Unit 0
What is "Foraging"?
The earliest written set of laws
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
He is considered the first Roman Emperor, even though he never called himself an emperor
Who is Augustus?
Social hierarchy deeply intertwined with Hinduism
What is the Caste System?
This two-word "event" began when the Eastern & Western Hemispheres started having regular contact.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The process of bringing plants and animals under our control for human benefit
What is domestication?
Yuval Noah Harari says humans have been able to cooperate in huge groups because of this.
What is "shared myths" or "imagined orders"?
He sent a diplomat westward to establish trade relations with peoples of Central Asia, thus beginning the Silk Road.
Who is Wu Di, emperor of the Han Dynasty?
The ultimate goal of Buddhism: complete elimination of all desire.
What is "nirvana"?
Martin Luther's famous two-word Latin phrase focusing on the Bible as the ultimate source of authority.
What is "sola scriptura"?
The earliest river valley where there is evidence of farming.
What is the Tigris-Euphrates River valley (or Mesopotamia)?
What are the Huang River and the Indus River?
The 200-year period without serious wars and great prosperity throughout the Mediterranean region.
What is the Pax Romana?
This was truly unique about early Judaism compared with its neighbors.
What is "monotheism"?
This is the Muslim political domain that created the Golden Age of Islam (two-word phrase).
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
One acre of farmland can feed 10 to _____ times more people than an acre of wild land.
What is 100?
This is the earliest civilization in Mesoamerica.
What is the Olmec?
"The nature of man is evil; his goodness is acquired" comes from which ancient philosophy?
What is Legalism?
This is the foundational belief of Christianity.
What is Jesus' resurrection after death by crucifixion?
Renaissance Humanists were especially interested in texts from this (two-word) era of the ancient past.
What is "Greco-Roman" or "Greek & Roman"?
This circular monumental structure was built over 9000 years ago by hunter-gatherers.
What is Gobekli Tepe?
One-word adjective describing a concept that does not exist in the real world nor in the mind of a single person.
What is "intersubjective"?
The fundamental tension that every empire must deal with (______ v. ______)
What is "center v. periphery"?
Muslims start their calendar with this major event in Muhammad's life & leadership.
What is the "Hijrah" or migration from Mecca to Medina?
Two synonyms for the theory of the sun, moon, earth & planets rejected by scientists in the Scientific Revolution.
What are "geocentric" and "ptolemaic"? ["geostatic" okay, too]