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Early Civilization 8000-600 BCE
People from 600 BCE to 600 CE
Advancing Civilization 600 BCE to 600 CE
People from 600-1450 CE
Beginning of World Trade 600-1450 CE
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advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached
What is civilization?
100
This prince became enlightened and is now known as the Buddha.
Who is Siddartha Gautama?
100
This was constructed to protect a civilization from barbarian invaders.
What is the Great Wall of China?
100
This leader of the Mongols spread their reign over almost all of Asia.
Who is Genghis Khan?
100
This King of the Franks helped keep the Muslim invasion from reaching the rest of Europe. Became the first Holly Roman Emperor.
Who is Charlemagne?
200
about 4000 B.C.E., when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East, to about 1500 B.C.E., when iron began to replace it. metalworking became very common that the use of stone tools dissipated; long stone ages were over
What is the bronze age?
200
Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.
Who is Confucius?
200
This man became the first Emperor of Rome. (Double points if you can name his Emperor name and citizen name)
Who is Augustus Caesar/Octavius?
200
Leader of the Muslims during the major crusades.
Who is Saladin?
200
Capital of the Aztec Empire.
What is Tenochtitlan?
300
This fertile river valley led to the first civilization in China.
What is Huaghe/Yellow River?
300
This Macedonian king conquered all throughout Asia and built one of the largest empires on Earth before dying of a mysterious fever in his thirties.
Who is Alexander the Great?
300
Tis is the first dynasty to unify all of India.
What is the Mauryan Dynasty?
300
Called for the first crusade.
Who is Pope Urban II?
300
This African ruler caused inflation in all the cities he passed through on his sacred pilgrimage to Mecca using the gold reserves from his native Mali.
Who is Mansa Musa?
400
Sixth king of the Babylonian empire, created the first Code of Law. Hint: An eye for an eye.
Who is Hammurabi?
400
This Roman emperor separated the Roman Empire into the Byzantine and Western Roman Empire.
Who is Diocletian.
400
This period defines the spread of Greek influence across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
What is the Hellenistic Period?
400
This Byzantine Emperor modernized the empire, set up a new code of law, defended the empire from the Persians, and built the Hagia Sofia.
Who is Justinian?
400
This prince of Kiev who ruled from 980 to 1015 converted Russia to Christianity.
Who is Vladimir I?
500
This revolution caused fundamental changes in the way people lived. The shift from hunting & gathering to agriculture led to permanent settlements, the establishment of social classes, and the eventual rise of civilizations, is a major turning point in human history.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
500
This Emperor converted the Roman Empire to Christianity.
Who is Constantine?
500
These ocean-going peoples in the 1,000 island area of the Pacific that take their name were gifted seamen and developed technology for astronomy, navigation, and geography.
Who are the Polynesians?
500
Muslim historian, scholar, and traveler who described the lives of the people of Africa.
Who is Ibn Batuta?
500
Chinese sovereign who ruled unofficially as Empress and later, officially as Emperor of China during the brief Zhou dynasty which interrupted the Tang dynasty, was the only female emperor of China in more than four millennia.
Who is Empress Wu?