Classical (600 - 600)
This Chinese Empire dominated East Asia during the Classical Period (600B.C.E. to 600C.E.)
Who are the Han Dynasty?
From horseback, this powerful empire ruled over the largest empire the world had ever seen. They are the exception!
Who are the Mongols?
By 1600, Central and South America were divided between these two powerful empires?
Who are the Spanish and the Portuguese.
This intellectual movement revolutionized the way people in the Western World thought. It was a big influence on the Atlantic Revolutions.
What is the Enlightenment?
This event sparked the 'Great War' which brought a large portion of the world into war from 1914 to 1918.
What is the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip?
These are two of the major trade routes of the Classical Period (600B.C.E. to 600C.E.).
What are the (Trans-Saharan, Silk Roads, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, Eurasian) trade routes?
This major schism in the world's newest major religion in the period 600C.E. to 1450C.E. still influences the world today.
What is the Sunni-Shia split in Islam?
This is how Akbar responded to religious strife in Mughal India.
What is promotion of religious tolerance? ... What were the main religions of India?
The industrial revolution started here and spread to this place quickly afterwards.
What is Britain > Europe > USA > Japan?
These two rivals shaped world politics from c. 1945 to c. 1990.
What are the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R.? ... What is the term for this time period?
These are three religions that developed in the Classical Period (600B.C.E. to 600C.E.).
What are Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity & Greco-Roman Religion / Philosophy?
His journey throughout Eurasia started in West Africa, and this is one location he traveled.
Who is Ibn Battuta and where is (North Africa, Cairo, Jerusalem, Damscus, Medina, Mecca (Hajj), Iraq, Persia, East Africa, Anatolia (Turkey), Golden Horde, Delhi, Maldive Island, Sri Lanka, Straits of Malacca, China, al-Andalus, Morocco, and Mali)?
This development made walls (such as those surrounding Constantinople) obsolete.
What is the use of canons for warfare?
These are three examples of movement towards more equal rights for women (early feminism / feminists).
What are the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft, the writings of Olympe De Gouges, and the Seneca Falls convention (1848)?
These are two leaders who led nonviolent protests and what they were fighting for.
Who are (Gandhi, MLK, Mandela) who fought for (Indian independence, civil rights in USA, end of apartheid in South Africa)? ... What about non-non-violent protest?
These are two invasions responsible for the downfall of a major classical civilization, and the civilizations that were invaded.
What are the (Xiongnu invasions of the Han, German invasions of the Roman Empire, Hun invasions of the Roman Empire & the Gupta, and the Araba conquests of the Persian Empire)?
This form of labor was found in both Japan and Europe during this time period (600C.E. - 1450C.E.) and was part of this system.
What is serfdom and the feudal system? ... What coerced labor system did the Inca have?
DAILY DOUBLE: The four main categories (in order from most to least privilege) of the social hierarchy in Spanish colonies in the Americas.
What are the peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, mulattoes? ... What do these mean?
These are two examples of resistance to Western Imperialism.
What are (Ghost Dance in USA, Boxer Rebellion in China, Xhosa Cattle Killings in South Africa, Opium Wars in China, Sepoy Rebellion in India, Ethiopian war against Italy, Zulu Kingdom vs. U.K., Cherokee Nation in USA, Balkan independence from Ottomans)?
These are two diseases that made a global impact in the period 1900C.E. to present.
What are (1918 flu, HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Alzheimer's, diabetes, heart disease, malaria, cholera, tuberculosis)?
These are two changes in farming and irrigation techniques of the Classical Period (600C.E. to 600C.E).
What are (The Qanat System, Noria & Sakia water wheels, and improved pumps like the Shaduf)?
These are two peoples who were dispersed from their homeland in the period 600C.E. to 1450C.E., where they were dispersed, and the term for that dispersement.
Who are (Muslims throughout the Indian Ocean, Chinese in Southeast Asia, Sogdian merchants in Central Asia, Jewish people), and what is a diaspora?
This group invaded this Chinese dynasty and established this new dynasty which lasted from 1644 to 1912.
Who are the Manchu (Jurchen / Jin), the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty?
DAILY DOUBLE: These are the two definitions of nationalism.
What is 'loving one's country' and 'wanting one's own country'? ... What are two big ways nationalist movements form new countries?
These are three main elements of fascism.
What are total state control (totalitarianism), extreme nationalism, and a link to a mythologized past (Aryans, Roman Empire)?