Global Tapestry
This Chinese dynasty used Confucianism and a scholar-gentry bureaucracy to rule.
Song Dynasty
This 13th-century empire protected the Silk Road and increased trade across Eurasia.
Mongol Empire
These "Gunpowder" empires, like the Ottoman, used this new technology to expand.
Gunpowder
He "discovered" the Americas in 1492, leading to the exchange of plants and animals.
Christopher Columbus
This 1789 revolution was inspired by the American Revolution and Enlightenment.
French Revolution
In Medieval Europe, this institution provided the primary political and social unity.
Catholic Church
This desert trade network was made possible by the introduction of the camel.
Trans-Saharan
This Ottoman system forcibly recruited Christian boys for the military and bureaucracy.
Devshirme
The global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the hemispheres.
Columbian Exchange
This Scottish economist wrote The Wealth of Nations and supported laissez-faire.
Adam Smith
This belief system in India organized society into a strict, hereditary caste system.
Hinduism
These seasonal wind patterns allowed merchants to trade across the Indian Ocean.
Monsoon Winds
King Louis XIV built this massive palace to consolidate his power over the nobility.
Versailles
This economic policy focused on exporting more than importing to build gold reserves.
Mercantilism
This machine, perfected by James Watt, powered the early Industrial Revolution.
Steam Engine
This "House" in Baghdad was a major center for Islamic intellectual innovation.
House of Wisdom
This West African king’s pilgrimage to Mecca displayed his immense wealth in gold.
Mansa Musa
Martin Luther started this religious movement by posting his 95 Theses in 1517.
Protestant Reformation
This labor system in the Americas was a social hierarchy based on race and birth.
Casta System
This Haitian leader led the only successful slave revolt in world history.
Toussaint L'Ouverture
This fast-ripening crop from Vietnam led to a population boom in Song China.
Champa Rice
This Mongol leader unified the tribes and created the largest land empire in history
Genghis Khan
This "tax-farming" elite group in the Mughal Empire collected land revenue for the state
Zamindars
This silver mine in Bolivia became the world's largest, fueled by the mita system
Potosí
This 18th-century movement emphasized reason and individualism over tradition.
The Enlightenment