This was the original human economy, ultimately eclipsed by agriculture; in it, groups searched for meat and foraged for grains, nuts, and berries.
What is Hunting & Gathering?
100
This large trade route was founded during the Han Dynasty; it facilitated the first trading between China and other countries
What were the Silk Roads?
100
The beginning of the post-Classical period of world history is most notably marked by the advent of this world religion.
What is Islam?
100
One similarity between European sea based empires and Muslim land based empires in this period was the utilization of this technology for the purpose of imperial expansion.
What was gunpowder?
100
He was the Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China; he also established the Yuan Dynasty in China.
What was Kublai Khan?
200
This Stone Age, which occurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E., is the period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred and domestication of plants and animals was accomplished.
What is the Neolithic Age?
200
This system was made up of different levels of social classes
within a society; most notably in India
What was the caste system?
200
Physical geography slowed the diffusion of agricultural products during the post-Classical era, when diffusion occurred in these two cardinal directions.
What are North & South?
200
During this era, both of these religious traditions expanded into new areas of the world, where syncretic forms involving indigenous traditions emerged.
What were Islam and Christianity?
200
Considered to be the greatest ruler of the Mughal Dynasty, he was know for his religious tolerance; he created Din-i-Ilahi ("Faith of the Divine"), a combo of Hindu, Islam, and Christianity; he was also patron of the arts/literature.
Who was Akbar?
300
He was the most important Babylonian ruler, responsible for codification of the law.
Who was Hammurabi?
300
This animist religion saw material existence as a battle between forces of good and evil; it stressed the importance of moral choice; its righteous lived on after death in "House of Spring"; it was a chief religion of Persian Empire and it was monotheistic.
What is Zoroastrianism?
300
One example of continuity during the post-Classical era was the prominence of this society in the world economy as a producer of luxury goods.
What was China?
300
Important to the world's economy during this period, this type of business was often backed by a government charter and sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors.
What is a joint-stock company?
300
Shared in common by the Aztec Empire, the Tang Dynasty, and the Mongol Empire, these three groups collected money from weaker or conquered societies through this system.
What is the tribute system?
400
This people group migrated into Mesopotamia c. 4000 B.C.E.; they created the first civilization within region and organized the area into city-states
Who were the Sumerians?
400
This Classical Era empire relied more heavily on enslaved people for their labor force than any other empire of the time.
What is the Roman Empire?
400
For 700 years, Japan was under the rule of Japanese military leaders known by this title.
What were shoguns?
400
This monarch held the longest rule in Europe; he made France an absolute monarchy and increased France's powers through foreign wars; he also built Versailles and was a symbol of European absolutism
Who was Louis XIV?
400
This term, which comes from an ancient Greek word meaning "to scatter about," is a large group of people with a similar heritage or homeland who have since moved out to places all over the world.
What is diaspora?
500
Along with Harappa, this also was a major urban complex of the Harappan civilization; its most notable characteristic was that it was laid out on a planned grid pattern.
What was Mohenjo Daro?
500
Connections between sub-Saharan Africa and the Mediterranean World were made possible by the arrival of this domesticated animal in N Africa.
What was the camel?
500
This Frankish king conquered most of Europe and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in the year 800; he was a great patron of education
Who was Charlemagne?
500
This technological advancement was developed by Johannes Gutenberg; it led to increased literacy and writing in the vernacular; it took power from the Church monopoly on literacy.
What was the printing press?
500
Often referred to as China's "Golden Age," this dynasty reigned during 618 - 907 CE; during the time of this dynasty, China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria.