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Key Guiding Concepts
Ancient Civilizations
Muslim & Christian Worlds
Protocapitalism & Trade
Grab Bag
100
The writing of history
What is historiography?
100
Name two of the five major ancient civilizations we've discussed.
What is Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, Indus River Valley, Yellow River Valley, or Mesoamerica?
100
Main religious and economic center in the Islamic world, where the kaaba is located
What is Mecca?
100
Main ocean that was important for trade
What is the Indian Ocean?
100
Greek city-state known as a “republic” or “democracy”
What is Athens?
200
A bias/belief that one’s own culture is superior
What is ethnocentrism?
200
Major crop in early cultivation in Mesoamerica
What is corn/maize?
200
Caliph who ordered the burning of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem in 1009 AD.
Who is Al-Hakim?
200
Name of time period when protocapitalism emerged
What are the Middle Ages/Medieval Period/Feudal Period/Dark Ages?
200
Place where bananas were first cultivated
What is New Guinea?
300
A bias/belief that European cultures and peoples are superior
What is Eurocentrism?
300
Around 10000-12000 years ago, some humans settled down and started farming. What is this called?
What is the Green Revolution?
300
Year of the fall of Rome
What is 476 AD?
300
Dynasty that overthrows the Mongol Dynasty
What is the Ming Dynasty?
300
Religious development in India in the 5th century BC
What is Jainism (leader: Mahavira)?
400
A way of thinking that claims that everything great in the world came from the West
What is the European Miracle?
400
Name one of the major cities discussed in the film on the Indus River Valley.
What is Dholavira, Harappa or Mohenjo Daro?
400
Pope who issues call for the Crusades in 1095 AD.
Who is Pope Urban?
400
Coastal region in Africa where many trading cities emerged
What is the Swahili Coast?
400
Term to describe the idea that the ruler's authority comes from God
What is the Divine Right of Kings / Mandate of Heaven / Will of God / Buddha-Raja?
500
A way of thinking that claim that good things initially came from parts of the world outside of Europe, but then Europe made them better.
What is the Orient Express?
500
Name one of the places where wheat was first cultivated.
What is Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, or Indus Valley?
500
Name for the surviving eastern half of the Roman Empire, after the fall of Rome
What is the Byzantine Empire?
500
Leader of the 2nd Ming Emperor's fleet of ships
Who is Admiral Zheng He?
500
Name for the feudal/tributary system
What is the Great Chain of Being?