Thematic approach
what is a theme in history?
something someone studies that has evidence supporting a question
smaller tribes combined into what?
city states
a person who migrates and depends on the livestock they raise
pastoral nomad
name 3 empires in the ancient world
Kushan Empire
Maurya Empire
kingdom of Kush
what did the indigenous people face when Europeans came to the new land
disease, war
what is a gender role?
customs relating to the position of men and women in society
when did Early humans moved across the Earth and most continents?
two million years ago
what happened when wars broke out between urban and rural societies?
it often gave the city-states power over farmers
what main religions were transported across the silk road?
Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity
As civilizations across the world continued to develop what was the place that had its own renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries?
Europe
what are two themes historians use to identify patterns in history?
integration, difference, continuity and change
what lead to new inventions and innovations?
farming
As city-states kept growing where did some farmers go?
migrated into more rural areas of Africa, Southeast Asia, North and South America, and Europe.
what was the two largest empires in the ancient world?
the Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Empire.
how are we learning about early humans and how they lived
skeletons, cave paintings
what are the main six themes in world history?
human-environment interaction, rise of civilizations, growth and changes in societies, development of political institutions and ideas, belief systems, and interconnectedness of societies.
why did the ability of early humans to adapt to their environments become harder?
Africa’s climate got worse
what new ideas occurred as the global population grew?
New ideas about social structures
how were religions from across the globe traveled to different places
transported through ideas on the silk road
what empires developed trade and complex economies.
Mali and Ghana
what is one example of a belief system?
the perseverance of Jews under Roman persecution
social changes in India as Hinduism gained followers
the cultural impact Buddhism had on Indian empires
the impact of three philosophies on Chinese societies and order
the birth of Jesus Christ and his effect on ancient cultures
the spread of Islam and its impact on the world
how did larger communities and complex urban societys grow?
farming, smelting metals,
As civilizations rose and interacted, technical and intellectual innovations occurred, where and what were those innovations?
Many of these advances appeared in dense agricultural areas like the Nile River valley of Africa, Indus River valley civilizations of India, the lands around the Aegean Sea, and China.
There were many large empires in the ancient world what were those large empires?
In Mesopotamia, the Assyrian and Babylonian empires thrived. Persia was home to the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sasanian empires. The Kushan Empire in Central Asia, the Maurya Empire in India, and the kingdom of Kush in the upper Nile River valley
what 3 new ideas people discovered in 300–1750 C.E.
government, society science