A group of people were one of the first people to inhabit Mesopotamia and invent civilization.
Who were the Sumerians?
100
Two great, very durable, classical civilizations around the Mediterranean.
Who were the Greeks and Romans?
100
The three most popular religions in the first era.
What is Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity?
100
The deliberate spread of Greek Culture.
What is Hellenization?
100
The primary way prehistoric people acquired food.
What was hunting and gathering?
200
A series of civilizations defined by irrigation systems, legal codes, and use of money.
What are the River Valley Civilizations?
200
The last dynasty of the classical era in China.
What was the Han dynasty?
200
Three philisophical ideologies developed during the Waring states period.
What is confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism?
200
The great Middle-Eastern empire Alexander the Great conquered.
What was the Persian Empire?
200
Geographic features that early humans used to travel to hard to reach regions.
What are land bridges?
300
A reliable food source that led to civilizations.
What is agriculture?
300
Two Indian empires that rose during the classical era.
What are the Mauryan- Gupta Empires?
300
This was the first clearly monotheistic religion,
What is Judaism?
300
The 4 main trade networks of era 1.
What were the Silk Road, Saharan Trade Network, Indian Ocean Trade Network, and the Sub Saharan Trade Network?
300
A form of early agriculture was used as an alternative to , sedentary agriculture, mainly used in rain forests.
What is the slash & burn method?
400
A type of religion most civilizations followed in the earliest civilizations.
What is polytheism?
400
A classical civilization that was very interested in theory.
What is Greece?
400
The most effective apostle for spreading Christianity after Jesus's death.
Who was Paul?
400
A trade network inspired by the migration of the Bantu.
What is the Sub Saharan Trade Network?
400
This type of civilization faced reoccurant invasions throughout the time period.
What are the river-valley civilizations?
500
They came to power following a rebellion that they led in 1027BC, after which they justified their rise by citing the 'Dynastic Cycle' claiming the 'Mandate of Heaven.'
Who were the Zhou Dynasty?
500
A series of civilizations that encountered similar problems lacking political unity.
What are the classical civilizations?
500
All life is suffering. Suffering is caused by false desires. Suffering may be relieved by removing the desire. Desire may be removed by following the 8fold paths.
What are the 4 noble truths?
500
A trade route reliant upon monsoon season.
What was the Indian Ocean Trade Route?
500
Three important beliefs were created in China during this time period.