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7906047781Unit 1: 8000 BCE - 600 BCEhumans migrated out of Africa The Neolithic Revolution civilizations formed0
7906047782Unit 2: 600 BCE - 600 CEthe rise and fall of empires trans-regional trade systems universal belief systems1
7906047783Unit 3: 600 - 1450invasions and migrations increase in trans-regional interaction islam formed and spread2
7906047784Unit 4: 1450 - 1750linking of the two hemispheres gunpowder empires skeptical and rational science3
7906047785Unit 5: 1750 - 1914political and social revolutions The Industrial Revolution Age of Imperialism4
7906047786Unit 6: 1914 - presentglobal conflicts further global integration agricultural and technological advances5
7906047787The Neolithic Revolution8000 BCE-4000 BCE The transition from the stone age to the age where humans began to settle down creating an increase in the population -- Fertile Crescent (wheat), Mesoamerica (corn), and China (rice)6
7906047788Bantu Migration3000 BCE-1000 CE Migration of the Bantu language, culture, and farming among Africa with the domestication of sorghum rice developing cities7
7906047789Bubonic Plague1300s disease spread everywhere decreasing the population during the time when nomadic invasions occurred8
7906047790The Columbian Exchange1500s the environmental exchange between the Americas and Europe and Africa where the Americas gave Europe foods like squashes, tomatoes, corn, peppers, vanilla, etc . Europe brought livestock, sugars, and disease. This diversified the food diets and increased the population everywhere but in the Americas9
7906047791The Great Dying1500s what occurred in the Americas due to the spread of disease in the Americas10
7906047792The African Diaspora1500-1800 the spread of Africans all around the world specifically to the Americas through the Atlantic Slave Trade. It caused the population to dip.11
7906047793The Golden Age of Immigration1750-1914 because of the more integrated society at the time, transportation became easier all around the world. This occurred during the time of the Industrial Revolution where working conditions became extremely bad in Europe causing many to come to the Americas12
7906047794Spanish Flu1918-1919 spread of the influenza causing many people to become severely ill or die and closing down buildings in certain areas and it spread throught the movement of people during WWII13
7906047795Green Revolution1950-1980 the improvement of agriculture and farming significantly increasing the amount of crops harvested and boosting the population (fertilizers, GMOs)14
7906047796Persian Empire600 BCE-300 BCE The emperor was semi-divine and tolerated local religion, they tried to conquer the Greeks before Alexander the Great finally conquered them15
7906047797Roman Empire200 BCE-400 started out as a republic but soon fell to dictatorship. Christianity was formed and the Roman Empire began to fall in the West due to invasion of the Huns and Germanic tribes16
7906047798Han Dynasty200 BCE-200 guided by Confucianism but created a stable government with the Mandate, the civil service exam, the Shi, and they invented the paper before being taken over by the Huns17
7906047799Mauryan Empire300 BCE-150 BCE government was controlled by local rajas and the emperor Ashoka favored Buddhism but that soon became persecuted and Ashoka was killed18
7906047800Gupta Empire300-500 brought upon the revival of Hinduism in India and they were patrons of learning building centers of math and medecine19
7906047801Tang Dynasty600-900 the normal Chinese politics following Confucianism, and they were known for their support of trade before being taken over by the Uighurs20
7906047802Song Dynasty900-1200 this "gunpowder empire" center's of power shifted south and printing developed and Champa rice. trade on the Silk road declined but sea trade increased. They lasted til the Mongol Invasions21
7906047803Byzantine Empire400-1450 the capital became Constantinople and Christianity was forced. It reached its peak in the 600s before the church split and the development of national monarchies occurred22
7906047804Arab Caliphates600-1250 the Umayyad and Abbasid Dynasties were patrons of learning and they did not force conversions. the caliphates came to an end after the Crusades paved the way for the Mongols to finish them off23
7906047805Mali Empire1200-1500 created by Sundiata in Africa helped convert many people to Islam and it increased commerce and trade in Africa24
7906047806Mongol Empire1200-1350 changed the normalcy in Chinese politics with no civil service exam and they opened the government to foreigners. The unified countries of Asia made the Silk Road safer (Pax Mongolica) but it declined after the spread of the Bubonic plague25
7906047807Ottoman Empire1450-1920 the capital became Istanbul and they were Sunni Muslim and clashed with the Shia in the Safavid Empire. Recognized the potential of gunpowder and employed janissaries26
7906047808Russian Empire1450-1917 grew under the rule of Peter and Catherine the Great continuing the legacy of the Byzantine Empire following the Orthodox Christian beliefs27
7906047809Mughal Empire1500-1800 this gunpowder empire developed in India led by Muslims who at first tolerated Hindus but then reversed that idea causing division and conflict. Sikhism was created28
7906047810Safavid Empire1500-1750 Shi'ites who clashed with the Ottoman Empires29
7906047811Ming Dynasty1350-1650 replaced the Yuan Dynasty and brought back the normal Chinese beliefs. They built up the wall of China until the Manchurians destroyed them30
7906047812Qing Dynasty1650-1911 conservative Confucian dynasty that tried to limit trade with Europeans which did not work out too well because they were undermined by the British East India Tea Company but the Dynasty still held through Empress Dowager Cixi until the Chinese Nationalist Party overthrew the Dynasty31
7906047813Spanish Empire1450-1820 they sponsored Colombus's discovery of the Americas and ruled through viceroys there. They spread Christiainty and became an over sea empire which eventually turned to absolutism32
7906047814British Empire1600-1950 the Empire emphasized how Europeans dominated all around the world in the 1700s before it became a constitutional monarchy and promoted the industrial revolution33
7906047815Soviet Empire1917-1989 the Communist Bolsheviks took over after the revolution in Russia and created their name before Joseph Stalin took control creating a frightening dictatorship34
7906047816American Empire1900 - present They began to dominate the world at this time become the largest economy and putting military bases all around the world35
7906047817American Revolution1776-1783 the war for taxation without representation where they gained independence from Europe and created the DOI and the BOR36
7906047818French Revolution1789-1815 the only social revolution that ended the Estates system and gave individualistic rights to the people and it fought against monarchy37
7906047819Latin American Revolutions1810-1820 inspired by the Enlightenment and the Haitian Revolution which was won by the lowest class. It created unstable republics which were susceptible to dictatorship.38
7906047820American Civil War1861-1865 the industrial north wanted to abolish slavery and the south wanted to maintain slavery due to plantation interests39
7906047821Meiji Restoration1868 The westernizing and modernizing of Japan after being closed off from the rest of the world for a long time. It made Japan a constitutional monarchy and included a massive industrialization movement40
7906047822Mexican Revolution1910 overthrew the dictator Profirio Diaz and the Institutional Revolutionary Party took control forming a Republic41
7906047823Chinese Nationalist Revolution1911 Sun Yat Sen led the Chinese Nationalist Party which modernized and westernized China ending the dynasties and getting rid of the threat of foreign domination. They became known as the Republic of China42
7906047824Russian Revolution1917 overthrew the absolutist monarchy ending the czar's rule and leaving room for Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks to take over and create the communist country of the Soviet Union43
7906047825Chinese Communist Revolution1949 the republic of China was unstable so the Chinese Communist party took control led by Mao Zedong creating the People's Republic of China and taking control over industry44
7906047826Cuban Revolution1960 the only communist success in Latin America where a communist dictator took over45
7906047827African Nation's Struggle for Independence1950-1970 African nations gained independence after decolonization and created unstable republic which were easily over ruled by the Berlin Conference. This led to rival tribes and ethnic groups in the same nations, internal wars, oppressive dictatorships, and poverty and lack of economic development46
7906047828Velvet Revolutions1989 all the non-violent revolutions that occurred surrounding Russia during the break-down of the Soviet Union ending the communist rule47
7906047829Silk Road300 BCE - 1600 land based trade linking the Mediterranean (gold, wine, oil) with the Middle East (rugs, pearls, incense) with Central Asia (horses) with China (luxury goods, silk -- later tea and porcelain). Buddhism was spread from India to Central Asia and China in the 500s. Its peak in trade was during the Pax Mongolica due to the unified nations under Mongol rule and afterwards it declined.48
7906047830Indian Ocean Trade System300 BCE - present sea based through use of the dhow and lateen sail trade linking East Africa (slaves (til mid 1800s), gold, ivory) with Arabia (incense, salt) with Persia (rugs, pearls) with India (dyed cloth, cumin, pepper) with Southeast Asia (spices, cinnamon, nutmeg) with China (silk and later tea and porcelain). During the Song Dynasty around 1000 the development of champa rice occurred and the capital moved south strengthened trade with SE Asia and the trade system in general. Buddhism was spread around the 500s from India to SE Asia and Islam around the 600s from Arabia to East Africa and SE Asia.49
7906047831Mediterranean Trade System600 BCE - 1600 sea based trade among the Mediterranean Sea through the galley linking Europe (wine, oil) with North Africa (salt, wheat) with Arabia and the Middle East. Christianity spread especially among Europe.50
7906047832Trans Saharan Trade System600 - 1600 land based trade on camel-back between North Africa (salt) and West Africa (gold, ivory, slaves, kola) also spreading Islam from the North to West51
7906047833Atlantic Triangle Trade1500 - 1830s developed after the dsicovery of the Americas and Columbian Exchange. America gave cash crops like tobacco and sugar to Europe, Europe gave manufactured goods to Africa, and Africa gave slaves to America. It ended in the 1830s because of the abolition of slavery.52
7906047834Serfdomliving on someone else's land and paying rent by service53
7906047835Slaveryowning someone and using them as property (particularly Africans)54
7906047836Guild Systemused in the middle ages in Europe as an organized way to help an industry make money so people that worked in the same field would all unite to avoid competition and increase income55
7906047837Mitaused in Latin America particularly by the Incas who conquered many surrounding people and forced them to perform labor required for a set number of days out of a year56
7906047838Encomiendaallowed the Spanish conquistador who owned the tract of land to be in full control of the natives who inhabited it (similar to slavery)57
7906047839Haciendaincluded large estates owned by wealthy landowners that utilized cheap wage labor58
7906047840Indentured Servitudein exchange for transport to America, they would have to work a specific amount of time on a farm until they were given their own piece of land and relieved of their responsibility to the previous land they worked on59
7906047841Factory Wage Laborlow-paying factory jobs often in terrible working conditions on an assembly line as a result of the Industrial Revolution and caused the formation of Labor Unions60
7906047842Sharecroppingwhite landowners rented farming land to freed slaves, and the slaves payed rent with a portion of their crops61
7906047843Hindu Caste System in IndiaBrahmin Kshatriya Vaishya Shudra Untouchables62
7906047844Aristocracythe highest social class in some societies based off inheritance of a position (among families)63
7906047845Peasantsthe main form of labor for the Chinese and considered second on the social ladder there but in other places, they were at the bottom64
7906047846Serfsa member of the Middle Class who worked as an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate65
7906047847Middle ClassBourgeosie including merchants, craftsmen, and landowners66
7906047848Working Classthe Proletariats who were below the middle class and it developed around the time of the Industrial Revolution and the formation of factories67
7906047849Las Castas of Latin AmericaPeninsulares - whites from the Iberian Peninsula (elites) Creoles - of white ancestry born in America Mestizos - half white, half American Indian Mulattos - half white, half black pure Indians pure Africans68
7906047850Animismthe belief that spirits inhabit natural things and many people who followed this belief system lived in Africa or the Americas before it was colonized by Europe69
7906047851Confucianismbelief system based on relationships between a lesser and a major giving respect to the major and care and mentoring to the lesser often used in the Chinese Dynasties70
7906047852Daoismliving in harmony with nature started by Laozi with the beliefs of yin yang and going with the flow71
7906047853Hinduismbegan in India and the religious text is the Vedas. They believe in reincarnation (samsara), karma, individual spiritual obligations (dharma), and a rigid class system.72
7906047854Buddhismbegan in India by Siddhartha Gautama who became known as the Buddha. Beliefs in suffering shown through the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.73
7906047855Theraveda Buddhismspread North into the Silk Road and called on perfected souls74
7906047856Mahayana Buddhismspread South and was very down to Earth75
7906047857Judaismfounded by Abraham and it was the first monotheistic religion76
7906047858Christianitybranched off Judaism and was based off of Jesus. It was originally persecuted in Roman Empire but Constantine made it the official religion77
7906047859Orthodox Christianitysplit off of Christianity to the East into the Russian Empire and Byzantine Empire78
7906047860Catholicismsplit off of Christianity and was carried out through the strong relationship between church and state and the Pope79
7906047861Protestanta type of Christianity formed by Martin Luther who wrote the 95 these which criticized indulgences80
7906047862Islamstarted by Mohammad who claimed to be the last prophet sent from Allah and he wrote the Qu'ran. Mecca becomes a holy place for Muslims.81
7906047863Sunni Islambelieved the successor of Muhammad did not have to blood related to him82
7906047864Shia Islambelieved the successor of Muhammad should be blood related83
7906047865Sufism"Muslim hippies" who invented coffee and often danced around to express their religion84
7906047866WahhabismSunni fundamentalists who believed in strict, traditional Sunni beliefs85
7906047867Sikhismstarted under the rule of Guru Nanak Dev and it was a synthesis of Hindu and Islamic ideas86
7906047868ShintoismJapan's own belief system that believed in connecting people with nature87
7906047869Capitalismthe freedom to open one's own business and selling for a profit88
7906047870Mercantalismthe idea of a limited amount of wealth and the key to exporting more than you import89
7906047871Laissez-Faire Capitalismthe idea that the government should not interfere with or regulate businesses and industries90
7906047872Mixed Capitalisman idea that is mostly capitalism with extreme government interference to balance it out91
7906047873Socialismemphasizes state control where all rights and property are shared92
7906047874Marxismearly ideas of communism and socialism mainly based off the fact of history is a reflection of class struggle93
7906047875Social Darwinismthe ideas of natural selection plus the idea of socialism where it applies to the political world94
7906047876Imperialismcolonization95
7906047877White Man's Burdenthe idea that the white man has to take care of those in a "lesser" race96
7906047878Fascisma form of totalitarianism which is a combo of nationalism, militarism, and social darwinism97
7906047879Nazismfascist movement started by Adolf Hitler in Germany after WWI and it persecuted Jews and Gypsies98
7906047880Totalitarianismthe government has total control of the citizens' lives99

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