Development to 600. B.C.E.
Modern humans first appeared in what part of the world between 200,000 and 100,000 B.C.E?
East Africa
The teachings of this person influenced Chinese beliefs more than any other philosophy, and his teachings focused on education, respect for authority, and honoring ancestors.
Who was Confucius?
The beginning of the 7th century saw the spread of this monotheistic religion, which came to unite Southern Spain, North Africa, the Middle East and portions of India.
What is Islam?
This was a major change in human history when humans began to plant crops and raise animals for food.
What is the agricultural revolution?
This religious was a source of unification in the post-classical period in Europe.
What is Christianity?
By 10,000 B.C.E, humans had migrated out of Africa and lived on every continent other than...?
Antarctica
During the Classical Age, in general people's lives became more comfortable and longer because of these three factors.
What are centralized governments, growth in trade, and technological innovations?
We studied this region last year, and they traded goods such as gold and ivory across the Indian Ocean with with merchants from the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
What is Eastern Africa?
This is an independent state that consists of a central city and the land / territory surrounding it.
What is a city-state?
This group of people could own and inherit property, and begin the process of getting a divorce in the Roman civilization, though they did not have these rights in Ancient Greece.
Who are women?
These are two important changes that happened during the agricultural revolution and have influenced how humans live ever since.
Examples: 1. Growing population 2. Job specialization 3. Development of new technology 4. Creative of systems of government 5. Competition for resources and accumulation of wealth by the few 6. Division into social classes
This is the most lasting legacy of the Roman Empire and became Rome's official religion, though its leader and followers had been persecuted by the Romans.
What is Christianity?
What is turmoil and fighting?
What is the patriarchy?
This is one of the powerful civilizations that developed in the Americas during the Classical Era.
Who are the Mayas or Teotihuacan?
A central focus of the religion of Hinduism is that this happens many times to one's soul.
What is reincarnation or rebirth?
Trade and military strength contributed to the prowess of which empires in Western Eurasia?
What are Greece, Rome and Persia?
These were military campaigns and religious wars launched by the Roman Catholic Pope to gain control of lands from Muslims.
What are the crusades?
This was a form of government that run by a significant portion of the population and has its roots in Ancient Greece.
What is democracy?
This is an organization system of the Hindu religion that creates strict social classes, and is rejected by Buddhism.
What is the caste system?
These are three monotheistic religions.
What are Judaism, Christianity and Islam?
This change occurred around 600 C.E., partially due to the lack of broad support for political leaders, the spread of disease, and conflict stemming from the increasing gap between the rich and the poor.
What is the decline of classical empires?
By the year 1200, these two areas of the world were areas that were central to learning and innovation in the world.
What are China and Dar al-Islam?
These are routes where goods and ideas traveled along land routes in Eurasia.
What are the Silk Roads?
What are some of the reasons that the Mayan civilization became largely abandoned around the year 900?
What are warfare, environmental degradation and drought?