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Chapter 1 The Earth and Its Peoples

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Sociocultural evolution
crops
Neolithic
Archaeological theory
Fertile Crescent
neolithic revolution
Domestication
Wheat
Civilization
agriculture
Emmer
Cereal

Chapter 1 Outline ? The Neolithic Revolution LECTURE/DISCUSSION ?THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS? A. The Neolithic Revolution Pre-revolution For 99% of human existence, our forbears lived by hunting and foraging These individuals were tied to the seasons of plant foods and the movements of animals Deliberated cultivation of food (beginning of food production) began about 10,000 years ago > called the Neolithic Revolution The development of agriculture most clearly moved humans toward a more sophisticated social and cultural patterns B. What is an agricultural society? Humans settle in one spot and focus on particular economic, political, and religious goals and activities most people are farmers production of food is the number 1 economic activity C. Initial Development

Chatper 1 The Earth and Its Peoples Outline

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Wheat
Civilization
agriculture
Emmer
Cereal

Chapter 1 Outline ? The Neolithic Revolution LECTURE/DISCUSSION ?THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS? A. The Neolithic Revolution Pre-revolution For 99% of human existence, our forbears lived by hunting and foraging These individuals were tied to the seasons of plant foods and the movements of animals Deliberated cultivation of food (beginning of food production) began about 10,000 years ago > called the Neolithic Revolution The development of agriculture most clearly moved humans toward a more sophisticated social and cultural patterns B. What is an agricultural society? Humans settle in one spot and focus on particular economic, political, and religious goals and activities most people are farmers production of food is the number 1 economic activity C. Initial Development

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Greek culture
Greek War of Independence
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Greeks
Greece

Folarin 3 Adeduni Folarin Mrs. Montejo AP European History/Period 1 23 March 2015 The Ottoman Empire ruled over Greece for about four centuries until the war of independence began. Europeans rallied in favor of the Greeks despite conservative governments taking power in other parts of Europe. There are several ways one might view the personalities and state of the Greeks in the Ottoman Empire during the revolution. In any war, there are two sides. Most people were either for or against the condition and character of the Greeks. The Greeks had many critics when it comes to the idea of independence.

persia_chart_10_tang_and_song.doc

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Dynasties in Chinese history
Social groups
Chinese culture
East Asian culture
Education in China
Tang Dynasty
Song Dynasty
Neo-Confucianism
Scholar-official
Landed gentry in China
Yuan Dynasty
Chinese Buddhism

Tang and Song Dynasties in China Time Period Tang dynasty ? A.D. 618-907; Song dynasty ? A.D. 960-1279 Geographic Description The vast land expanses of China include plateaus, plains, basins, foothills, and mountains The highest mountains are located in the west (Himmalayas) China has numerous rivers and lakes The Yangtze, the longest in China and even in Asia, is the third-longest in the world The Yellow River is just behind the Yangtze, both flowing into the Pacific Ocean Tang was larger in size than Song Political Early Tang monarchs fully restored the imperial bureaucracy, which the Confucian scholar-gentry continued to dominate; brought back civil service exam from the Han; considered a Confucian Renaissance

persia_chart_9_mesoamerican_civs.doc

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Artificial islands
Andean civilizations
Civilizations
Inca
Aztec society
Inca Empire
aztec
Maya civilization
Tenochtitlan
Chinampa
Inti
Mit'a

Mesoamerican and Andean Civilization: (Mayas, Aztecs, Incas) Time Period: Maya: 300-900 Aztec: 1200s-1521 Inca: pre 1400s-1535 Geographic Description: -Yucatan Peninsula -Rainforest -Valley of Mexico -Swampland -Andes Mountain -Modern day Peru to Chile -Terrace farming Political: -Capital: Tikel -Each village had their own ruling chief, priest and warriors due to rainforests -Ruled through city-states -Capital: Tenochtitlan -Single emperor was chosen by council of nobles and priest (officials) -Warriors gained land and tribute for conquered towns -Capital: Cuzco -Absolute rule under emperor ?Inca was title and had divine status and believed to be son of Sun god -Gov?t controlled the people Economic: -Majority farmers

persia_chart_8_western_europe.doc

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Feudalism
Serfdom
Manor
Examples of feudalism
England in the Middle Ages
Crusades

Western Europe ? Fall of Rome(476)-1450 feudal society ( kings granted fiefs (land) to his nobles and lesser lords lords got land return for military service the land remained politically divided had a form of the manorial system by 1000 feudalism began to change to centralized feudalism (England and France being examples) and due to increased trade developed further into centralized monarchies in the late Middle Ages Political - three field system brought an agricultural improvement ( two fields were used during cultivation, and one was recovering from last seasons growing (began around 900 as part of an Agricultural rev) due to impact from the Crusades and the impact of the Mongols trade increased steadily?merchant class grew larger 1300s..Commercial Revolution

persia_chart_7_russia.doc

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Rurik Dynasty
Eastern Europe
Rulers of Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rus'
Yaroslav the Wise
Mongol invasion of Rus'
Byzantine Empire
Rus
Ivan III of Russia

CIVILIZATION: Russia (600-1450) Time Period: 600-1450CE Geographic Description: -Dneiper River flows North to South into the Black Sea which provided interaction with Constantinople; Kiev (early center of Russia- now Ukraine)developed along the river to the north as a major trading city -lands surrounding Dneiper and Kiev are a bread basket -tundra to the north -Ural Mountains (old and not very high serve as the East divide between Europe and Asia -Russia?s topography is relatively flat because it is located along the Eurasian Plain P -Early Russia borrowed heavily from Constantinople (Byzantine Empire) -the Cyrillic Alphabet was made when the Bible was translated into Slavic Languages; adopted from the Greek alphabet that the Byzantine Empire used

persia_chart_6_byzantine.doc

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East–West Schism
Byzantine Empire
Roman empire
Eastern Europe
Southern Europe
Constantinople
Justinian I
Fourth Crusade
Caesaropapism
Byzantine Greeks
Index of Byzantine Empire-related articles

CIVILIZATION: Byzantine Empire Time Period: 330-the emperor Constantine built a new capital at Constantinople; Byzantine would be a separate Empire after the Fall of Rome in 476 to1453-the taking of Constantinople by the Ottoman empire Geographic Description: -Eastern half of the Roman Empire that lived on after the fall -Capital Constantinople benefited from strategic location which protected the area from barbaric invasions while rest of Roman Empire fell -Covered an area from Rome through southeastern Europe and Asia Minor, down to Egypt and across North Africa, as well as a portion of Spain at its height under Justinian; in 600s it would slowly lose land ? growth of Islam caused land loss as well as desire for independence in the Balkans later P

persia_chart_5_islam.doc

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Abbasid Caliphate
Caliphate
Abbasi
Baghdad
Islam
Arabs
Mawali
Spread of Islam
Post-classical history

SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 Islamic Civilization Umayyad Abbasid Time Period 661-750 A.D. 750-1258 Geographic Description -began in Arabia, moved out of peninsula both west -Egypt, across North Africa as far as Spain (Moors), east to Persia and Northern India (Indus); northern boundary was the Byzantine Empire -Religion spread Africa, Asia, Southern Europe via trade and conquest -by 700, conquered Spain (west)?Central Asia (east) -Holy city = Mecca (hajj) and also Medina (hijra) smaller geographically than Umayyad, centered in Middle East more extensive trade not only overland but overseas but dominated the Indian Ocean Trade Network Political -1st Caliphate

persia_chart_4_africa.doc

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Geography of Africa
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Mali Empire
Songhai Empire
Slavery in Africa
Africa
Timbuktu
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Mali
Sahara
Economic history of Africa

AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS 600-1800s Political Varied geography (coastal, savanna, desert, rainforest acting as a mirror like image moving out from the equator) = diverse cultures Power shared among village people (decisions by consensus and councils) Powerful trading empires of west developed ? Ghana, Mali, & Songhai (West African Kingdoms) Ghana: 800 -1000; $ from gold trade, Muslim influences (military, gov?t, Arabic writing, architectural styles) but distinct culture preserved Mali: 1200-1450; conquers Ghana, most powerful ruler was Mansa Musa (converted to Islam, based laws on the Quran, went on hajj), Timbuktu (center of Muslim learning) Songhai: 1450-1600; largest West African state, efficient bureaucracy

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