324002411 | Peloponnesian War | War between Sparta and Athens | 0 | |
324002412 | Alexander the Great | United Ancient Greece | 1 | |
324002413 | Hellenism | Shift in greek culture dominated by greek speakers of different ethnicities; greatly influenced by persians | 2 | |
324002414 | Homer | Greek poet | 3 | |
324002415 | Socrates and Plato | Greek philosopher/student | 4 | |
324002416 | Aristotle | One of the most influential philosopher. | 5 | |
324002417 | Western scientific thought | Basis for modern science | 6 | |
324002418 | Roman republic | Republican government of rome before the roman empire | 7 | |
324002419 | Plebians vs patricians | Peasants vs elite | 8 | |
324002420 | Punic Wars | Series of wars between Rome and Carthage | 9 | |
324002421 | Julius Ceasar | Roman military and political leader | 10 | |
324002422 | Roman Empire | Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization | 11 | |
324002423 | Qin, Han, Tang Dynasties | First 3 dynasties in China | 12 | |
324002424 | Shi Huangdi | King of Qin | 13 | |
324002425 | Chinese Tributary system | Form of conducting diplomatic and political relations with China | 14 | |
324002426 | the Silk Roads | Interconnected series of routes through southern Asia | 15 | |
324002427 | Nara and Herian Japan | Herian: characterized by it's art, poetry and literature Nara: agricultural by nature, practiced shinto | 16 | |
324002428 | Fujiwara clan | dominated the Japanese politics of Heian period | 17 | |
324002429 | Lady Murasaki and "The Take of Genji" | First novel of Japanese/world literature | 18 | |
324002430 | Central Asia and Mongolia | Acted as a crossroads for the movement of people, goods, and ideas | 19 | |
324002431 | The Aryan Invasion of India | Aryans invaded the Indus River Civilization | 20 | |
324002432 | Dravidians | People of southern and central India who speak Dravidian languages | 21 | |
324002433 | Indian Caste System | Division of society into four castes | 22 | |
324002434 | Ashoka | Mauryan empire; covert of buddihism | 23 | |
324002435 | Constantinople/Byzantine Empire | Made into second capital by Constantine | 24 | |
324002436 | Justinian | Roman emperor who tried to restore the unity of the old roman empire | 25 | |
324002437 | Early Medieval Europe "Dark Ages" | Period of history between the last emperor of Rome and the Renaissance | 26 | |
324002438 | Feudalism | Grants of land for loyal service | 27 | |
324002439 | Charlemagne | Helped restore church based education in western Europe | 28 | |
324002440 | Mohammed and the foundation of Islam | Founded Islam. Believed in the five pillars | 29 | |
324002441 | Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates | Umayyad: Clans that dominated politics and economy of Mecca Abbasid: Dynsasty that succeeded Ummiyad, as caliphs which are political and religious succesors of Muhammad | 30 | |
324002442 | Bantu and their migrations | Bantu-speaking people moved to the African coast | 31 | |
324002443 | Nubia | The coptic influence spread up the Nile into Nubia | 32 | |
324002444 | Ghana | Formed by exchanging gold with West Africa. Leaders converted to islam and taxed salt and gold. | 33 | |
324002445 | Olmec | Featured beginnings of calendrical and writing system | 34 | |
324002446 | Maya | Featured monumental architecture, mathematical systems | 35 | |
324002447 | Andean Societies | Started in the 2nd millenium in the central andes | 36 | |
324002448 | Mississippian Culture | A mound-building Native American Culture that flourished in the US | 37 | |
324002449 | Anasazi | Native American group that lived in the Four Corners area of the U.S. | 38 | |
324002450 | Cultural Diffusion versus independent innovation | Spread through cultures vs independent inventing | 39 | |
324002451 | Aristocracy | System of government with "Rule by the best" | 40 | |
324002452 | Parliamentary bodies | Senate and peasant voting body | 41 | |
324002453 | Oligarchy | Political power rests with a small segment of society | 42 | |
324002454 | Republics/democracies | Republic - state or country led by people Democracy - majority rules | 43 | |
324002455 | theocracy | government where religion plays a dominant role | 44 | |
324002456 | Slavery vs serfdom | Slavery - considered property and sold around Serfdom - forced labor by serfs which were semi free slaves tied to the land | 45 | |
324002457 | War | State of widespread conflict between two large groups of people | 46 | |
324002458 | Trade routes | Pathways used for commercial transport of cargo | 47 | |
324002459 | Polynesian Migrations | Polynesians migrated throughout the pacific in sailing canoes | 48 | |
324002460 | Eurasia's great age of migrations | Increase in migrations from Eurasia | 49 |
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