Thematic Approach
What do historians use to identify patterns in history?
Themes
What new larger form of state developed?
The empire
Where did farmers migrate as city-states kept growing?
Rural areas
What developed as the number of cities grew?
When did the Western Roman Empire collapse?
476
What is a key factor in human activity throughout history?
The environment
What helped interactions between ancient people?
Metal money
What was important for further development?
Inventions and Ideas
What helped with the interactions among ancient people?
Metal money
Trade
What are 2 broad themes?
Continuity, and change
What empires thrived in Mesopotamia?
Assyrian and Babylonian
Wars broke out between __
Rural and Urban societies
What were the 2 largest empires?
The Roman Empire, and the Chinese Han Empire.
What happened to Africans after Europeans arrived?
Many of them were enslaved.
Why did people form social groups?
To meet their need for food, shelter, and security.
What was the Silk Road?
The Silk Road allowed the trade of goods and ideas.
What inventions were created between 4000 and 100 B.C.E?
the wheel, writing, complex metallurgy, codes of law, mathematics, and astronomy.
What did the Roman Empire control?
Much of Europe, and the Mediterranean sea.
What 2 things did the rise of Islam cause?
Conflict with other religions, and a golden age for Islam.
How are some civilizations different than others when it comes to development and ideas?
Some civilizations prefer complex development, while others prefer organized development.
How did the Silk Road connect empires?
The Silk Road’s land and sea routes created a huge web of trade routes that connected empires across the Eastern Hemisphere.
What did the rulers do with the support of political elites?
They taxed rural and urban areas to pay for bureaucracies, armies, irrigation works, and architecture
What did the Silk Road do?
It created a huge web of trade routes that connected empires across the Eastern Hemisphere.
What did all these groups face?
They all faced starvation, disease, war, and enslavement after the Europeans arrived.