Asia/the Americas
People of the American southwest that built roads and wide trading systems
the Pueblo
The areas where the first civilizations appeared
North America
The most powerful institution in Europe during the Middle Ages
the Roman Catholic Church
the religious belief historians have found in most early civilizations
polytheism
Ancient Western Asian civilization that constructed a series of roads that connected the empire and the legal concept that no man was above the law
the Persians
Why were early civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt and urban centers located near river valleys?
For fertile lands and water resources
Events led to a renewed interest in trade with Asia during the Middle Ages.
the Crusades
This religious group occupied the southern portion of the Iberian Peninsula bringing foods such as citrus fruits, olives, rice, technological information such as the astrolabe and the compass from the Middle East and Asia
the Almorads or Moors from North Africa
Who appears to have given the law code to Hammurabi during the Old Babylonian Empire?
Marduk
pyramids
the Bronze Age
Items traded from China on the Silk Road
Jade and Porcelain
Economic change in European medieval cities and towns that grew following the Black Death.
Guild production and trade
Christian apostle/priest who viewed Christianity as a global religion and spread it to non-Jewish people around the Mediterrranean
Paul
How did the geographic features of southern Asia lead to the development of Indian civilizations?
Heavy rains supported the growth of crops which led to an increase in settlements and the development of the Harappan Civilization
How did the mountainous landscape of Greece impact the development of that region?
It encouraged of the development of city-states in that region
Major consequence to Silk Road Trade
the transfer of culture and technological innovations
Social changes as a result of the Black Death
the end of feudalism and a more mobile labor force that led to an increase in wages
Key change in the Middle East with the spread of Islam
unification and the growth of kingdoms or caliphates under a power ruler known as a caliph
Key political changes of the Tang Dynasty
Migration and invasion by nomadic tribes such as the Ostrogoths, the Visigoths, the Vandals and the Huns
Good that were traded between Africa and Europe that aided the rise of banking and capitalism at the end of the Middle Ages
Gold
Characteristics of feudalism in Europe
lords who owned the land
vassals that promised loyalty and service to the lords for protection
serfs who worked the lord's land
the strong protected the weak
Describe the impact of the Mandate of Heaven had on Chinese government
The nation would thrive and grow, if the gods deemed that the emperor ruled justly. If there were natural disasters and disease, the emperor was deemed to fall out of favor with the gods who cursed him. The people could remove the king legally.