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5920356655IslamStarted out in 700 CE in Saudi Arabia. Everyone would then earn about it over time. Has no social classes within the religion.0
5920356656ChristianityDated to 100 CE, were minorities at the start in most places. Christians were tortured and persecuted. Though, they started to rise notably when Emperor Constantine made it the official religion.1
5920358486ConfucianismCreated by Confucius around 400 CE. Valued education, respect, hard work, and hierarchy as a way of life. Xunzi supported the spread of Confucianism while opposing Hinduism.2
5920358487HinduismHas 900,000,000 followers today. Evidence back from 1500 CE of its existence. One god but is seen in multiple different forms. A henotheistic religion.3
59203604475 Pillars of IslamShahadah: sincerely reciting the Muslim profession of faith. Salat: performing ritual prayers in the proper way five times each day. Zakat: paying an alms (or charity) tax to benefit the poor and the needy. Sawm: fasting during the month of Ramadan. Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca.4
5920360448Silk RoadThe Silk Road was a trade route used from 206 to 1453 throughout China, India, the Middle East, and Europe. Traded silk, cloth, gold, religious ideas, precious stones, and gun powder.5
5920362139Indian Ocean TradeTrading route that occurred in the Indian Ocean from 800 CE to around the 1500s where gold, ivory, iron, cotton, silk, and porcelain goods. Revolutionary ideas were introduced that improved that6
5920363854Trans-Saharan TradeA trade route that lasted from 600 to 1300 in northern Africa where gold, glass, slaves, textiles, ivory, salt, horses, and art were exchanged.7
5920363855CrusadeA series of authorized religious attacks between the Christians and Islamic. Started out as a campaign by the Byzantine in 1095 against the Abbasid.8
5920365721Byzantine Empire(330-1453) The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine.9
5920365722Aztec EmpireCentral American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the fifteenth century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I.10
5920367525Maya CivilizationsKnown for their food and strong civilization. Conquered by the Spanish.11
5920367526Inca EmpireEmpire in Peru. conquered by Pizarro, who began an empire for the Spanish in 153512
5920369591Black PlagueA disease that engulfed Europe during the Middle Ages. It killed about one-third of the population and was carried by fleas. Because of this, the feudal system died out.13
5920369592FeudalismThe social system in European Middle Ages. Monarchies associated with Christianity Kings Lords Knights Serfs/Peasants14
5920373827Roman Catholic ChurchThe church had a lot of control in Europe. Almost everyone believed in Heaven, Hell, and in God. They were required to follow what the church says. The Pope was the ultimate leader of it.15
5920373828Middle AgesFrom the 400s to the 1400s. From the Fall of Rome (476) to the Renaissance. China at the time was flourishing, Latin America too was even flourishing, while Europe was in the "Dark Ages". Notably, much war and the crusades occur during this time.16
5920373829Ottoman EmpireLasted from 1300 - 1922. At its largest during the 16th - 17th century spanning across the 3 continents Asia, Europe, and Africa. Controlled all the trade going through the region. Many were converted to Islam. Capital city was Constantinople, or also called as Istanbul.17
592037632712th Century RenaissanceTook place during the High Middle Ages where social, political, and economic transformations. Churches and schools were built for students to learn Latin and Greek. Where "beauty brought people closer to God".18
592037632815th Century RenaissanceAlso called the "Italian" Renaissance. Art, architecture, literature, music, philosophy, and other arts were proposed. First time where God wasn't in the focus of art since it was filled with common people.19
5920378478ColonialismAcquiring control over another country occupying it with settlers and exploiting it economically.20
5920382389ImperialismExtending a country's powers through military force.21

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