This Chinese admiral set out with a fleet of ships in 1405 with goals to promote Chinese trade and collect tribute from less powerful lands
Who is Zheng He?
100
Period when Europeans broke away from the Catholic Church and formed new Christian churches
What is the Protestant Reformation?
100
This religion emphasizes the teachings of Jesus which include mercy and sympathy for the poor
What is Christianity?
100
This turning point in history was when man began domesticating plants and animals & building permanent settlements
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
100
This geographic barrier prevented the Greeks from building a large empire, instead creating many small city-states
What are mountains?
200
This African ruler converted to Islam and made the city of Timbuktu a center of Muslim learning
Who is Mansa Musa?
200
Period in which monarchs in Europe sought to centralize their power and had complete authority over the government and lives of the people in their nation
What is the Age of Absolutism?
200
He left his wealthy home to search for the meaning of human suffering
Who is Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha)?
200
These holy wars resulted in increased trade throughout Europe and the Middle East
What are the Crusades?
200
The Roman Empire stretched across this high-traffic sea
What is the Mediterranean?
300
This autocratic emperor created a written law code and built the Church of Hagia Sophia
Who is Emperor Justinian?
300
During this period of European history, the economic system was structured around a lord's manor
What is the Middle Ages?
300
The sacred scriptures (teachings) of Islam are contained in this holy book
What is the Quran?
300
This turning point was when great thinkers began questioning the church and looking to science for answers
What is the Scientific Revolution?
300
Greece and Japan are both considered to be this geographic feature
What is an archipelago?
400
This German invented a technology that led to people learning how to read and the spread of new ideas
Who is Johann Gutenberg?
400
During the reign of these two Chinese dynasties, China experienced increased trade, the building of the Grand Canal, and artistic achievements
What are the Tang and Song dynasties?
400
The belief that every living and nonliving thing in nature has a spirit is called this
What is animism?
400
This turning point was when people began looking away from the Church and began focusing more on themselves and art, literature, etc.
What is the Renaissance?
400
In A.D. 622, a new religion called Islam arose on this peninsula
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
500
This sultan ruled over the golden age of his empire in which he improved the system of justice and modernized the empire's army
Who is Suleiman (the Magnificent)?
500
Period in English history when supporters of King Charles I fought against Oliver Cromwell and supporters of Parliament
What is the Puritan Revolution (English Civil War)?
500
According to this belief system, people are expected to accept their place in society in order to ensure social order
What is Confucianism?
500
This turning point was an increase in trade (a shift a way from the manor) and to the establishment of more cities around ports. Banks, guilds, and the plague were a result of this revolution.
What is the Commercial Revolution?
500
This moon-shaped region of good farmland, which stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean, gave rise to one of the world's first civilizations