Historian’s name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire from the fourth century onward, the capital was Constantinople, a major city.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
100
-Sexual Exploitation of indigenous and African women by -European Male Settlers.
-Very few European women led to many ethnic intermarriages.
-Women under male authority, machismo male attitudes
-Upper class European or Creole Women confined to household work
-Lower class women active in many economic activities
What is Latin America from 1450-1750.
100
-Developed specifically for Chinese culture, widely practiced
-Believed in education
-five fundamental relationships
-Power for the leader
What is Confucianism?
100
Americans wanted freedom from British Rule
What is the Revolutionary War?
100
Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue/ Reconquista of Spain
What is 1492?
200
The ethnic Chinese people who originated in the yellow River Valley and spread throughout regions of China suitable for agriculture and the dynasty of emperors who ruled from 206 BCE-220 CE, the longest history of Imperial China.
What is Han China?
200
-Confined to home, status based on bearing male children
-Main way to some independence was courtesan or entertainer
-Foot-binding continued in upper lasses
-some female infanticide
What is Ming China in 1450-1750?
200
-Based on christianity
-Practiced by many Africans
-Toussaint Louverture outlawed this religion after Haitian Indpendence
-Involves healing practices
What is Voodoo (Vodun)?
200
British aggression and expanionalism. Wanting more opium, but Manchu's corrupt and backward government refused trade with the British?
What is Opium War?
200
Treaty of Versailles- End of WWI?
What is 1919?
300
First hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661-750). From their capital at Damascus, they ruled an empire that extended from Spain to India. Overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate.
What is the Umayyad Caliphate?
300
-British outlawed Sati
-Less education and health care for girls
-Quality of life for females in urban areas improved
What is India from 1914-1991?
300
-Most Notable in China, India, and Southeast Asia
-Founded by Siddhartha Gautama
-Four Noble Truths & Eight Fold Path
-Stupas & Temples
What is Buddhism?
300
Aggression from Germany and the violation of the Treaty of Versailles through the building up of arms and invading other countries.
What is World War II?
300
Life of Buddha, Confucius, Lao tsu (Beginnings of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism)
What is 6th Century B.C.E.?
400
This empire colonized one fourth of the earth's mass, countries including Australia, India, Parts of Africa, Caribbean Islands, and Eastern portion of United States.
What is the British Empire?
400
-Won voting rights, voted about the same as men
-Worked in WWI war industries, lost jobs after war
-1950's, increased educational opportunities
-1960s feminist movements
-Rapidly decreasing birth rates, population decline in some countries
What is Western Europe & U.S. in 1914- 1991?
400
-Practiced by Hebrews
-believes that God selected a group of people and made himself known to them
-10 Commandments
-Koran
-Synagogue
What is Judaism?
400
Nationalism (Serbia), Militarism, Imperialistic issues, and Alliances
What is World War I?
400
Haitian Independence?
What is 1804?
500
A people, language, kingdom, and empire in western Sudan in West Africa. At its height in the sixteenth century, this Empire stretched from the Atlantic to the land of Hausa and was a major player in the trans Saharan trade.
What is the Songhai Empire?
500
-Islamic Expansion from 1750 influenced women's roles and rights
-Educational opportunities at Christian Missionary Schools
-Threatened by slave trade up to late 1800s
What is Sub-Saharan Africa from 1750-1914?
500
-Based on Ahuramazda
-Originated in ancient Iran
-Emphasized Truth-telling, purity, and reverence for nature
-May have influenced Judaism, Christianity and other faiths.
What is Zoroastrianism?
500
American fear of communism, creating tension between America and Russia. While, Russia disliked Capitalism.