Mongols
Lifestyle based on raising of livestock instead of growing crops in a settled environment. Typically smaller family units.
Pastoralism
This faith, centered in India, has a complex caste system, multiple deities, and incorporates the idea of reincarnation based on karma.
Hinduism
Enlightenment ideology helped lead to these three revolutions...the so-called "Atlantic Revolutions?"
Also known as "Temujin," he became the leader of the Mongols in 1206 and led many successful military campaigns? He also consolidated several independent Mongol clans.
Genghis Khan
This faith, which subscribes to the "Four Noble Truths," was founded in India but spread to throughout East Asia on the backs of merchants and monks?
Buddhism
This man rose to power in France in 1799 following a successful stint as a general in the National Army? He led a coup d'etat and ruled France for the next 15 years or so, declaring himself as Emperor.
Napoleon
The Mongols attempted two invasions of this island land and failed both times due to "kamikaze winds."
Japan
Sikhism, originating in the Punjab region of India in the late 15th century, is largely a syncretic blend of which two belief systems?
Islam and Hindusim
This English so-called "Father of Liberalism" popularized the idea that the mind is a "blank slate" (tabula rasa)? He was extremely influential in the development of democratic governments (including the United States) because of his ideas of religion toleration and the Social Contract.
John Locke
The Mongols sacked this city in 1258, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate?
Baghdad
This sect of Christianity, found in Eastern and Southeastern Europe, is most associated with "iconography?"
Eastern Orthodox (aka Russian Orthodox and/or Greek Orthodox)
His Leviathan suggested that a monarch is the surest way to protect the safety and well-being of all?
Thomas Hobbes
The Mongols incorporated this type of demographic statistical system that enabled them to tax conquered populations and allowed the Mongols to make educated decisions on resource availability and the distribution of their armies?
Census
Christian slaves who were used as soldiers in the Abbasid and other Muslim Dynasties? On occasion, these slaves converted to Islam and led successful revolutions (e.g. Egypt 1250-1380).
Mamluks
This Swiss-born philosopher influenced the French Revolution with his idea of the "general will?" The General Will implies that freedom and authority are not contradictory.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau