Prehistoric Humans
This invention, controlled around 1 million years ago, provided early humans with warmth, protection, and the ability to cook food.
What is fire?
This river was crucial to the development of ancient Egyptian civilization.
What is the Nile?
This Greek city-state was known for its strong military and strict social hierarchy.
What is Sparta?
This West African ruler and his empire were famous for the wealth of cities like Timbuktu.
Who was Mansa Musa and what was the Mali Empire?
This was the name of the heavily armored warrior class in European Feudalism
Who were Knights?
These small, nomadic, and egalitarian societies were the primary social organization of early humans.
What are hunter-gatherer societies?
This writing system, developed in Mesopotamia, used wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
Athens was known for developing this system of government where citizens directly participated in decision-making.
What is democracy?
This North African commercial power was Rome's major rival and fought in the Punic Wars before its destruction
What is Carthage?
In Japanese Feudalism, this title was given to the powerful feudal lords, similar to the European Nobles
Who were Daimyo?
Occurring between 70,000 and 100,000 years ago, this event led to humans spreading to diverse environments across the globe.
What is the migration out of Africa?
This ancient Indus Valley city, along with Harappa, was known for its advanced urban planning and grid layout.
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
Unlike Athens, Sparta's government was this type of system, ruled by two kings and a council of elders.
What is an oligarchy?
This civilization's Golden Age flourished under the Abbasid Caliphate, characterized by major advancements in fields like algebra and astronomy.
What is the Islamic Civilization?
This land-based economic system defined European Feudalism, with peasants working on a lord's agricultural estate.
What is Manorialism?
Developed around 100,000 years ago, this cultural innovation allowed for more complex communication and social organization.
What is language?
In ancient China, this concept justified the ruler's right to govern and could be lost if the ruler was unjust.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This Greek city-state focused on developing a strong navy and excelled in naval warfare.
What is Athens?
Name two Ancient African civilizations that served as major trade hubs connecting to distant regions, one in the South and one in the Horn of Africa.
What are Great Zimbabwe (South) and Aksum (Horn of Africa)?
These are the names of the Warrior Codes followed by European Knights & Japanese Samurai
What are Chivalry & Bushido?
These specialized tools, including needles, awls, and harpoons, represent an advance in prehistoric technology and were made from these materials.
What are bone and antler tools?
This undeciphered script has limited our understanding of the potentially egalitarian social structure of this ancient civilization.
What is the Indus Valley Civilization?
Unlike their Athenian counterparts, women in this Greek city-state had more rights, including the ability to own property.
What is Sparta?
Compare the causes that ended the Islamic Golden Age with the factors that ultimately led to the decline of the great West African empire of Songhai.
What are external threats (Mongol Invasion) and Civil War?
The key political difference the social classes between Feudal Europe & Japan, where the European King held actual power, but Japan's Emperor held this type of role
What is a figurehead (symbolic)?