293581092 | Asoka | Conqueror who took over North India, then felt quilty and converted to Buddhism | 0 | |
293581093 | River Valley Civilizations | Ex: Huang He, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus River Valley | 1 | |
293581094 | Eightfold Path | Path to Enlightenment as believed under Buddhism | 2 | |
293581095 | Indian Ocean Trade | The exchange of goods in the Eastern Hemisphere centered in the Indian Ocean. | 3 | |
293581096 | Oracle Bones (Shang Dynasty) | Only evidence of early chinese dynasty; fortune telling based on turtle shells | 4 | |
293581097 | Brahman | Universal Hindu spirit | 5 | |
293581098 | Reasons for Han China's Decline | Overexpansion and invasions; very similar to the fall of Rome | 6 | |
293581099 | Patricians | Rich of Rome | 7 | |
293581100 | Plebians | Poor of Rome | 8 | |
293581101 | Chandragupta Mauryan | Indian leader who started the Mauryan Dynasty | 9 | |
293581102 | Confucianism | Form of government/religion focused on learning and teaching; Started by Kong Fuzi (Confucius) | 10 | |
293581103 | Daoism | The teachings of Laozi that teach the belief in "the way" | 11 | |
293581104 | Hammurabi | Babylonian King who wrote early code of law | 12 | |
293581105 | Colombian Exchange | The exchange of goods from the America's to Europe and Asia; Potatoes, Maize, Tobacoo, Sugar, and Cotton traveled to Africa; Horses, Pigs, Catlle, Okra, and Rice traveled to the Americas | 13 | |
293581106 | Women in Athens | Had no rights; lived in a patriarchal society; "women hater" society | 14 | |
293581107 | Neolithic Revolution | Farming and domestication of animals; "New Age" Revolution | 15 | |
293581108 | Caste System | Strict, rigid social system | 16 | |
293581109 | Constantinople | Capital of Byzantine Empire; positioned between Mediterranean and Black Sea, and also between Asia and Europe | 17 | |
293581110 | Justinian's Code | Byzantinian set of law | 18 | |
293581111 | Portugal in Africa | Portugal was in the Kongo and had great trade relationships with them in the beginning, which later turned into the slave trade | 19 | |
293581112 | Mali | African empire Mansa Musa ruled | 20 | |
293581113 | Bantu | Spread iron and language throughout Africa | 21 | |
293581114 | Holy Cities | Ex: Jeruseleam, Vatican City, Mecca, Constantinople, Rome. | 22 | |
293581115 | 5 Pillars of Islam | Prayer 5 times a day; Ramedan; Hajj; Proclamation of Faith; Alms to the poor | 23 | |
293581116 | Socrates, Plato, Aristotle | Philosophers during the golden age of Greece; Socrates taught Plato, Plato taught Aristotle | 24 | |
293581117 | Siddartha Gautama | Buddha | 25 | |
293581118 | Writing | Cuneiform-Mesopotamian; Alphabet-Greek Phonetic (Phonecian) | 26 | |
293581119 | Tokugawa Shogunate | Heriditary dictorial right that expelled Christians from Japan | 27 | |
293581120 | Umayyads | Arabic caliphate that was the second of four descendants of Muhammad; fled to Africa | 28 | |
293581121 | Abbasid | Caliphate that expelled the Umayyads | 29 | |
293581122 | Adam Smith | founder of Capitalism | 30 | |
293581123 | Capitalism | an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth. | 31 | |
293581124 | Counter Reformation | Reformation of the Catholi Church to counteract the Protestant Reformation | 32 | |
293581125 | Ignatius Loyola | Founded the Society of Jesus, resisted the spread of Protestantism, wrote Spiritual Exercises. | 33 | |
293581126 | Vikings | one of a seafaring Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of northern and western from the eighth through the tenth century. | 34 | |
293581127 | Fall/Decline of Mongols | Broke off into seperate states after the death of major leader | 35 | |
293581128 | Shintoism | Religion located in Japan and related to Buddhism. Shintoism focuses particularly on nature and ancestor worship. | 36 | |
293581129 | Legalism | Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws | 37 | |
293581130 | Bushido | Code of honor of the Japanese Samurai | 38 | |
293581131 | Pastoralism | domestication and herding of animals | 39 | |
293581132 | Genghis Khan | Mongol leader who united the Mongol tribes; also called Timujin | 40 | |
293581133 | Order of Chinese Dynasties | Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing | 41 | |
293581134 | Failure of Spain | Bad investments of silver achieved from the Americas; led to fall as an empire | 42 | |
293581135 | Maritime Empires | Ex: Portugal, Spain, Dutch, English | 43 | |
293581136 | Camels in Caravans | method of trade across the Sahara | 44 | |
293581137 | Islamic Expansion | spread of religion through trade and conquest | 45 | |
293581138 | Athenian Democracy | Example of direct democracy in which only citizens could vote | 46 | |
293581139 | Diffusion of Cultures | Occured through trade and conquering; spread of ideas, beliefs, and language | 47 | |
293581140 | Religion of Mughals | Muslim; Sunni | 48 | |
293581141 | Ming Accomplishments | Junks; Expansion; Trade; Taking over after Mongols; Travel | 49 | |
293581142 | Displays of Power | Art and Architecture | 50 | |
293581143 | Suleiman | Ottoman sultan who brought Ottoman Empire to its height | 51 | |
293581144 | Movement of Slaves to the Tropics | Brazil and Caribbean Islands | 52 | |
293581145 | Patriarchy | Government or society ruled by men | 53 | |
293581146 | Similarities between Hinduism and Buddhism | Reincarnation; Indian religions | 54 | |
293581147 | Gunpowder Empires | Safavid, Mughal, Ottoman | 55 | |
293581148 | Roman Republic | Triumvirate; vote for leaders; Julius and Augustus Caesar | 56 | |
293581149 | Immunity to Diseases | Non-immunity led to mass death | 57 | |
293581150 | Kamikaze Winds | Japanese typhoon winds that caused Mongols to be unable to conquer Japan | 58 | |
293581151 | Diaspora Communities | Communities of a large group of expelled people; Ex.: Jewish in areas outside of Jeruseleam | 59 | |
293581152 | Belief Systems that Influenced Tang Dynasty | Confucianism and Buddhism | 60 |
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