The Big Three
This religion founded in the 6th century BCE emphasizes the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path
What is Buddhism?
This 4,000-mile network connected China to the Mediterranean, facilitating silk, spices, and cultural exchange
What is the Silk Road?
This 18th-century movement in France overthrew the monarchy and established a republic based on liberty, equality, fraternity
What is the French Revolution?
This Mongol empire, the largest contiguous land empire in history, was founded by Genghis Khan in the 13th century
What is the Mongol Empire?
This period (8000 BCE - 600 CE) saw the development of agriculture, river valley civilizations, and classical empires
What is the Foundations period or the River Valley Civilizations period?
This monotheistic religion based on the Quran and the Five Pillars began in the 7th century CE on the Arabian Peninsula
What is Islam?
This sea-based network linked the Roman Empire with India and Southeast Asia, especially during the Hellenistic and Roman periods
What is the Indian Ocean Trade Network?
This late 18th/early 19th-century movement in the Americas saw colonies gain independence from European powers
What is the Latin American Wars of Independence?
This British empire was described as "the empire on which the sun never sets"
What is the British Empire?
This period (600 - 1450) featured the spread of major world religions, increased trade networks, and the growth of interregional empires
What is the Post-Classical period?
This religion with the Trimurti and concepts like dharma and karma emerged from ancient Vedic traditions
What is Hinduism?
This Saharan trade network carried gold, salt, and Islam across North Africa
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade Route?
This mid-20th-century movement in Africa and Asia saw colonized nations gain independence from European powers
What is the African and Asian decolonization movement?
This 16th- and 17th-century empire in Central Mexico was ruled by the Mexica and fell to Spanish conquistadors
What is the Aztec Empire?
This period (1450 - 1750) was marked by the Columbian Exchange, the Scientific Revolution, and the rise of European global dominance
What is the Early Modern period?
This religion based on the teachings of Jesus and the Gospels spread throughout the Roman Empire
What is Christianity?
This Pacific trade network connected the Americas with Asia, particularly the Manila Galleon route
What is the Manila Galleon Trade Route?
This 19th-century movement began in Britain and transformed manufacturing, transportation, and society
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This Islamic empire ruled much of India from the 16th to 19th centuries and was known for its cultural blending
What is the Mughal Empire?
This period (1750 - 1900) experienced the Enlightenment, industrialization, and European imperialism
What is the Industrial Revolution era or the Age of Imperialism?
This religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama is also known as the Middle Way
What is Buddhism? (also known as the Middle Way)
This network of rivers, roads, and sea lanes in the Indian Ocean region was dominated by Muslim, Indian, and later European traders
What is the Indian Ocean Trade Network? (or the Monsoon Marketplace)
This early 20th-century movement in Russia overthrew the Tsar and established a communist state
What is the Russian Revolution?
This 14th-16th century West African empire controlled the lucrative trans-Saharan gold trade
What is the Mali Empire?
This period (1900 - present) includes world wars, the Cold War, decolonization, and globalization
What is the Modern period?