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8301632488Paleolithic PersistenceContinuation of the previous paleolithic way of life (hunting and gathering). this allowed ppl to live survive off any land unsuitable for agriculture.0
8301632489IgboA group based in West Africa, fully agricultural, patrilineal descent1
8301632490IroquoisNative American people of North America, created a confederacy of tribes called the Great Law of Peace, fully agricultural, and matrilineal2
8301632491TimurA Turkic warrior, led the attempt to restore the Mongol Empire3
8301632492FulbePastoral people of West Africa, adopted Islam, became part of Islamic Empire, was major part of Islamic Movement4
8301632493Ming Dynasty ChinaWas greatly disrupted by the Mongol Empire and bubonic plague, helped China recover, wanted to eliminate traces of foreign rule, promoted Confucianism and patriarchy5
8301632494Zheng HeCheng Ho, born at the end of Mongol rule, was a Hui court eunuch, effective military leader, changed religion. Helped sea routes become more peaceful. During Ming Dynasty era.6
8301632495European RenaissanceDevastated by bubonic plague, revival of Greco-Roman traditions, merchants were wealthiest class, elite wealthy males, less focused on religion7
8301632496Ottoman EmpireStarted by a sultan named Osman, originated in present day Turkey. Primary purpose was to gain land and spread Islam.8
8301632497seizure of Constantinople in 1453This marked the final demise of Christian Byzantium and allowed Ottoman rulers to see themselves as successors to the Roman Empire9
8301632498Safavid EmpireThe Shi'ite muslim dynasty that ruled in Persia between the 16th and 18th centuries10
8301632499Songhay Empire1460-1591, by the Niger River. Became a major center of Islamic learning and commerce11
8301632501Mughal EmpireCreation of an Islamic Turkic group, undertook a remarkable effort to blend many Hindu groups and a variety of Muslims into an effective partnership12
8301632502MalaccaThis city became a springboard for the spread of Islam through the region. The Islam of this city demonstrated blending with local and Hindu/Buddhist traditions, while the city itself, like many port towns, had a reputation for "rough behavior."13
8301632503Aztec EmpireThis was a loosely structured, unstable conquest state. They practiced human sacrifice and demanded tribute from conquered cities and subjects14
8301632504Inca EmpireThey had a bureaucratic empire topped with an absolute ruler regarded as divine. Instead of regular tribute, they demanded it in the form of mita, or labor.15

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