World History

Regional Outline for: Sub-Saharan Africa 8000 ? 600 CE 600 ? 1450 CE 1450-1750 CE 1750 ? 1914 CE 1914 - Present Politics Pharaoh/queen (living incarnation of sun god), internal disorder, invasions (900 BCE), irrigation Kingship legitimized by Islam, ?People of The Book?, Bantu (stateless societies) leaders cooperated with slave traders; monarchy Re-colonization of Africa; Sierra Leone, Liberia ; coastal kingdoms ruled by warlords/merchants; intertribal war; Revolutions; White Man?s Burden Decolonization of Africa; attempt at representative government; involved in WWII; renewed independence efforts( civil war, government corruption; socialism Economy Trade with Kush and Mesopotamia, agricultural villages engaged in trade.

Period 6: Accelerating Global Change and Realignments, c. 1900 to the Present Key Concept 6.1 Science and the Environment Rapid advances in science altered the understanding of the universe and the natural world and led to the development of new technologies. These changes enabled unprecedented population growth, which altered how humans interacted with the environment and threatened delicate ecological balances at local, regional, and global levels. Researchers made rapid advances in science that spread throughout the world, assisted by the development of new technology. New modes of communication and transportation virtually eliminated the problem of geographic distance. New scientific paradigms transformed human understanding of the world.

Period 4: Global Interactions, c. 1450 to c. 1750 Key Concept 4.1. Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange

The Neolithic Revolution & Early Agricultural Societies Lecture Notes Green History, Ch. 4 p.36 ? 53 Stearns, Ch. 1

Conrad-Demarest Model of Empires Necessary preconditions for the rise of empires?the region must have: State-level government High agricultural potential of the environment An environmental mosaic Several small states with no clear dominant state (power vacuum) Mutual antagonism among those states Adequate military resources (or a military or technological advantage) States succeed in empire building if they have an ideology that promotes personal identification with the state, empire, leader, conquest, and/or militarism Characteristics of well-run empires Build roads and transportation systems, canals, ports, etc. Trade increases Cosmopolitan cities?art and education flourish