8468536475 | Quipu | (Andes region) system of record keeping, uses strings and knots. | 0 | |
8468536476 | Filal Piety | Respect for others | 1 | |
8468536477 | Hanseatic League | (Europe) early labor union | 2 | |
8468536478 | Astrolabe | Advice to determine latitude on land and sea | 3 | |
8468536479 | Mansa Musa | Ruler of Mali | 4 | |
8468536480 | Bedouin arabs | First nomadic arabs to convert to Islam | 5 | |
8468536481 | Chang'an | The capital city in China under the Tang dynasty was? | 6 | |
8468536482 | Shia Islam | is the belif that people should have Mohammeds descands as their leaders | 7 | |
8468536483 | Sufis | Mystics within Islam; responsible for expansion of Islam to southeastern Asia and other regions | 8 | |
8468536484 | Berbers--(s) | an indigenous people of North Africa in modern Algeria and Tunis. Facilitated trans Saharan trade and converted to Islam. | 9 | |
8468536485 | Monhenjo Daro | A major city of the Indus Valley civilization; flourished around 2000 BCE. Extensive infrastructure | 10 | |
8468536486 | Qanat System | Persian underground canal | 11 | |
8468536487 | Swahili Civilization | (East Africa) Decentralized, Indian Ocean trade | 12 | |
8468536488 | Chavin (notre Chico) | (Americas, Peru) Mayan dynasty. Blood letting and human sacrifice. | 13 | |
8468536489 | Sikhism | (India) combo of Hindu and Islam | 14 | |
8468536490 | Vikings | Scandinavian peoples whose sailors raided Europe from the 700s through the 1100s | 15 | |
8468536491 | Mauryan Empire | (Persia) centralized, used satrapy system | 16 | |
8468536492 | Phoenicians | Sailors, first to develop a writing system. Greeks and romans eventually adopted writing system. | 17 | |
8468536493 | Neolithic Revolution | The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution. | 18 | |
8468536494 | Pastoralism | Follow hearts. Don't farm. | 19 | |
8468536495 | Silla Dynasty | (Korea) political stability. | 20 | |
8468536496 | Tribute system | (E Asia) trade network between foreigners and nomads. Kowtow | 21 | |
8468536497 | Tang Dynasty | Chinese dynasty from 618 to 907, Golden age | 22 | |
8468536498 | Song Dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy | 23 | |
8468536499 | NeoConfucianism | A new form of Confucianism in the Tang Dynasty, created to counter the growing influence of Buddhism | 24 | |
8468536500 | Sui Dynasty | 581-618 CE Built grand canal and Great Wall, restored centralized after war. | 25 | |
8468536501 | Genghis kahn | Mongol ruler, conquered land (1170s-1227) | 26 | |
8468536502 | Mongols | People from Central Asia when united ended up creating the largest single land empire in history. | 27 | |
8468536503 | Mecca | (Middle East) holy city of Islam, birthplace of Muhammad | 28 | |
8468536504 | Crusades | (Middle East and Europe) medieval military expedition recover holy land (11th-13th century) | 29 | |
8468536505 | Bubonic Plague | a deadly contagious disease caused by bacteria and spread by fleas; also called the Black Death | 30 | |
8468536506 | Abbassids | a dynasty of calphis ruling at Baghdad, a.d. 750-1258 claiming descent from Abbas, uncle of Muhammed | 31 | |
8468536507 | Islam | the religion of Muslims collectively which governs their civilization and way of life | 32 | |
8468536508 | Shang Dynasty | The Chinese dynasty that ruled the area around the Huang He from 1700 to 1122 B.C.E. | 33 | |
8468536509 | Shi Huangdi | First emperor of China; leader of the Qin Dynasty | 34 | |
8468536510 | Paleolithic Era | the first part of the Stone Age; when people first used stone tools | 35 | |
8468536511 | Mesopotamia | Birthplace of the Sumerian civilization among many others. | 36 | |
8468536512 | Olmec | (Mesoamerica) The 1st civilization known for sculpting huge stone heads. | 37 | |
8468536513 | Ziggurats | temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped | 38 | |
8468536514 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets. | 39 | |
8468536515 | Heiroglyphics | ancient Egyptian writing system using picture symbols for ideas or sounds | 40 | |
8468536516 | Hammurabi's Code | a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire | 41 | |
8468536517 | Hebrew Scriptures | Torah, Old Testament | 42 | |
8468536518 | Zoroastrianism | system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster noun | 43 | |
8468536519 | Vedic Religion | a historical predecessor of modern Hinduism, concerned with disorder and order | 44 | |
8468536520 | Patriarchy | A form of social organization in which males dominate females | 45 | |
8468536521 | Mandate of Heaven | in Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority | 46 | |
8468536522 | Aryan Migrations | began 1500 BCE in India | 47 | |
8468536523 | Bantu Migration | Large movement of Africans from the Niger River Valley in 1,000 B.C. | 48 | |
8468536524 | Animism | the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena. | 49 | |
8468536525 | ancestor veneration | Belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, that the spirits of deceased ancestors will look after the family. | 50 | |
8468536526 | Caste System | divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation | 51 | |
8468536527 | Reincarnation | Hindu and Buddhist belief that souls are reborn into new bodies over and over. | 52 | |
8468536528 | Buddhism | a religion founded in ancient India by the religious teacher Buddha | 53 | |
8468536529 | Monasticism | The lifestyle of a monk or nun, characterized by prayer and solitude | 54 | |
8468536530 | Ashoka | a ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism | 55 | |
8468536531 | Missionaries | people who work to spread their religious beliefs | 56 | |
8468536532 | Merchants | a person whose business is buying and selling goods | 57 | |
8468536533 | Daoism | A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature. | 58 | |
8468536534 | Confucianism | a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius. | 59 | |
8468536535 | Jesus | Founder of Christianity | 60 | |
8468536536 | Greek Philosophy | the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics | 61 | |
8468536537 | Hellenistic Era | period when the Greek language and Greek ideas spread to the non-Greek peoples of southwest Asia. Alexander the Great | 62 | |
8468536538 | Alexandria | City in Egypt founded by Alexander the Great, center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization | 63 | |
8468536539 | Persian Empire | Large empire in southern Asia. Fought against the Greeks in the Persian Wars. | 64 | |
8468536540 | Roman Empire | an empire that, at its height, around 200 C.E., spanned the Mediterranean world and most of Europe | 65 | |
8468536541 | Constantine | Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337) | 66 | |
8468536542 | Pax Romana | A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180. | 67 | |
8468536543 | Qin Empire | (246 BC to 206 BC) established first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall. | 68 | |
8468536544 | Han Empire | (206 BC to AD 220) Imperial dynasty that ruled China | 69 | |
8468536545 | Mayan city states | (Mesoamerica) 250 AD, golden age of Maya Empire. grew over 49 cities. Large population | 70 | |
8468536546 | Silk Road | Connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture. | 71 | |
8468536547 | Indian Ocean Trade | world's richest maritime trading network that was essential for the prosperity of East Africa | 72 | |
8468536548 | magnetic compass | Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north | 73 | |
8468536549 | Lateen sails | A triangular sail attached to a short mast | 74 | |
8468536550 | Timbuktu | Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning | 75 | |
8468536551 | Transaharan Trade Routes | route in which salt and iron were traded for gold | 76 | |
8468619458 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records | 77 | |
8468619459 | Grand Canal | great canal system begun by Yangdi; joined Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin | 78 | |
8468619460 | Foot binding | Practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller | 79 | |
8468619461 | Xiongnu | Nomads who lived in the Gobi Desert; invaded China; Wall of China was constructed to keep them out | 80 | |
8468619462 | Marco Polo | Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China. | 81 | |
8468619463 | Byzantine Empire | Eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived the fall of the Western half. | 82 | |
8468619464 | Roman Catholic | the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy | 83 | |
8468619465 | Feudalism | (Europe) political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals | 84 | |
8468619466 | Samurai | Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land. | 85 | |
8468619467 | Islam | Submission to the will of Allah | 86 | |
8468619468 | Sharia Law | the system of Islamic law, based on varying degrees of interpretation of the Qu'ran | 87 | |
8468619469 | Ummah | Muslim community of believers | 88 |
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