Noteworthy Nomads
Riding these animals, nomads often had military superiority over their settled neighbors for most of human history.
What are horses?
The first of the four "Atlantic Revolutions," this revolution inspired French veterans to help overthrow their own king, Louis the 16th, in 1789.
What is the American Revolution?
Inspired by the successes and failures of the League of Nations, this international organization was established in 1945.
What is the United Nations?
Following this global conflict, decolonization sped up worldwide as colonial subjects used both violent and non-violent means to gain independence.
What is the Second World War?
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What is World War 2?
Culture and goods were transferred across the Sahara, along the Indian Ocean, and along this route, leading to the spread of religions, technologies, and material cultures across Afro-Eurasia.
What is the Silk Road?
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What is the Eurasian Steppe?
The largest land empire in human history, this political entity was ruled by Chinggis Khan and his ancestors.
What is the Mongol Empire?
Beginning in 1791, this revolution by formerly-enslaved people on a Caribbean island threw off the shackles of French slavery and oppression and was led by Toussaint L'Ouverture.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
The development of vaccines and antibiotics as well as public health measures and improved sanitation have greatly increased these, leading to concerns about aging populations and raising retirement ages.
What are human lifespans?
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What are the lengths of people's lives?
The Great Powers utilized this form of imperialism to gain resources while avoiding the costs of conquering and administering colonies.
What is economic imperialism?
This term refers to the adoption of existing cultural and religious beliefs into a newly-dominant culture or religion.
What is syncretism?
As the Abbasid Caliphate began to lose its grip, these nomadic peoples, originally from Central Asia, came to dominate much of the Islamic world for the following 500 years.
Who are Turkic peoples?
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Who are the Turks?
Made possible through the burning of fossil fuels, this dramatic change in the global economy led to worldwide urbanization and fueled the rise of European empires in the 19th century.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Produced by the burning of fossil fuels, these emissions have caused climate change and significant air pollution worldwide.
What are greenhouse gases?
By bringing settlers from the home country to occupy lands, importing foreign laborers, and eliminating native peoples, this form of colonialism led to the establishment of states including Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
What is settler colonialism?
What are Sunni and Shi'a?
Successor states of the Mongol Empire included the Golden Horde in Europe, the Chagatai Khanate in Tibet, the Ilkhanate in Persia, and this political entity in China, established by Kublai Khan in 1279.
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
Fueled by chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and these crop varieties, the Green Revolution significantly grew the worldwide human population and reduced malnutrition across the Global South.
What are GMOs?
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What are hybrids?
Increasing awareness about human rights in the 20th and 21st centuries is epitomized by this document which was published in 1945 in the wake of the Second World War and immediately preceding the establishment of the United Nations.
What is the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
This ideology, which applies the logic of evolution to ethnic groups, races, and human societies, was used to justify imperialism and the conquests of the Axis Powers in the Second World War.
What is Social Darwinism?
Developed in the context of interactions between Hinduism and Islam in South Asia, this religion incorporates many of the practices and ideas of both faiths.
What is Sikhism?
The great-great-great grandson of Timur, the Turco-Mongol ruler Babur established this empire in what is now India and Pakistan, one of the last great empires ruled by nomadic peoples and their descendants.
What is the Mughal Empire?
Angered by new taxes levied by Louis the 16th, the Third Estate of the Estates General created this document, which states “ [all] men are born and remain free and equal in rights," setting off the French Revolution.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man (and the Citizen)?
Eliminating government regulations, trade barriers, and worker protections, this trend in the late 20th century was accelerated by the end of the Cold War.
What is economic liberalization?
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What is free-market economics?
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What is the Washington Consensus?
Following the independence of many countries across the Global South, many people have raised concerns about the lasting economic and political influence of former colonizers in the Global South, also known as this term.
What is neocolonialism?
The production of these luxury goods* led China to be a major player in global trade for most of human history.
*Name at least two types of luxury goods produced in China and sent on the Silk Road or on ships across the Indian Ocean
What are
1. Silk/textiles
2. Porcelain/China
3. Tea
4. Jade
5. Spices