Important Figures
Known to be the wealthy ruler of Mali
Mansa Musa
How many continents are there?
AND
Name the continents
7 continents
Asia, Europe, Africa, Antarctica, North America, South America, and Australia.
What is the definition of a Golden Age?
A period of great wealth, prosperity, stability, cultural, and scientific achievement.
What happened to the Roman Empire after it fell?
It is split into Western Europe and Eastern Europe.
Define:
Monotheistic =
Polythesitic =
Monotheistic = one god
Polythesitic = many gods
__________________ created the legal system of the Byzantine Empire.
Emperor Justinian
Describe the relative location of the Trans-Saharan trading network.
West Africa
Enduring Issues
Which two empires had a feudal system?
Western Europe and the Tokugawa Shogunate
How did the Black Death start?
Fleas on rats
Under his rule, the Great Wall of China was completed
Shi Huangdi
Where were the Tang and Song Dynasties located?
East Asia
Define rigid class structure.
Not being able to move up or down the social hierarchy.
This specific dynasty created a network of trade routes, where a lot of cultural diffusion was happening, to exchange goods with others.
Han Dynasty
Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, the Yellow River, and the Indus River valley civilizations settled near which geographic feature and why?
River; good for farming and access to water
One of the world's greatest military generals, he created an empire that stretched from Macedonia to Egypt and from Greece to part of India.
Alexander the Great
Which 3 continents were part of the Byzantine Empire?
North Africa
Southern Europe
West Asia
the spreading out and merging (combining) of pieces from different cultures
Cultural Diffusion
Which empire had the wealthiest people at the bottom of the social hierarchy?
AND
What was the social class called?
Tokugawa Shogunate
Merchants
Describe the economic systems of Western and Eastern Europe.
Western = manorialism--depended on farming
Eastern = Trading
_________ ruled by promoting Buddhism
Ashoka the Great
Identify the 5 oceans.
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern (Antarctic), and Arctic
Define canon laws.
Laws based on the Bible.
This civilization maintained a large and powerful army to keep the peace and expanded friendly relations with states across Asia and Europe by sponsoring Buddhist missions.
Mauryan Empire
“Eye for an eye” laws were created in which civilization?
Mesopotamia- The Code of Hammurabi