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| 6817491646 | Neolithic Age | Period; 8000-3000 BC -Permanent agricultural villages emerged due to the domestication of plants and animals. -Due to the increase in population, new classes of artisans and warriors developed. | 0 | |
| 6817491647 | Paleolithic Revolution | Period; Past-8000 BC -People lived in small groups that had economic and political activity. -Humans developed diverse and sophisticated tools such as fire in order to adapt to the environment. | 1 | |
| 6817491648 | Buddhism | -Founded in Siddhartha Gautama in India -Was spread by nuns and monks who followed traders -Expressed the idea that suffering could end once a person excepted the Four Noble Truths | 2 | |
| 6817491649 | Confucianism | -Founded by Confucius during the Zhou dynasty -Expressed the idea that one had their place in society, and that in order for society to function, people had to stick to their position | 3 | |
| 6817491651 | Christianity | -Founded by Jesus Christ -Eventually separated into three branches; Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant | 4 | |
| 6817491652 | Greece | 500 BC-323 BC -Due to the geographic of Greece, it was divided into independent city-states -Alexander the Great was able to unite Greece, Egypt, Persia, and parts of India -The people were polytheistic -Hellenistic culture was spread to areas which were conquered | 5 | |
| 6817491653 | Rome | 27 BC-476 AD -Began as a small city-state but grew to a large empire by conquering regions around the Mediterranean -Built roads in order to increase trade, therefore increasing the wealth of the empire -Collapsed due to foreign attacks and from internal conflicts like bad rulers. | 6 | |
| 6817491654 | Gupta Dynasty | Period; 320 AD-550 AD -Founded by Sri Gupta in ancient India -Considered the golden age of India -Rulers expressed religious tolerance towards believers of Buddhism and Jainism | 7 | |
| 6817491655 | Han Dynasty | Period; 206 BC-220 AD -Used the idea of civil service in order to employ government positions. | 8 | |
| 6817491656 | Silk Road | Period; 120 BC-1450 AD -A long trade route that extended about 4,000 miles from China to the Mediterranean Sea. | 9 | |
| 6817491657 | Hinduism | -Supported the idea of a caste system -Expressed the idea that one most reach salvation by doing good deeds -Originated on the subcontinent of India | 10 | |
| 6817491658 | Byzantine Empire | Period; 500 AD-1453 AD -The eastern portion of the Roman Empire which survived after attacks by Germanic tribes -Preserved the culture of the Greeks and Romans -Influenced Russia by giving them the Eastern Orthodox Religion and Cyrillic alphabet | 11 | |
| 6817491659 | Golden Age of Islam | 700-1200 AD -After Muhammad died, Muslim armies conquered vast areas of land outside of the Arabian peninsula -During the reign of the Abbasid caliph | 12 | |
| 6817491660 | Feudalism | -Kings gave land to nobles in order to gain their loyalty and military services -Created the idea that people with more land had more power | 13 | |
| 6817491661 | Crusades | Military expeditions that began in the llth century. -They were organized by western European Christians in response to Muslim war expansion -The objective was to retake control of the Holy Land and stop the spread of Islam | 14 | |
| 6817491662 | Golden Age of China | Period; 600s-1200s -Took place during the Tang and Song Dynasties -During this time China invented gunpowder which eventually spread to Europe -Buddhism became popular during this time | 15 | |
| 6817491663 | Bantu Migration | 500 BC-1500 AD -Largest migration of people in history -Bantu people had to scatter throughout southern Africa due to a shortage of land -Lead to the spread of Bantu language, iron technology, and agricultural techniques. | 16 | |
| 6817491664 | The Mongols | -Increased the trade along the Silk Road by preventing violence along the trade routes -Taught Russia how to have a centralized government -Developed the tribute system which was when a conquered land was required to pay money | 17 | |
| 6817491665 | Black Death | 1347-1351 -The major disease that killed 25 million people in Europe during the Middle Ages -Spread from East Asia to Europe through the Silk Road. -Resulted in depopulation, decline in feudalism, and a decrease in trade. | 18 | |
| 6817491666 | The Renaissance | 1400-1600 -Considered the Golden Age of Western Europe -Scholars studied books and art from ancient Greece and Rome -Began in Italy because much of the wealth was used to support artist. | 19 | |
| 6817491667 | Pre-Columbian Civilizations | 300s-1500s -Created terrace farming and Campinas in order to increase agricultural yield. -Maya; Lived in the lowland region of Mesomerica -Aztec; Lived in Mesoamerica(America) -Inca; Lived in the Andes Mountains | 20 | |
| 6817491668 | Mercantilism | -The idea that a colony only serves the purpose of providing profit for the mother nation -Spain and Portugal tightly controlled trade with their colonies in the Americas in order to make money. | 21 | |
| 6817491669 | Absolut Monarchs | Peter the Great; Westernized Russia Louis XIV;Absolute monarch of France Philip II;Absolute monarch of Spain Henry VIII;Absolute monarch of England Suleiman the Magnificent;Absolute monarch of the Ottoman Empire | 22 | |
| 6817491670 | Scientific Revolution | 1500-1600 -Was the sudden change in how people viewed the world. -Resulted in the spread of new ideas in Europe which would led to the Enlightenment | 23 | |
| 6817491671 | Political Revolutions | -The English Revolution/Glorious Revolution; People of England limited the power of the monarchs -French Revolution; People of France overthrew their king and fought for more rights. -Latin American Revolution; Latin American colonies fought to gain independence form Spain, Portugal, or France. | 24 | |
| 6817491672 | Industrial Revolution | 1700-1800 -Was the change in the production of goods by hand to the production of goods by machines in factories -Led to urbanization, bad working conditions, labor unions, and legislation. -Could be Laissez Faire Capitalism or Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles(capitalism) | 25 | |
| 6817491673 | Imperialism | -Occurred when a strong country took over a weaker country. -Caused by the idea of Social Darwinism and the need for raw materials -Scramble for Africa | 26 | |
| 6817491674 | World War I | 1914-1918 -A global military conflict which was fought mainly in Europe -War arose due to militarism, alliances,imperialism, and nationalism. -Resulted in the Treaty of Versailles | 27 | |
| 6817491675 | World War II | 1939-1945 -Fought mainly in Europe and on the islands of the Pacific Ocean. -Appeasement caused war because it gave Hitler control of Czechoslovakia -Nuremberg Trials was a court case in which the surviving Nazis were put on trial | 28 | |
| 6817491676 | Russian Revolution | 1917 -The people of Russia overthrew their Czar -Citizens were unhappy because of the losses suffered in World War I and the way Nicholas II ruled -Resulted in Russia becoming a communist nation | 29 | |
| 6817491677 | Cold War | 1945-1991 -A struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union -Iron curtain was an imaginary line that divided the countries of western and eastern Europe -Containment was an attempt by the US to stop communism | 30 | |
| 6817491678 | Chinese Communism | 1949-Present -Became the second country after the Soviet Union to adopt communism -Mao Zedong gained support because he promised to provide land to peasants -Great Leap Forward -Cultural Revolution | 31 | |
| 6817491679 | Decolonization | The period after World War II in which nations of Africa and Asia gained their independence. | 32 | |
| 6817491680 | Dynastic Circle | -Prosperity -Nomadic raids -Conscription into army, increase taxes, warfare destroys fields -Peasant Revolt -Warring States, civil war -Famine/Disease -Natural Disaster, lost mandate of heaven -Dynasty falls, new leader emerges who is likely former warlord -Leaders give the poor land and find a way to feed them | 33 | |
| 6818908225 | Ottoman Empire | Period; 1299-1922 -created by Turkish tribes in Anatolia -Covered most of southeastern Europe Europe as well as Anatolia. | 34 |
