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| Period in which early peoples stopped being nomadic because they learned to farm and domesticate animals |
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| These were located near river valleys because the rivers provided fertile soil, transportation, and irrigation |
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| Early permanent settlements |
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A period of great achievements in art, literature, math, and science |
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| This country had very mountainous geography, which divided it into many independent (separate) city-states such as Athens and Sparta. |
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All early examples of written sets of laws. |
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| The Code of Hammurabi, the 12 Tables, and Justinian’s Code |
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| This person spread Greek (Hellenic) culture to all of the areas that he conquered |
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) This Empire was able to unite the areas of their empire and grow wealthy from trade because of the roads they built on land and because the Mediterranean Sea connected areas within their empire
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This is considered the Golden Age of India since there were many achievements in art, literature, math, and science. (the invention of zero in mathematics) |
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| The social hierarchy of India in which people were born into a social class and remained in that class for the remainder of their lives |
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| The exchange of goods and ideas between societies |
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Monotheistic religions
3 main monotheistic religions are Judaism, Islam, and Christianity
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| The two most common nature religions |
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| Shinto (practiced in Japan) and Animism (practiced in Africa). |
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Preserved (saved) and passed on important texts created by the Greeks and Romans |
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| Was very similar to European feudalism |
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Japanese feudalism
1 Japanese samurai and European knights both followed a code of behavior. Bushido/Chivalry |
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| They were located along the Trans-Saharan trade routes and participated in the Gold-Salt trade |
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| Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all grew very wealthy for the same reason |
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The most famous ruler of Mali and a devoted Muslim who helped spread Islam in West Africa (Meeca) |
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Started in East Asia (maybe China) and spread to Europe over trade routes such as the Silk Road. |
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| The Golden Age of Western Europe which focused on humanism and |
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| It was the religious revolution that challenged the Catholic Church and led to the further division of Christianity |
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| The Protestant Reformation |
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| It was invented by Gutenberg helped spread the Protestant Reformation |
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| Used creative agricultural techniques (chinampas and terrace farming) in order to adapt to their geographic environments |
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It was the period in history when the Europeans (Spain and Portugal) began sea voyages of exploration and began to colonize (take over) areas in the Americas, Africa, and Asia |
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| The Age of Exploration and Encounter |
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| Wrote extensively about their travels. These writings are valuable primary sources that teach us about lands that they visited |
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| Marco Polo, Zheng He, and Ibn Battuta |
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Helped expand (enlarge) the territory of their nations by taking over neighboring lands. |
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| Peter the Great, Louis XIV, and Suleiman the Magnificent |
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