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Classical Civilizations (600BCE-600CE)
Post-Classical Europe (600CE-1500CE)
Post-Classical Asia (600CE-1500CE)
Trade Networks
The Encounter
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The Roman empire became masters of these, which interconnected their empire while promoting trade and helping their legions get from city to city 

Roads

100

This "rebirth" in Western Europe had characteristics of humanism and classicalism 

Renaissance 

100

These nomadic herdsman created the largest empire the world has ever seen and reestablished the Silk Road trade network 

The Mongols

100

The Greeks, Romans and Egyptians flourished from  a large trade network on this body of water that divides Europe from Africa 

Mediterranean Sea 

100

After Columbus grossly miscalculated the size of the world, he thought he had landed on this continent in 1492

Asia

200
Classical India is responsible for the creation of these two religions that still exist today 

Hinduism & Buddhism 

200

This type of economic and political system formed after the Fall of the Roman Empire

Feudalism

200

The Byzantine Empire spread this type of Christianity to Russia 

Orthodox 

200
Ironically, trade between Europe and the Middle East increased after these bloody military campaigns by European Christians 

The Crusades 

200
Spanish conquistadors quickly conquered these two vast empires of Central and South America in search of gold and treasure 

Aztecs & Incas

300

Alexander the Great established this type of culture by blending cultural aspects of Europe, Africa and Asia into his vast empire

Hellenistic Culture 

300

Copernicus and Galileo faced criticism by the Catholic Church for this hypothesis 

Heliocentric model of the solar system 
300

This empire was famous for their religious tolerance, use of gunpowder and their important trading city of Istanbul 

The Ottomans 

300

One of the negatives of global trade came after this spread from Asia to Europe and wiped out a 1/3 of the world's population 

Black Plague / Bubonic Plague / Black Death

300

This term is used to describe the horrific forced migration of slaves from Africa to the New World

Middle Passage

400
This Chinese philosophy was used by China's first emperor, Shi Huangdi 

Legalism

400

Niccolo Machiavelli wrote this book to give advice to rulers

The Prince

400

Muhammad founded Islam in this region of Asia, also home to the founders of Judaism and Christianity 

The Middle East (Arabian Peninsula is acceptable) 

400

This Mali king became extremely wealthy off of the gold and salt trade of the Trans Saharan Trade Complex

Mansa Musa

400

This term is used to describe the exchange of people, goods and animals between the Old World and the New World

Colombian Exchange 

500

The Han Dynasty used these, based on Confucianism, as a way of deciding who got government jobs 

Civil Service Exams

500

The Islamic caliphates spread as far as this peninsula in Western Europe, today home to Spain and Portugal  

The Iberian Peninsula 

500

This Chinese dynasty was responsible for building huge treasure ships controlled by Admiral Zheng He

The Ming Dynasty 

500

These seasonal winds assisted merchants navigating over the Indian Ocean trade complex 

Monsoons

500

This European explorer is credited with being the first to circumnavigate the globe even though he did not finish the journey after his death in the Philippines 

Ferdinand Magellan