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3685264894PastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals0
3685273745Cultural DiffusionThe spread of ideas, culture and goods from one civilization to another1
3685935352Neolithic RevolutionThe period in which societies developed sedentary agriculture and domesticated animals2
3685935353MonotheismThe exclusive worship of a single god; introduced by the Jews into Western civilization3
3685938351AryansIndo-European nomadic patoralists who replaced harappan civilizations; militarized society4
3685941412PatriarchalSocieties in which men control political, economic and cultural life5
3685942747Code of HammurabiA collection of laws put together under the direction of the king of Babylon6
3685942748SedentaryStaying in one place; not migratory7
3685945333Hunting and GatheringSmall groups of people who support themselves by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables; usually nomadic8
3685946172CivilizationA highly organized society with characteristics such as; surplus of food, specialization of labor, social classes, trade, systems of government and religion, and record keeping9
3685946183MetallurgyThe science and technology of metals and alloys; the first humans learned to use copper to make items such as jewelry, weapons, and tools10
3685949129Paleolithic AgeTime period in which hunting-gathering societies developed fire and stone tools11
3685949130NomadicPeoples who roamed from place to place in search of food and water12
3685950122KushAn African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 1000 B.C.E; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries13
3685950123Division of laborCharacteristic of civilizations in which different people perform different jobs14
3686185128SufisIslam believers + Mysticism Spirituality15
3686185129Umma16
3686186906SunnisMuslims who believed Caliph could be anyone in community17
3686186907Qur'anReligious text of Muhammed18
3686189034ShariaReligious body of law (religion is tied to gov.)19
3686192172Shi'a/ Shi'itesMuslims who believed Caliph must be of relation to Muhammad20
3686194286Umayyad Caliphate21
3686195434Abbasid CaliphateEmpire after Umayyad + moved capital from Baghdad to Damascus +22
3686198003BedouinArab camel nomads, first nomadic people in the Arabian penisula23
3686199475Dar al-IslamThe house of Islam with Muslim majority24
3686199476Five PillarsReligious duties of Muslims Fasting Prayer Faith Alms-giving The Hajj25
3686200780HaremAbbasid period, Room kept for wives + slave girls26
3686200781MuhammadProphet of Islam27
3686202736Jihad"Holy wars" Forcibly spread Muslim faith28
3686205327People of the bookName for Jews + Christians ( Dhimmis)29
3687901164Punic WarsSeries of wars between Romans and Carthage30
3687905315ZoroastrianismReligion by prophet Zoroaster teaching of life battles against good and evil31
3687915838Peloponesian WarsSparta against Athens (Sparta won)32
3687962077HellenisticGreek culture spread across Mediterranean33
3687967704Twelve TablesSet of Roman laws34
3687981326Pax RomanaTime of Roman peace35
3688054016Roman RepublicRoman way of justice, gathered with elected magistrates36
3688054450Direct DemocracyGreek way of justice, with repersentatives37
3688350082Stateless SocietyNo single gov. organized by kinship or age (African society)38
3688353111GriotsProfessional oral historians who served as keepers of tradition39
3688353112BantuWest Africa- 3000 common lang. used40
3688353878Mansa musaFirst west Africa ruler to devoutly practice islam41
3688354534SahelMid. Africa grasslands (civilization begins here)42
3688354758Maylay SailorsPeople of modern day Malaysia, Indonesia, southeastern coast of Vietnam + phillipines43
3688354759JuulaMuslims word to describe African traders44
3688355567Austronesian45
3688355909Ifrigiya46
3688356068Sundiata47
3688356069Almohadis48
3688356485Maghrib49
3688356810ZenjMuslim name for Swahili coast east africa50
3688357077Muhammad the great51
3688357576Timbuktu52
3688357577Hausa53
3688358601Icon54
3688359103Hagia SophiaChurch built by Justininane the first in late roman empire55
3688359594Greek Fire56
3688359595Kiev57
3688360135Tatars58
3688360350Boyars59
3688422131Russian Orthodox60
3688430431Cyril + Methodius61
3688435244Scholasticism62
3688435649Hanseatic league63
3688435822Black death64
3688436174Three estates65
3688436400Investiture66
3688437156Gothic67
3688437157Guilds68
3688439538Hundred years war69
3688494615Tunka ManinAfrican empire Ghana reached peaked under his rule70
3688496262Sunni AliFounder of songhay African empire- worked to unify,strengthen, enlarge71

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