During this historical period, simple stone tools were developed
What is the Paleolithic Era
100
This RVC build pyramids and had well-organized, durable and centralized empires
What is Egypt?
100
This classical civilization emphasized an intellectual life during which individuals were encourage to question widely held beliefs.
What is Greece?
100
This Arabian merchant was the founder of Islam and a member of the Umayyad clan.
Who is Muhammad?
100
The Islamic empasis on learning led to the preservation and spread of the philosophy, knowledge, and culture of these two classical civilizations.
What is Greece and Rome?
200
These societies were organized into small groups, with men and women having an equally important role in the survival of the group.
What is "hunter-gatherer?"
200
This RVC was organized by independent city-states and lacked a durable, centralized empire.
What is Mesopotamia?
200
This classical civilization emphasized the rule of law and saw the spread of monotheistic religions.
What is Rome
200
This was the title given to the religious leader of the Islamic world and was adopted as the title of political leaders of states within the Islamic world.
What is "caliph?"
200
This Islamic sultanate was established along the Gangetic Plain and was centered on which northern Indian city?
What is Dehli?
300
This historical period saw the establishment of domesticated agriculture
What is Neolithic Era?
300
The Mesopotamian RVC developed this type of writing system in order to keep government records.
What is cuneiform?
300
These Indo-European peoples established a religious caste system in India to promote social order and behavior.
Who are the Aryans?
300
The lack of a process for succession led to a split among the Shi'a and what other group of Muslims?
What is Sunni?
300
While Islam proclaimed the spiritual equality of women, which Islamic empire caused the loss of status of women by requiring women to be veiled and secluded and establishing the concept of the harem.
What is the Abbasid Empire?
400
This dropped as a result of the development of agriculture.
What is the status of women?
400
This RVC civilization build large irrigation systems and traded with Mesopotamia but eventually fell due to either environmental disaster or sudden invasion.
What is the Indus Valley civilization?
400
This Chinese dynasty introduced the civil service exam system and based its social hierarchy on Confucian beliefs.
What is the Han Dynasty?
400
The main beliefs of Islam reflected the nomadic lifestyle of which people who lived on the Arabian peninsula.
Who are the Bedouin?
400
This was one of the main cultural exchanges between Muslims and Hindus and is an important mathematical concept.
What are Arabic numerals?
500
The domestication of agriculture probably started in the Middle East near these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
500
This RVC was located in China but had very little contact with other RVC's due to its geographical isolation.
What is the Yellow River (or Yangtze River) Valley civilization?
500
This Chinese dynasty was more feudal and less centralized than the Qin Dynasty which succeeded it.
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
500
This was the name given by Arab conquerors to non-converts
What is "mawali?"
500
While many Hindus resisted conversion to Islam, these people did become Muslim when Islam finally reached India.