Foundations
Several related families that moved together in search of food.
Kinship Group
An Indian belief system attributed to the teachings of the Siddhartha Gautama.
Buddhism
Maritime technology developed by the Chinese that improved navigation along the seas.
Magnetic Comapss
German craftsman who invented a method of printing using movable type.
Johannes Gutenberg
The study and practice of making maps.
Cartography
The doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
Monotheism
A type of rice that ripens faster than other strains. Discovered in China during the Song dynasty.
Champa Rice
Inns along the silk roads that offered a safe place for merchants and their animals to rest.
Caravanserai
King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. Best known for his six marriages, and for separating England from the Roman Catholic Church.
Henry VIII
An empire based on small outposts rather than the control of large territories.
Trading Post Empire
The wide-scale transition of many humans from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement.
The Neolithic Revolution
A period of stability throughout Eurasia during the 13th and 14th century.
Pax Mongolica
The founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia.
Genghis Khan
Muslim emperor of India, established a sprawling kingdom through military conquests, but is known for his policy of religious tolerance.
Akbar the Great
First European monarch to sponsor seafaring expeditions.
Prince Henry the Navigator
The divine source of authority and the right of China's early kings and emperors to rule.
The Mandate of Heaven
A new language developed among Muslims in South Asia that combined Arabic with Hindi and Farsi. Today it is the official language of Pakistan.
Urdu
Moroccan scholar who traveled extensively and wrote about his experience.
Ibn Battuta
The first tsar of all Russia who acquired vast amounts of land through ruthless means, creating a centrally controlled government.
Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)
The first permanent English settlement in the North America.
Jamestown
Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire (324 C.E.)
Constantine
A Muslim sultanate based mostly in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526).
Delhi Sultanate
Commercial Alliance formed between Northern Germany and Scandinavia formed in the 12th century intended to facilitate trade and protect mutual interests.
Hanseatic League
The last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1600 and 1868.
Tokugawa Shogunate
Complex Atlantic trading system involving the movement of raw materials, manufactured goods, and slaves between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
Triangular Trade