6797397177 | Paleolithic Age | By 12,000 BCE humans are fully developed, migrate out of East Africa | 0 | |
6797397178 | Neolithic Revolution | Population increase, causes job specialization, changes in gender roles | 1 | |
6797397179 | Ancient Mesopotamia | Hammurabi's Code, ziggurats, polytheistic, cuneiform | 2 | |
6797397180 | Ancient China | Huang He River, family dynasties, veneration of ancestors, oracle bones | 3 | |
6797397181 | Ancient Egypt | Nile River=easy trade, Old & New Kingdoms, hieroglyphs, pharaohs | 4 | |
6797397182 | Hinduism | Developed in India, Vedas, Caste System | 5 | |
6797397183 | Judaism | Founded by Abraham in Middle East, Torah, monotheistic, Diaspora | 6 | |
6797397184 | Christianity | Founded by Jesus, Bible, monotheistic, Roman opposition->Rome's religion | 7 | |
6797397185 | Islam | Founded by Muhammad, 5 Pillars, Qu'ran, Sunni & Shi'ite | 8 | |
6797397186 | Confucianism | Sounded by Confucius after Warring States Period, Ren & Li, 5 relationships, filial piety, education based | 9 | |
6797397187 | Buddhism | Four noble truths, eightfold path, reincarnation, nirvana | 10 | |
6797397188 | Qin Dynasty | China(221-210 BCE), Legalism, takes over after Warring States Period, | 11 | |
6797397189 | Han Dynasty | China (206 BCE-220 CE), Confucianism, iron tools, taken over by Yellow Turbans | 12 | |
6797397190 | Roman Republic | Consuls, senate, tribune, 12 Tables, tension b/w classes | 13 | |
6797397191 | Roman Empire | Made by Caesar, Augustus= Pax Romana, tolerate pagans, Western Rome falls to Visigoths, barracks emperors | 14 | |
6797397192 | Persian Empire | (558-330 BCE), Royal Roads, Red Sea Canal, Zoroastrianism, taken by Alexander the Great | 15 | |
6797397193 | Byzantine Empire | Justinian's Code, Christianity splits in 1054, Roman Roads, weakened by crusades, taken by Ottoman Turks | 16 | |
6797397194 | Mongol Empire | 20 independently ruled provinces, tolerant if surrender, open trade -> plague, taken by Ming Dynasty | 17 | |
6797397195 | Tang Dynasty | Confucianism, civil service exam, fast ripening rice, equal field system, peasant rebellion | 18 | |
6797397196 | Dar al Islam | Caliphs, open trade, Ibn Battuta, based on Muslim tradition | 19 | |
6797397197 | Sub- Saharan Africa | Challenging geography, 2,000 languages, animistic, Bantu tribes | 20 | |
6797397198 | Kingdom of Ghana | Africa, Kings convert to Islam, taken over by Berbers | 21 | |
6797397199 | Mali Empire | Mansa Musa makes pilgrimage to Mecca, taken by nomads | 22 | |
6797397200 | Swahili City States | East coast is richest, Mogadishu, syncretic Arabic influenced Bantu language | 23 | |
6797397201 | Renaissance | Rebirth from famine and disease, happened in Italy, Protestant reformation (Martin Luther) | 24 | |
6797397202 | Reasons to Explore | Cut out Italian/Muslin merchants, magnetic compass from China, Portugal leads the way | 25 | |
6797397203 | Colombian Exchange | Americas- 75% of pop dies, bring cattle/pigs Europe- maize/potatoes, pop increase, triangular trade | 26 | |
6797397204 | New Spain | Cortes conquers Aztecs, Pizarro conquers Inca, haciendas, encomiendas, silver, Mita system, Treaty of Tordesillas | 27 | |
6797397205 | Colombian Exchange in Africa & Atlantic World | Slaves show wealth in Africa, Middle Passage- 20% of slaves die, polygamy in Africa -> pop increase, slaves in Americas assimilate | 28 | |
6797397206 | Ming Dynasty | Mandarins & eunuchs in charge, Zeng He explores, eradicate Mongol past, still diverse, Great Wall, taken by Manchus who create Qing | 29 | |
6797397207 | Ottoman Empire | Conquers Byzantine, sultan, take Janissaries, coffee houses cause contagious diffusion of ideas | 30 | |
6797397208 | Mughal Empire | Of Mongol descent, tolerant, centralized, expand to South India, Europe creates trade colonies | 31 | |
6797397209 | Enlightenment | Liberal thought including ideas of popular sovereignty and individual rights, created by people like John Locke | 32 | |
6797397210 | American Revolution | (1776-1783), Britain taxes US after Seven Years War(stamp & quartering acts), Declaration of Independence, create Continental Congress with inspiration from Locke | 33 | |
6797397211 | French Revolution | (1789-1799), War debt, unfair social classes (3rd Estate = 97% of pop), third estate creates National Assembly, write Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, American inspired, Jacobin Party->The Directory->Napoleon | 34 | |
6797397212 | Haitian Revolution | Only successful slave revolt, produce 1/3 of French exports, free people of color fight with white settlers, in the midst of the civil war L'Overture leads slave revolt | 35 | |
6797397213 | Latin American Revolution | Peninsulares have far more power than Creoles, Simon Bolívar leads revolt with Creoles, forms US style confederation of Gran Colombia | 36 | |
6797397214 | Mexican Revolution | Rulers were weakened by Napoleon so Priest Hidalgo y Castillo take over | 37 | |
6797397215 | Brazilian Revolution | King and family hide from Napoleon in Brazil, King leaves behind his son, son declares independence | 38 | |
6797397216 | Attempts to Reform Industrial Societies | Socialism advocates for minimum age and wage, Communist Manifesto makes egalitarian society, Trade Unions start strikes and collective bargaining | 39 | |
6797397217 | Global Effects of Industrialization | Uneven development, rural countries only produce raw materials and don't develop, migration to where work is needed, Indian textiles decline, poor countries depend on others | 40 | |
6797397218 | Industrialization in Latin America | Rely on slavery until 1800s, Italian seasonal workers, indentured servants from China | 41 | |
6797397219 | Industrialization in Africa | Provide gold, ivory & palm oil to Europe for manufactured goods, Congo Free State rubber plantations, South African mineral deposits (diamonds&gold) | 42 | |
6797397220 | Industrialization in Russia | Government initiated, middle class grows, captains of industry are most powerful, industrialize in 1890s | 43 | |
6797397221 | Qing Dynasty | China(1644-1911), Replace Ming, restrict British trade, Britain sells opium which leads to opium wars, losing opium wars cause unequal treaties (Treaty of Nanking), split into spheres of influence | 44 | |
6797397222 | Meiji Restoration | America threatens Japan to open ports, shogun surrenders and is considered weak, Emperor takes over and introduces Western education and industrialization | 45 | |
6797397223 | Imperialism | Domination of European powers over subject lands, mercantilism often included | 46 | |
6797397224 | Jewel of British Crown | India, Sepoy revolt 1857, British establish direct rule (viceroy), clear forest to grow tea, coffee, and opium | 47 | |
6797397225 | Imperialism in Africa | Scramble for Africa(1875-1900), Berlin West Africa Conference divides land up into territories, Africa is no match for European firepowers (except Ethipoia) | 48 | |
6797397226 | Social Darwinism | Different races evolved at faster rates, favored Europeans | 49 | |
6797397227 | Causes of WWI | Competing nationalism, assassination of Franz Ferdinand by Serbian, slowly involves Triple Entente and Central Powers | 50 | |
6797397228 | World War One | War of attrition(trench warfare), create barbed wire, gas, Gatling Gun, involves Homefront creating supplies, Collapse of Russia->communist Russia, Zimmerman Telegram involves US, Ottoman Collapse-> Kemal makes Turkey | 51 | |
6797397229 | Effects of WWI | Paris Peace Conference charges reparations->destroys German economy, sparks India's request for home rule(Gandhi and Jinnah create Pakistan and free India), Chinese nationalism leads to Moa Zedong making communism, Japan gets into League of Nations | 52 | |
6797397230 | Cold War | War over spreading capitalism or communism, USSR eventually collapse after reform attempts(perestroika & glasnost), Vietnam War | 53 | |
6797397231 | Globalization | World Trade Organization, Trading Blocs, European Union, OPEC, NAFTA, Modern transport makes trade easier | 54 |
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