rival Pompey and seems destined to the crowned King of Rome | 12 | |
5716509186 | Augustus Caesar | Rome's first Emperor ; reigned for 40 years and rebuilds city of Rome | 13 | |
5716509187 | Roman Senate | was a council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city leaders | 14 | |
5716511860 | Socrates | Searched fro truth and justice he was put to deatrh for asking too many questions and "corrupting the youth" | 15 | |
5716511861 | Great Zimbabwe | With Massive stone building and walls, incorporates the greatest early building in sub-Saharan Africa. | 16 | |
5716514376 | Delhi Sultanate | the kingdom established by Mahmud's succesors to spread islam in India | 17 | |
5716514377 | Marco Polo | 13th century explorer who was the 1st person to travel the trade route of the East. | 18 | |
5716515962 | Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan | 19 | |
5716515963 | Mansa Musa | Mali king brought Mali to its peak of power and wealth from 1312 the 1337; he was the most powerful king in west Africa | 20 | |
5716518665 | Sultan | the highest official of the sultanate, serve as the political, economical, religious, military leader of sultanate. | 21 | |
5716520898 | Shari'a Law | Islamic Law. Sources: Qur'an and Hadiths. Entire body of laws that guides believers in this life. No gambling. No intoxicants. | 22 | |
5716522730 | Medina | a city in western Saudi Arabia to where Muhammad had fled significance: Islamic significance, location where Muhammad was buried, first Mosque | 23 | |
5716522731 | Daimyo | Warlord rulers of 300 small states following onin war and disruption of ashikaga shogunate, holding consolidated into unified and bounded mini states | 24 | |
5716525140 | Shintoism | The belief that everything in nature is or is influenced by a god | 25 | |
5716525141 | Samurai | Mounted troops of the Bushi, loyal to the local lords, not the emperor | 26 | |
5716530881 | Heian Era | Capital city of Japan under the Yamato emperors, later called Kyoto, built to escape Buddhist monks | 27 | |
5716534313 | Tale of Genji | Lady murasaki, first novel in any language | 28 | |
5716564630 | Golden Horde | One of the four subdivisions of the Mongol Empire after Chinggis Khan's death, orignally ruled by his grandson Batu; territory covered much of what is now south Russia | 29 |
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