2550931237 | nation-states | countries as formally defined political entities in the modern sense of the world | 0 | |
2553211443 | hinduism | - practiced in India - Believe in a supreme force (Brahma) as well as many other gods/goddesses - Guided by the Vedas and Upanishads - Religious and Social system (caste system) | 1 | |
2553213168 | buddhism | - practiced in Eastern civilizations - founded by the Buddha - Four Noble truths - Eight fold Path - Went against the Caste System - Asoka uses Buddhism to unite India | 2 | |
2553215077 | Confucianism | - Chinese cultures - Fundamental relationships - Women are secondary - Flexible philosophy - No world impact xiao - filial piety li - a sense of property ren - a sense of humanity | 3 | |
2553215848 | Daoism | - Chinese, Laozi - Passive religion - Harmony with nature | 4 | |
2553217092 | Legalism | - humans are evil by nature - Chinese --> Qin Dynasty - Focus on military and farming | 5 | |
2553218003 | Judaism | - first monotheistic faith - Hebrews -Spawned other monotheistic religions | 6 | |
2553218550 | Zoroastrianism | - Prophet Zoroaster - Influence on Christianity ?? | 7 | |
2553219207 | Christianity | - Jewish, Gentiles, Romans - Most influential by 3rd Century BCE | 8 | |
2553224268 | oligarchies | ruled by few elites | 9 | |
2553224269 | monarchies | single ruler | 10 | |
2553224930 | nomadism | A way of life, forced by a scarcity of resources, in which groups of people continually migrate to find pastures and water. | 11 | |
2553224931 | pastoralism | A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals. | 12 | |
2553225185 | homo sapiens sapiens | modern humans | 13 | |
2553300043 | what makes a civilization? | - an economic system - a government that enforces military and political leadership - a social system - moral or ethical code - written language ** | 14 | |
2553418082 | shamanism | The practice of identifying special individuals (shamans) who will interact with spirits for the benefit of the community. | 15 | |
2553505298 | the caste system | ![]() | 16 | |
2553639766 | hyskos!! | Semitic people who pressured Egypt; Horse riding nomads; Had advanced weaponry. They also captured Memphis from the Egyptians | 17 | |
2553672094 | assyrians!! | Known as a warrior people who ruthlessly conquered neighboring countries; their empire stretched from east to north of the Tigris River all the way to centeral Egypt; used ladders, weapons like iron-tipped spears, daggers and swords, tunnels, and fearful military tactics to gain strength in their empire | 18 | |
2553698049 | nok culture and terracotta soldiers!! | 19 | ||
2555040367 | lydians | came up with the system of coinage to trade in the barter system | 20 | |
2555045628 | Draco and Solon were... | Athenian aristocrats who strove to create a democracy in Athens and ensure fair,equal, and open participation | 21 | |
2555048204 | Socrates | 22 | ||
2555048205 | Plato | 23 | ||
2555048206 | Aristotle | 24 | ||
2555048884 | Archimedes | 25 | ||
2555048885 | Eulcid | 26 | ||
2555048886 | Pythagoras | 27 | ||
2555049941 | Homer | Illiad and the Odyssey | 28 | |
2555050934 | Persian War | 29 | ||
2555051382 | Peloponnesian War | 30 | ||
2555051748 | Macedonians | 31 | ||
2555052518 | Alexander the Great | 32 | ||
2555052519 | Hellenism | 33 | ||
2555056123 | Punic Wars | 34 | ||
2555057166 | Pax Romana | 35 | ||
2555061484 | Edict of Milan by Constantine | 36 | ||
2555115112 | bantu migration | 37 | ||
2555313302 | lessons for women | book that basically explains itself developed in the han dynasty | 38 | |
2555314036 | zend avesta | sacred texts of zoroastrianism | 39 | |
2555314037 | edict of restoration | The Babylonian exile was the period in Jewish history during which the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon | 40 | |
2555320303 | qanat system | a traditional system of gravity-fed irrigation that uses gently sloping tunnels to capture groundwater and direct it to low-lying fields | 41 | |
2555335229 | tikal | 42 | ||
2555335230 | yucatan peninsula | a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea | 43 | |
2555343139 | yokes | allowed for animals to be pulled together | 44 | |
2556308889 | mawali | Non-Arab converts to Islam | 45 | |
2556308890 | dimmi | people of the book | 46 | |
2556308891 | ummah | Muslim community of believers | 47 | |
2556309173 | bedouins | Arab nomads. They were organized into tribes and groups called clans. These clans provided security and support for a life made difficult by the extreme conditions of the desert. Their settlement is from where the Muslim Empire sprang. This was around the 600s AD and at the Arabian Peninsula. | 48 | |
2556498291 | classicism | a greater understanding of and admiration for greco-roman literature and learning | 49 | |
2556749020 | the moorish in spain | 50 | ||
2556901834 | ibn battuta | muslim scholar who traveled throughout the house of islam to africa and india. held governmental positions in the places he traveled. | 51 | |
2556901835 | marco polo | italian merchant from venice traveled the silk road to china. kublai khan allowed him to pursue missions throughout the empire. | 52 | |
2556902523 | rabban sauma | nestorian christian who spoke to the pope to negotiate alliances with the pope. | 53 | |
2556971508 | william the conqueror | 1027-1087 Norman king in 1066 he defeated Harold, the Anglo-Saxon king, to become the first Norman king of england | 54 | |
2556972807 | bureaucracy | 55 | ||
2556974335 | garrisons | 56 | ||
2556974336 | primogeniture | 57 | ||
2556975408 | meritocracy | 58 | ||
2556976237 | city-states | 59 |
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