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Chapter 18 Vocabulary

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Africa
African slave trade
Racism
trade routes
States of pre-colonial Africa
Colonization of the Americas
Kanem-Bornu Empire
West Africa
slavery
Trans-Saharan trade
Sokoto Caliphate
Songhai Empire
royal africa company. atlaic system
chartered company
dutch east inidia company
plantocracy
drivr seasoninf
manumission
hausa
bornu
songhai
middle passage
mercantilsm
maroon

Chapter 18 Vocabulary Royal African Company (p. 458) A trading company chartered by the English government in1672 to conduct it merchants? trade on the Atlantic coast of Africa Atlantic system (p. 458) the network of trading links after 1500 that moved goods, wealth, people, and cultures around the Atlantic Ocean basin Chartered Company (p. 460) Groups of private investors who paid and annual fee to France and England in exchange for a monopoly over trade to the West Indies colonies Dutch West India Company (1621 ? 1794) (p. 460) Trading company chartered by the Dutch government to conduct its merchant?s trade in the Americas and Africa. plantocracy

The Earth and Its People Chapter 6 Outline

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religion
Iron Age
Asia
culture
Maurya Empire
Ashoka
Vedic period
Culture of India
Buddhism
India
Hindu
South Asia

India and Southeast Asia Grand Thesis:Altogether, India and Southeast Asia and great influences of religion and trade, as well as military decrese and non violence increase. A.Foundations of Indian Civilization:Indian Civilization relied on trade, religion, and agriculture. The Indian Sub Continent:The many topogrphical zones of Indian Civilization brought rainfall, crops, and irrigation. 3 topographical zones: Mountainous, Basins, Peninsula Peninsula has 4 zones: Kerala Coast, Coromandel coast, flat area, (Island of Sri Lanka) Peninsular India has plentiful rainfall Indus Valley relied on irrigation Staple crops wheat and rice 2.The Vedic Age:After the Indo-Europeans came to India, the Caste System and a new religion was born.

The Earth and Its People Chapter 7 Outline

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Geography of Africa
Physical geography
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Geography
silk road
Sahara
Trade route
Ancient history
Bantu expansion
Demographics of Africa
Economic history of Africa

Madison Halls November 14, 2013 Period 2 Networks of Communication and Change Grand Thesis: Altogether, most of Asia and Europe thrived in trade and spread of religion. A. The Silk Road: The Silk Road helped to cause much trade, and the spread of religion and diseases. Origins and Operations: The Silk Road helped the trading of many new imports to China and the Mediterranean. The Silk Road was an overland route that linked China to the Mediterranean world via Mesopotamia, Iran, and Central Asia. The origins of the Silk Road trade may be located in the occasional trading of Central Asian nomads. In addition to horses, China imported alfalfa, grapes, and a variety of other newcrops as well as medicinal products, metals, and precious stones.

Rome Supplemental Notes

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Late Antiquity
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Ethnic groups in Europe
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Goths
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Roman emperor
Justinian I
Byzantine Empire
Ostrogoths
religion

ROME NOTES The Founding of the Roman Republic & the Conquest of Italy, Carthage, and the Western Mediterranean The legendary date for the founding of the city of Rome is 753 BCE, and although this date is probably not exact, it is probably approximately correct. Legend of Romulus and Remus

Ancient Greece Notes

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Ancient greece
1st millennium BC
Peloponnesian War
Delian League
Sparta
Classical Athens
Pericles
Achaemenid Empire
Histories
Ancient Greek warfare
First Peloponnesian War

Greece Notes The Rise of the Greeks (1000 BCE ? 500 BCE) Greece was a relatively resource-poor region, but had access to: Foreign sources of raw materials Markets abroad Greeks were in contact with other peoples: ideas Geography: Part of a large ecological zone that encompasses the Mediterranean Sea & the lands surrounding it Bounded by the Atlantic O. to the W., the Alps to the N., the Syrian Desert to the E., and the Sahara to the S. Hot dry summers; windy, cooler winters Limited arable land, thin topsoil, sparse rainfall in the south ( couldn?t sustain lg. pop. Mountains, rivers, seas kept units of settlement small; in the N., where farmland was more expansive (ex. Macedonia), geographically larger states developed

CHAPTER8: AFRICAN CIVILIZATION AND THE SPREAD OF ISLAM

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Africa
Mali Empire
Dyula people
Spread of Islam
Sundiata Keita
slavery
Gao
Swahili people
Musa I of Mali
Songhai Empire
African slave trade
religion
Ch 8 WHAP

CHAPTER8: AFRICAN CIVILIZATION AND THE SPREAD OF ISLAM Pp. 170-191 I. OVERVIEW A. Political 1. Many states were ruled by kinship groups (stateless societies) 2. Patriarch/council of elders of a family or group of lineages as leaders in Sudanic states 3. Distinctive regional towns that developed in western Sudan 4. Large states were ruled by a dominant family B. Social 1. Ruling families used titles such as emir or caliph to reinforce authority 2. Mixture of Islam and pagan practice and belief 3. Some kingdoms resisted Islam 4. Many Sudanic societies were matrilineal and recognized role of women C. Economic 1. International trade 2. Africa had 30-60 million inhabitants

CHAPTER9: CIVILIZATION IN EASTERN EUROPE: BYZANTIUM AND ORTHODOX EUROPE

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Humanities
christianity
1st millennium
Macedonian dynasty
Rulers of Kievan Rus'
Rurik Dynasty
Rurikids
Kievan Rus'
Constantinople
Byzantine Empire
Basil II
Vladimir the Great
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Ch 9 whap

CHAPTER9: CIVILIZATION IN EASTERN EUROPE: BYZANTIUM AND ORTHODOX EUROPE Pp. 192-211 I. OVERVIEW A. Political 1. Divine Kingship Under Emperors a. Constantine i. Moved capitol of eastern part of Rome to area called Byzantium and named it after himself b. Justinian (Byzantine) i. Responsible for advances in architecture, rebuilding of Constantinople, and legal code of law c. Empress Theodora and Zo? i. Co-empresses placed on throne by rebels, estranged sisters d. Rurik (Kiev Rus?) i. Native of Denmark as first prince of Kiev Rus? e. Vladimir (Kiev Rus?) i. Converted all his people to Eastern Orthodox Christianity by force 2. Bureaucracy

Is the Ability to Write the Defining Aspect of Civilization?

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Zoology
Megafauna
Biology
Human Evolution
Egyptian people
Egyptians
Prehistory
Hominid
Hieroglyph
Writing
human
Civilization
World history

Is the Ability to Write the Defining Aspect of Civilization? Toady five billion people can read and write. That is about eighty five percent of the world?s population. If it was not for the creation of writing by the early people we would still be living like them. Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and the Chinese people all invented some type of unique writing form. Writing is a defining part in many civilizations histories.

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