prehistory
What does B.C stand for?
What is Before Christ
What are the river valley civilizations?
What is Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, ancient India, ancient China
This Mongol leader created the largest land empire in history
Who was Genghis Khan?
The spread of Buddhism from India to China is an example of this type of diffusion.
What is religious diffusion?
: This ancient empire built the pyramids and was ruled by pharaohs.
What is the Egyptian Empire?
What does A.D stand for?
What Is After death
This civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is often called the “Cradle of Civilization
What is Mesopotamia?
This trade network connected China to the Mediterranean, spreading goods, ideas, and cultures.
What is the Silk Road?
The Silk Road helped spread this disease that killed millions in Europe during the Middle Ages.
What is the Black Death
This empire, led by Alexander the Great, spread Greek culture across three continents.
What is the Macedonian Empire?
What are the prehistory eras in order?
What is Paleo, Mesolithic, Neolithic
This river valley in Egypt was home to pyramids, pharaohs, and hieroglyphics
What is the Nile River Valley?
Under Mongol rule, this period of peace and stability allowed trade and travel to flourish across Asia.
What is the Pax Mongolica?
The spread of Greek culture by Alexander the Great created this blended culture.
What is Hellenistic culture?
The Roman Empire built this 250,000-mile network to help trade, communication, and military movement.
What are Roman roads?
What happened During the Neolithic Revolution? people shifted from hunting and gathering to this lifestyle
What is farming/agriculture?
Ancient India’s first civilization grew along this river, known for planned cities like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
What is the Indus River?
This European traveler visited Kublai Khan’s court and wrote about his adventures along the Silk Road.
Who was Marco Polo?
The Columbian Exchange spread crops like potatoes and maize to Europe and horses to the Americas, showing this effect of cultural diffusion.
What is the exchange of goods and technology?
This empire, ruled by Genghis Khan and his descendants, became the largest land empire in history.
What is the Mongol Empire?
What does a.c stand for?
What is after Christ?
This early Chinese civilization developed along this river, nicknamed “China’s Sorrow” because of frequent floods.
What is the Huang He (Yellow River)
Besides silk and spices, this deadly disease spread from Asia to Europe along trade routes.
What is the Black Death?
When people adopt clothing, food, or traditions from other cultures, this consequence of cultural diffusion occurs.
What is cultural blending?
This empire in South America built Machu Picchu and used terrace farming in the Andes Mountains.
What is the Inca Empire?