Early Humans and Civilizations
Which continent did early humans come from and eventually started to migrate out of?
Africa
All five major religions began in which continent
Asia
Large group of territories ruled by one government
What is an empire?
Exchange of goods and resources
Trade
Largest desert in the world, located in North Africa
Sahara Desert
A person with no permanent home, but rather travels from place to place in search of food and green pastures
Nomad
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all...
Monotheistic
The Han Dynasty's way of choosing government officials based on skills and knowledge
Civil Service Exams
Valuable luxury fabric that originally came from China
Silk
Two main goods that made West African kingdoms very rich
Gold and salt
The first known law code, including laws such as "If a man puts out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out."
What is Hammurabi's Code?
Who is the founder of Islam?
Muhammed
Type of government where people vote for representatives that make rules
Republic
Black Death/Bubonic Plague
Famous king famous for his pilgrimage to Mecca. Built mosques and schools in Mali, might have bankrupted Egypt by being too generous.
Mansa Musa
The ability to pass on knowledge through language from one generation to another
Collective Learning
Ultimate goal in Buddhism
Achieve Nirvana
First emperor of Rome, who was often described as a god
Augustus Caesar
Muslim merchant and traveler who wrote about his trip from Africa to China in the 14th Century
Ibn Battuta
Traditional West African historians and storytellers who passed down stories orally
Griots
In Hinduism, they people that people need to do their _______ to get good _________
dharma... karma
Group that was responsible for the assassination of multiple Roman emperors
What is the praetorian guard?
Three major things that spread through trade routes
Goods, Ideas, Diseases
Griot epic about the first king of Mali, who gained wisdom and gathered the people together to defeat an evil sorcerer king. (The "real" Lion King)
Sundiata Keita