11306993045 | hunting and foraging bands | These were nomadic, practiced animism, occurred before agriculture | 0 | |
11306993046 | Neolithic Revolution | developed agriculture, domesticated animals, leading to larger food supply and development of civilizations | 1 | |
11306993047 | classical era | time from 600 BCE - 600 CE includes Han, Rome & Gupta | 2 | |
11306993048 | Chinese Examination system | During the Han, a way for government promotion, based on Confucius doctrine | 3 | |
11306993049 | Hellenism | Alexander the Great placing a Greek "stamp" on places as far away as Persia | 4 | |
11306993050 | Bantu Migration | Sub-Saharan Africa, moved south, brought metallurgy and language base | 5 | |
11306993051 | Trans-Saharan Trade | Area consistent with: the introduction of camels for transport , Islam, Timbuktu, Gold and Slaves | 6 | |
11306993052 | Caliphate | regional states of Islam | 7 | |
11306993053 | Dar al-Islam | the world where Islam is | 8 | |
11306993054 | Byzantine Empire | the vestiges of the fall of Rome in 476 CE in the East | 9 | |
11306993055 | Sinification | Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia were made like China and under their influence | 10 | |
11306993056 | Feuadlism | held Europe together after Rome's fall, Europe Knight, Japan, Samurai | 11 | |
11306993057 | Mesopotamia | "land between the rivers" | 12 | |
11306993058 | Yellow River | east Asia river valley civilizations developed there | 13 | |
11306993059 | Indus River | South Asia river valley civilizations developed | 14 | |
11306993060 | Wooden plows, wheels | Technological development directly after the Neolithic Rev. | 15 | |
11306993061 | Agricultural Revolution | led to specialized labor & the development of civilizations | 16 | |
11306993062 | Ziggurats | step pyramids in Mesopotamia | 17 | |
11306993063 | Babylonian | Hammurabi's code theocratic government | 18 | |
11306993064 | The Epic of Gilgamesh | Mesopotamian literature, flood story | 19 | |
11306993065 | Pastorolists | nomadic people who herded | 20 | |
11306993066 | Polytheistic | Belief in many gods | 21 | |
11306993067 | Zoroastrianism | central Asia, monotheistic religion Ahura Mazda is the god | 22 | |
11306993068 | classical era | 600 BCE - 600 CE | 23 | |
11306993069 | Caste System | south Asian hierarchy based on birth, held India together more than politics | 24 | |
11306993070 | Christianity | accepted by Constantine in the 14th century | 25 | |
11306993071 | Karma | Hindu idea one's social position is based on good or bad deeds | 26 | |
11306993072 | Buddhism | reincarnation, 8 fold path, suffering comes from selfishness, nirvana | 27 | |
11306993073 | Siddhartha Gautama | south Asian religion started from around 500 BCE | 28 | |
11306993074 | Paul | Spread Christianity to non-Jews | 29 | |
11306993075 | Mahayana | Buddhism where Buddha is a god | 30 | |
11306993076 | Therevada | traditional Buddhism, the "lesser vehicle" | 31 | |
11306993077 | Confucius | 500 BC China, filial piety, bold Analects | 32 | |
11306993078 | patriarchy | men superior to women | 33 | |
11306993079 | Neo-Confucianism | Confucianism that supports an afterlife | 34 | |
11306993080 | Daoism | Asian ideas that focus on nature for peace, not human relationships, includes respect for ancestors as well | 35 | |
11306993081 | Laozi | Daoist philosopher | 36 | |
11306993082 | Animism | belief that the natural world has spiritual powers | 37 | |
11306993083 | Shamanism | people who have contact with the spiritual world, popular in Africa | 38 | |
11306993084 | Bhagavad Gita | classical Indian Epic poem | 39 | |
11306993085 | Hellenism | exemplified by Buddhist statues with Greek clothing, an influence of Alex the Great | 40 | |
11306993086 | Hinduism | Shiva | 41 | |
11306993087 | Judaism | Torah | 42 | |
11306993088 | Quran | Islam | 43 | |
11306993089 | Rome | 476 fall of ______ | 44 | |
11306993090 | Classical Indian empires | South Asian: Mauryan and Gupta | 45 | |
11306993091 | Persian Empire | achaemenid empire | 46 | |
11306993092 | Satraps | Persian regional leaders | 47 | |
11306993093 | Qin Dynasty | Legalism was the solution after the warring states period/ mandate of heaven as well | 48 | |
11306993094 | Han | Start the Great Wall and canal digging | 49 | |
11306993095 | Mauryan Empire | Ashoka leader | 50 | |
11306993096 | Ashoka | Bloody conquer, later Buddhist and sends missionaries out | 51 | |
11307076061 | Gupta | North India, developed "Arabic numeral" despite begin in South Asia, 0 also made | 52 | |
11307087920 | Phoenicians | Mediterranean, sea faring, traders, developed alphabet | 53 | |
11307096743 | Sparta | Greek polis, militaristic, totalitarian oligarchy | 54 | |
11307111604 | Athens | Greek polis, democracy for males | 55 | |
11307128841 | Rome | Built aqueducts, roads, and used its military to expand, fell in 476 CE | 56 | |
11307134901 | Byzantine Empire | Eastern Europe, Code of Justinian, modern day Turkey | 57 | |
11307148093 | Maya | Latin American civilization, math, glyph writing, human sacrifice, astronomy important, ziggurats, terraced farming, Tikal | 58 | |
11307154062 | Teotihuacan | Latin American civilization, step pyramids dedicated to gods, traded with Maya | 59 | |
11307161311 | Moche | Andean civilization 100-800CE warrior -priest ruled, built pyramids, human sacrifice, terraced farming | 60 | |
11307165650 | Panat system | Irrigation, transports water from below ground to the surface in arid region | 61 | |
11307171943 | Buddhism | As Han declines many Chinese convert to this religion | 62 | |
11307179382 | North Africa | Camel increased trade here | 63 | |
11307191554 | Indian Ocean | Largest trade network pre-1492, conveyor of Buddhism, monsoon winds used | 64 | |
11307198313 | Dhows | Ship Arab merchants used these to trade in Indian Ocean trade | 65 | |
11307203521 | Lateen sail | Triangular sail used to navigate monsoon winds | 66 | |
11307210868 | Constantinople | Known as Byzantium, one of the words greatest points of exchange | 67 | |
11307215755 | Spread of Islam | The most important development during the Post Classical Era | 68 | |
11307222857 | Timbuktu | African trading city and center of learning | 69 | |
11307229666 | Ming Dynasty | Asian trade with huge ships in the Indian Ocean Region, but did not try to overtake the trading system | 70 | |
11307237232 | Tang & Song | 618-1279 CE reestablished government stability in East Asia | 71 | |
11307256362 | Sui dynasty | Started the Grand Canal Project | 72 | |
11307261554 | Yuan Dynasty | Mongol Dynasty | 73 | |
11307268338 | Mongols | Equestrian/horsemanship skills, nomads, religious tolerance | 74 | |
11307273631 | Pacific Islands | Took coconuts, bananas in outrigger canoes with them to new areas in this region | 75 | |
11307287588 | Marco Polo | 13th century merchant of Venice, travels to Yuan Dynasty, encourages European interest in the East | 76 | |
11307294179 | Ibn Battuta | Muslim traveler throughout Dar-Al-Islam | 77 | |
11307305124 | Mansa Musa | Mail Prince, hajj in 14th century, gold giver | 78 | |
11307312045 | china | Papermaking, gunpowder | 79 | |
11307317009 | Vietnam | South East Asian Area introduces new type of rice to China, never full taken by China, but influenced by China | 80 | |
11307323542 | Muslim Scholars | Preserve Greek literature and science after the fall of Rome, until the Renaissance | 81 | |
11307332820 | Post Classical Era | Byzantine, Abbasid, Tang, Song Yuan are all of this Era | 82 | |
11307338407 | Catholic Church | This held Western Europe together after 476CE | 83 | |
11307344369 | Charlemagne | In 800 CE was the Holy Roman Emperor, the first large Western European government post 476 CE | 84 | |
11307351016 | Justinian | Greatest leader of the Byzantine Empire, est. a law code | 85 | |
11307356345 | Allah | Muslim god | 86 | |
11307363376 | Major Islamic beliefs | 5 pillars | 87 | |
11307368406 | Jihad | Struggle for faith, internal Or military | 88 | |
11307374002 | Ways Islam spread | Military, merchants, missionaries were used | 89 | |
11307384924 | Umayyad caliphate | Damascus capital, Islamic | 90 | |
11307391967 | Abbasid Caliphate | Baghdad capital, Arabian Knights, Seljuk Turks held prominent positions, algebra, astronomy & destroyed by Mongols | 91 | |
11307396593 | Mamluks | Turkish soldiers of the Abbasid Caliphate | 92 | |
11307402375 | Delhi sultanates | Muslim Turk dynasties, Northern part of South Asia, | 93 | |
11307408357 | Sikh faith | Islam blended with Hindu faith in Delhi Sultanate | 94 | |
11307412760 | Crusades | Clash of Islam and Christians, resulted in trade with Muslims, and re-discovery of Classical texts | 95 | |
11307417643 | Sui Dynasty | Although short lived it revived the following: Grand Canal, Great Wall, Confucian exam system, Buddhism rise | 96 | |
11307424500 | Tang Dynasty | Rejected Buddhism, A golden Age, continued policies of Sui, started foot binding, adopted Neo-Confucianism | 97 | |
11307431585 | Tang advances | Printing, gunpowder, compass, ship construction, ceramics | 98 | |
11307439158 | Silla Dynasty | Made tribute payments to China, copy Chinese writing, religion, architecture | 99 | |
11307445110 | Japan | Never conquered by China, but culturally borrowed, Chinese writing, bureaucracy, religion | 100 | |
11307450407 | Tale of Genji | Lady Murasaki | 101 | |
11307455926 | Vietnam | Never fully conquered by China, introduced fast ripening rice to China, women rejected patriarchy of China | 102 | |
11307460203 | Mongols | Pastoralists-nomadic-ends Song & Abbasid Dynasty, foreigners allowed to be administrators-tolerant of religions, est. peaceful trade along Silk Road | 103 | |
11307466113 | Yuan Dynasty | Est. by Kublai Khan | 104 | |
11307469714 | The Golden Horde | Russian name for certain equestrian conquers who required tribute from them | 105 | |
11307476148 | Sahel | South West of the Sahara African grasslands | 106 | |
11307481071 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan African kingdom, Christian, churches of Stone, exports coffee | 107 | |
11307485677 | chinampas | Aztec agriculture system of island gardens | 108 | |
11307490969 | Horse collar/ crop rotation | Farming improvement led to food surplus, & increased population | 109 | |
11307495862 | Cotton | Important export of India | 110 | |
11307500169 | Tenochtitlan | Aztec Capital, large population, zoo, gardens, on Lake Texcoc | 111 | |
11307503875 | Venice | Major trade hub linking Europe and Africa | 112 | |
11307508558 | Mita | System of forced labor of the Inca & adapted by Europeans when Europe rules the Inca | 113 | |
11307513530 | Byzantine & Ottoman Empires | Climbing the social ladder was possible in these empires by being a successful merchant | 114 | |
11307518556 | Empress Wu | Tang Dynasty Emperor | 115 |
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