Thematic Approach
Beginnings To 400 BCE
Kingdoms and innovations 400-1000 BCE
An age of Empires and interactions 1000 BCE -300 CE
A world of changes 300-1750 CE
100
What did historians use to identify patterns in history?
Themes
100
The Great Ape family split into which two groups? And how long ago was it?
Apes and Monkeys and they split 25 million years ago.
100
Why did those in charge think they could pass down their power through family?
Those in charge believed that they were given powers from gods so they could pass down power through their families.
100
At one point how much of the world did the Romans and the Chinese Han empire control?
They accounted for about half the world's population.
100
What happened after the Western Roman Empire collapsed?
A lot of small kingdoms took the empire's place.
200
What are the 6 Themes?
Human-environment interaction, the rise of civilizations, growth and changes in societies, development of political institutions and ideas, belief systems, and interconnectedness of societies.
200
What did larger brains add to the different groups of people?
These larger brains made great social and technological advances such as pair bonding, sharing of knowledge and technical skills, the ability to imagine and plan, and the creation of cultures and myths.
200
What caused city-states to have power over farmers?
It was when wars broke out and they needed to be able to get resources and farmers could give them that because of all the produce and livestock they had.
200
What religions spread across the Silk Road?
Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Greek thought, and the philosophy of Confucianism were all spread along this route.
200
who began to spread Islam from the Middle East across North Africa and into Spain in the 600s.
The arbs started to Spread Isalm culture.
300
What technological advances help improve society?
New technological advances like ideas and products and Advances in written language
300
What was crucial for early humans to do to protect themselves from Africa´s harsh climate at the time?
The early humans had to adapt to their environments.
300
Why were people being taxed?
They Had to pay their monarchy or government so they could afford bureaucracies, Armies, irrigation works, and architecture. This allowed those empires to stay civil and to be able to protect themselves in crisis.
300
What did the creation of metal money do?
The creation of metal money also helped interactions among ancient peoples.
300
What led to the golden age?
The conflict between other religions and Islam caused the golden age in the Islamic world.
400
what did the uprise in civilizations help accomplish?
It helped Accomplish boundaries and free choice between the citizens and the government.
400
What did early humans use to their advantage in their new land?
They used their Resources because they were more accessible so it was much easier for them to protect their land and survive.
400
Where did many advances appear?
Many of these advances appeared in dense agricultural areas like the Nile River valley of Africa, the Indus River valley civilizations of India, the lands around the Aegean Sea, and China. Advances also occurred in rural areas of the Middle East like Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia, and Persia.
400
Why was the Silk Road used?
The Silk Road was used to trade goods and ideas, which is how religions from across the globe were able to reach different people and groups.
400
What did the Inca and Aztecs have that the indigenous people did not?
They did not have highly developed writing systems, powerful groups like the Inca and the aztecs
500
Why are belief systems important and why?
Belief systems show how far society has come and what different ideas of religion have a common idea.
500
Farming leads to what and why?
Farming led to new inventions and innovations. The more experimenting they did the more needs needed to be met. So they had to come up with new ideas and had to make more solutions to solve the problems, which led to inventions and innovations being made.
500
What inventions and ideas were important to further development of that time?
These developments included metalworking, mathematics, astronomy, codes of law, Writing, and the creation of the weel. All of these developments have shaped the way the world is now and what we have improved on since then.
500
What did the Silk Road play a big role in?
The land and sea routes of the Silk Road played a critical role in taking care of cultural diffusion among the different empires.
500
what resulted in many Africans being enslaved?
The desire of European countries to build new colonies in these lands also resulted in Africans being enslaved and sent to the Americas.