Eary Civ
Simple stone tools
Cave Art
Nomadic Hunter-Gatherers
Old Stone Age
Developed Fire & Oral Lang
Paleolithic Era
Royal Road
Empire in Fertile Crescent
Treated captured peoples fairly
Zoroastrianism
War with Athens/Sparta
Persia
Eastern half of the Roman Empire
Capital of Constantinople
Emperor Justinian
Hagia Sophia – Church with dome
Orthodox Christianity
Byzantine Empire
Nomadic warriors
Genghis Khan
Conquered most of Asia
& Russia
A group of islands (archipelago ) East Asia
Shinto
Zen Buddhism
Influenced by China and Korea
Japan
Indus and Ganges Rivers
Protected by the Himalayas
Invaded by Aryans
Hinduism
Buddhism
Influenced Southeast Asia
India
Built Pyramids as tombs
Located on Nile River
Hieroglyphics
Pharaohs
Theocracy
Egypt
Mecca & Medina
Prophet Muhammed
Qur’an
Five Pillars
Spread to North Africa
Islamic Empire
“Barbarians”
Norsemen
Scandinavia
Reach Iceland/Russia
Used ships
Vikings
Built Pyramids for rituals
Central Mexico
Empire/Emperor
Economy based on agriculture
Advances in mathematics
Tenochtitlan
Aztecs
Domestication of Plants & Animals
New Stone Age
Complex stone tools
Settled permanent communities
Weaving and pottery
Neolithic Era
Sumer and Babylon
Fertile Crescent
Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
Hammurabi’s Code
Cuneiform
Mesopotamia
Muslim nations
Traded gold and salt across the Sahara
City of Timbuktu
Located on Niger River
Frankish Kingdoms
Charles Martel – Battle of Tours
Hugh Capet – Paris
Hundred Years’ war
Joan of Arc
France
Built Pyramids
Mexico and Central America
City-states with trade
Economy based on agriculture
Advances in mathematics
Chichén Itzá
Mayans
Monotheism
Jordan River/Canaan/Israel
Torah
Abraham
Moses
10 Commandments
Hebrews
Silk Road/ Porcelain & Paper
Buddhism
Great Wall
Mandate of Heaven
(Huang He) Yellow River Valley
China
Influenced by Slavs, Vikings, and Byzantines
City of Kiev
Orthodox Christianity
Ivan the Great
Tsar/Czar
Russia
Angles & Saxon invaders
William the Conqueror
Henry II – Common law
King John – Magna Carta
Parliament
Hundred Years’ War
England
Ferdinand & Isabella
Expulsion of Jews/Muslim Moors
Empire expanded under Charles V
Spain
Alphabet
Major Trading network
Mediterranean Sea
Shipbuilders/sailors
Colonies
Phoenicians
Aegean/Ionian Seas
Persian Wars
Peloponnesian Wars
Polis – Sparta/Athens
Democracy
Parthenon
Greece
Christian Kingdom in East Africa
Axum
Charlemagne
Unified politics and religion by the Pope of the Catholic Church
Holy Roman Empire
Andes Mountains
High altitude farming
Built Roads
Machu Picchu
Empire/Emperor
Incans