West Africa/Islam
This river runs through the Ghana and Mali kingdoms allowing trade and providing a vital source of water for its dry region.
what is the Niger River?
This architectural advancement used in bridges and the famous colosseum allowed Romans to build larger and stronger structures.
A political and social system based on exchange of land for loyalty and military strength in the middle ages.
The transition from the Middle Ages to modern times often thought of as a rebirth of interest in Greek and Roman culture.
This civilization is famous for its power size and inventions of things like hieroglyphic writing system and an accurate 365 day calendar.
What are trading cities?
These long stone channels were engineered to carry fresh water from the mountains to Roman cities.
What are aqueducts?
This Italian city state is considered the origin of the Renaissance due to its wealth and influential banks.
What is Florence?
The capital city of the Aztec Empire built on an island in the middle of a lake.
What is Tenochtitlan?
This empire reached its peak in the 1300s eventually becoming even larger than the Ghana Empire that came right before it.
What is the Mali Empire?
These were the two main social classes in Rome. One class being wealthy landowners while the other being commoners like farmers and artisans.
Who are the patricians and plebeians?
religious expeditions launched by European Christians to reclaim the Holy Land
What are the Crusades?
An intellectual movement about human potential and achievements encouraging the study of history, literature, and philosophy
What is Humanism?
To create more farmland the Aztecs built floating gardens as artificial islands.
What are chinampas?
Due to lots of early West African civilizations not having a written language these storytellers were in charge of preserving history of their time.
At its peak, the Roman Empire ran along these three continents.
making up the majority of the population this social class worked on manors in exchange for protection.
The most powerful family in Florence who supported artists and architects by donating large amounts of money.
independent civilizations unique to the Maya that all shared a culture but had different kings
In west african villages these large groups of relatives lived together in a single community and shared their daily work.
What are extended families?
Romes first written laws carved into tablets and displayed for all to see.
What are the Twelve Tables?
The largest estate owned by a lord that worked as a self-sufficient community producing what the people living there need.
By challenging old ideas and emphasizing thoughts of observation Renaissance thinkers opened the way to this era of logic and reason.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
As the founder of Mesoamerican culture this early civilization influence the Maya and Aztecs with religious beliefs and ideas.
Who are the Olmec?