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5693142288egalitarianpromoting social equality0
5693147220bureaucracya heierarchy of specialized officials administration the policies of an institution, esp. government (ex: Civil Service Exams)1
5693195529centralizedpower concentrated in the center; political power concentrated in the hands of one leader or executive body2
5693205321decentralizedpower dispersed among many points; political power distributed among many different nobels, landowners, leaders, regions3
5693221220scholar-gentryan aristocratic Chinese social class of landowning Confucian officials (Song Dynasty)4
5693243579aristocrata member of a social class thought to be superior (often by virtue of family); possess special political, religious and economic influence; sometimes own large portions of land5
5693266691ideologyan overall system of beliefs, values and goals that make up the world view of and individual or group6
5693296777institutionan important formal organization of individuals in a civilization working for a common purpose (governments, universities, churches, corporations)7
5693315672empirea state that rules over a great amount of territories and many different people; normally ruled my an emperor8
5693333913feudalisma decentralized socio-political organization created by nobels exchanging land for oaths of service and protection; seen with strong militaristic values and specialized warrior class (Western Europe, late Zhou China, PC Japan)9
5693359008orthodoxconforming to the central, authoritative beliefs, especially with regard to religion10
5693369336social classa rank in society denoting priveliges and restrictions; arising from wealth, birth, and/or occupation (ex: caste system (extremely rigid ver.))11
5693401002hierarchya ranking system of individuals of a few with elite stadning and more with lesser standing (triangular structure) (ex: social, political, military, church)12
5693435054consolidation (of territory)to join together securely into one whole (ex: establishing full power over conquered areas and making them full apart of the original state)13
5693459050assimilation (of people)to absorb a group into a culture; group adops traits of another culture14
5693468521manufacturingthe making of goods by manual labor or machinery; larger scale; involves advanced techniques and technologies15
5693483303diffusionthe spreading of features from one culture to another (ex: religion or technologies)16
5693498107coercive labor systemsan institution in which workers are compelled to work by force, intimidation, or authority; often against their will (ex: serfdom, slavery)17
5693573637regionalan area divided into fully or partially independent areas or states; often the result of geographical barriors, diversity, or distance18
5693593899legitimizeto make lawful, acceptable, or justifiable; can refer to the justification of a particular government ruler or establishing a belief system as acceptable (ex: Mandate of Heaven and Chinese rulers)19
5693668598commercialengaged in trade or pertaining to trade and the exchange of goods and services; commercial class directly (merchants) or indirectly (bankers) involved20
5693682905caliphatethe area governed by a caliph or the office of the caliph21
5693706118demographican important characteristic or statistic of a human population (ex: death rate, migration, religious or racial composition)22
5693719483mysticala belief system in which there is direct contact between a person's soul and god or the ultimate reality; disregards orthodox beliefs (ex: Sufism)23
5693736843animisticthe belief in the existance of individual spirits that inhabit natural objects (ex: central Africa in postclassical era)24
5693754560rationalismreliance on the human ability to reason as the best guide for belief and action25
5693807150The Neolitic Revolution8000 BCE - AKA: Agricultural Revolution26
5693815530Mesopotamian Civilization5000-3500 BCE - Tigris & Euphrades rivers27
5693862152Ancient Egypt Civilization3000 BCE - Nile river28
5693878543Indus River Valley Civilization3300-1300 BCE - India29
5693912026The Shang Dynasty~1700-1000 BCE - Chinese Dynasty30
5693930854The Zhou Dynasty1029-258 BCE - Chinses Dynasty31
5693940988The Qin Dynasty221-202 BCE - Chinese Dynasty32
5693945053The Han Dynasty202 BCE-220 CE - Chinese Dynasty33
5693956872Confucianism~500 BCE - major Chinese religion34
5693972138Taoism~3rd Century BCE - Chinese religion35
5693981729Aryan Migrations~1500 BCE - mirgated into India36
5694009976The Vedas~1200 BCE - old Indian text37
5694029825The Upanishads~800 or 500 BCE - old Indian text38
5694056069Buddhism~5th Century BCE - major world religion39
5694069355The Mauryan Empire320-180 BCE - Indian dynasty40
5694090736The Gupta Empire320-550 CE - Indian dynasty41
5694108660The Golden Age of Athens5th Century BCE42
5694140285Alexander the Great's Empirestarted conquest in ~330 BCE43
5694148737The Roman Republic509-27 BCE44
5694158415The Roman Empire64-1453 CE45
5694171295Christianity1st Century CE - major world religion46
5694191849The Mayan2600 BCE-250 CE - one of first major American empires47
5694230568The Hijra622 CE48
5694361051The Death of Muhammad632 CE49
5700586184The Umayyad Dynasty661-750 CE50
5700587761The Abbasid Dynasty750-1258 CE51
5700592720The Sunni Shi'a Split~632 CE52
5700593882The Crusades1095-1251 CE - Religious Wars53
5700597179The Delhi Sultanate1206-1526 CE54
5700599257Mali1230-1600 CE55
5700601847Justinian's Rule527-565 CE56
5700603085East-West Schism1054 CE57
5700605291Kievian Rus9th to 13th Centuries58
5700613876The Fall of Byzantium1453 CE59
5700616752Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor800 CE60
5700618421Feudalism (starting date)1066 CE61
5700619427Viking Raids800-1066 CE62
5700622956The High Middle Ages1000-1300 CE63
5700625165The Black Death1340 CE64
5701306141The Toltec Empire~500-~1000 CE65
5701316344The Aztec Empire (est.)1428 CE66
5701325836The Incan Empire (est.)1438 CE67
5701330456The Era of Division (China)220-~600 CE68
5701336628The Sui Dynasty581-618 CE69
5701341936The Tang Dynasty618-907 CE70
5701350285The Song Dynasty960-1279 CE71
5701357211Taika Reforms645 CE72
5701360805Kamakura Shogunate1326-1333 CE73
5701371635Mongol Conquests13th Century74
5701380486The Mongol Destruction of Baghdad1258 CE75
5701386875Marco Polo's Travels1271-1295 CE76
5701395519Mongols Expelled from China~1279 CE77
5701408219Zhenghe Expeditions1405-1433 CE78
5701498591Nile River Valley79
5701509741Tigris-Euphrades River Valley80
5701520688Indus River Valley81
5701536259Huanghe River Valley82
5701542611Han Empire (geo)83
5701552385Maurya Empire (geo)84
5701559913Mediterranean Empire (geo)85
5701566098Alexander the Great's Empire (geo)86
5701571047Xi'an87
5701573815Pataliputra88
5701578482Rome89
5701581848Athens90
5701584313Sparta91
5701592850Babylon92
5701597862Jerusalem93
5701603642Alexandria94
5701609696Yangtze River95
5701613419The Great Wall96
5701616284The Silk Road97
5701621126Arabian Peninsula98
5701626365Iberian Peninsula99
5701630582Swahili Coast100
5701636221Umayyad Empire (geo)101
5701640405Delhi Sultanate (geo)102
5701645478Sudanic States103
5701650701Byzantium (geo)104
5701655040Kieivan Rus (geo)105
5701659516Charlemagne's Empire106
5701663164Holy Roman Empire (geo)107
5701667521Mecca and Medina108
5701682808Baghdad109
5701689280Damascus110
5701714007The Black Sea111
5701718048The Bosporus112
5701721127Polynesia113
5701746728The Tang Dynasty (geo)114
5701753232The Aztec Empire (geo)115
5701757022The Incan Empire (geo)116
5701760084Mongol Khanates117
5701764695Hangzhou118
5701779138Cuzco119
5701783675Andes Mountains120
5701790309South China Sea121
5701836601What are the key parts of a comparative essay prompt?2 spheres, a key topic, themes, a time frame, requrement to find specific similarities or differences122
5701863193What are the key parts of the thesis paragraph of a comparative essay?1 starter thesis, 4 subtheses, thesis argument123
5701879150What is the body paragraph pattern of a comparative essay?State your similarity or difference, at least 3 peices of evidence and claims, historical causation124
5701965960What are the 3 parts of a synthesis paragraph?relevance of argument, reveiwing of the argument, introduce new content125
5701999620What could a CCOT give you in a prompt?a place or movement, a theme, a key topic, a time frame126
5702033370What should you include in your thesis paragraph of your CCOT essay?a sentence explaining the topic, 2 subtheses explaining continuities, 2 subtheses explaining changes127
5702070502What should your paragraphs be in a CCOT essay?thesis paragraph, 1st change, 2nd change, 1st continuity, 2nd continuity, synthesis, final thesis128
5702085870What MUST you do when providing evidence in a CCOT essay?Evidence from the beginning of the time period AND the end of the time period129
5702129580What should you include in your final paragraph of a CCOT essay?one continuity from the first theme, one change from the second theme, and a restatement of the thesis130
5702181194What should be included in a DBQ thesis paragraph?contextualization, a three pronged thesis, 3 subtheses/claims131
5702226251How should you go about using the documents for evidence in a DBQ essay?use them to address the key topic, pull specific information from the document, add your own explanation regarding the evidence, read between the lines, cite the documents132
5702275874How do you source documents in a DBQ essay?1. attribution, 2. sourcing (CAPP), 3. impact (COKE), 4. info in doc, 5. argument133
5702300002What does CAPP stand for?context, audience, purpose, point of view134
5702308053What does COKE stand for?credible, omit/include, known/unknown, exaggerated/downplayed135
5702344948What are the APWH SPICE themes?Social, Political, Interaction, Cultural, Economical136
5702370212What is included under the social theme?gender roles and relations, family and kinship, racial and ethnic constructions, social and economic classes137
5702380828What is included under the political theme?political structures and forms of government, empires, nations and nationalism, revolts and revolutions, region, transregional and global structures and organizations138
5702405067What is included under the interaction theme?demography and disease, migration, settlement patterns, technology139
5702415392What is included under the cultural theme?religions, belief systems, philosophies, ideologies, science and technology, the arts and architecture140
5702427492What is included under the economical theme?agricultural and pastoral production, trade and commerce, labor systems, industralization, capitalism and socialism141
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