Lands ruled by a single authority such as Mali in Africa, ruled by Mansa Musa in 1300s CE
What is Empire?
100
The ruler has total power over all aspects of society and culture such as when Henry IV declared himself head of the Church of England in 1340s CE and declared all English people members of his church
What is Absolutism?
100
Jews, Christians, and Muslims consider him to be a "father" of their faith systems
Who is Abraham?
100
Period in which Europeans began to value humanist, secular reasoning over religious doctrine to explain natural and human events
What is Enlightenment?
100
Medieval European system in which self-sufficient fiefs supported the levels of society above them and were worked by slave-like serfs
What is Manorial System?
200
A scattering or dispersal of a people, whether by choice or by force such as during the world-wide African Slave trade of the 1400s-1800s
What is Diaspora?
200
Islam-based government in an empire such as when the Ummayads controlled the lands from the Middle East to North Africa and Spain in 1031 CE
What is Caliphate?
200
Greek Philosopher who valued and taught logic in 350 BCE
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
Who is Aristotle?
200
Rebirth of European interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy and political systems, which led to changes in art, architecture, and other aspects of European Culture
What is the Renaissance?
200
National power is directly related to national wealth that can be expended in maintaining and extending that power in competition with rival nations
What is Mercantilism?
300
A complex, organized society such as Indus Valley in India from 3300s-1300s BCE
What is Civilization?
300
Abolishes private ownership of productive property and promotes equality of workers and management
What is Marxism?
300
Fought for Haiti's independence from France and became an inspiration to enslaved peoples throughout the Americas
Who is Toussaint L'Overerture?
300
Catholic Christianity breaks up into factions in response to corruption and what Martin Luther thought was error in teaching biblical knowledge
What is The Reformation?
300
Prejudice against Jewish people often expressed violently during times of economic stress such as when Germany turned on its Jewish population during recession after WW I
What is Anti-Semitism?
400
Having to do with location in time, such as on a time line relative to other events
What is Temporal?
400
Voting representatives are chosen by the people such as in Rome in 500 BCE
What is Republicanism?
400
16 million people currently alive in Asia carry this 13th century Mongol conqueror's DNA
Who is Genghis Khan?
400
Begun in 1095 CE, the attempts by Christian armies to regain control of Holy Lands in the Middle East from Muslims still cause conflict
What are The Crusades?
400
Extends the rule or dominance of a country over another people, most often to extract wealth from the dominated society and not for colonization
What is Imperialism?
500
Belief that one's culture is superior to others, demonstrated by such things as only including experts from one's own, dominant culture when producing textbooks
What is Ethnocentrism?
500
Government ruled by religious leaders and controlled through religious law such as in Iran, which has a president overseen by an Imam
What is Theocracy?
500
Who wrote this:
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
Who is Charles Darwin?
500
People obtain freedom from Imperial Powers which controlled them
What is Decolonization?
500
New diseases, foods, and cultural ideas were shared between Europeans and peoples of the Americas