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Neolithic Revolution

development of agriculture

cunieform

writing based on wedge-like characters

Sumerians

developed the 1st case of a human alphabet

ziggurats

massive towers

babylonians

helped bring civ to the middle east

hammurabi

introduced 1st code of law

Phoenicians

devised simple alphabet w/ 22 letters

Qin

dynasty controlled by Shi Huangdi--a tyrant

Han

consolidation of Chinese civilization, 3rd dynasty of classical China

dao

a way to relate harmony

zhou

beset by a decline in the political infrastructure

aryans

indo-european migrants--hunting/herding people originally from central asia

upanishads

epic poems with a more mystical religious flavor

untouchables

NOT good--confined to a few "dirty jobs"

Chandragupta Maurya

young soldier that seized power along the ganges river, FIRST OF THE MAURYAN dynasty

dharma

law of moral consequences

Ashoka

chandragupta's grandson

stupas

special shrines to the buddha

cyrus the great

established a massive persian empire across the middle east

peloponnesian wars

between athens and sparta

punic wars

rome vs. phoenician city carthage

cicero

writer and senator

shintoism

japan's religion

sui

followed by tang

tang

sponsored one of the most glorious periods in chinese history

rajput

what regional princes were collectively called

byzantine empire

product of late imperial rome

justinian

byzantine ruler

mahayana

east asian form of buddhism

bedouin

nomadic

shayks

leaders of tribes and clans

umma

community of the faithful

zakat

a tax for charity

ridda wars

brought arabic tribes back to the "Islamic fold"

jihads

holy wars

shi'a

supporters of ali

sunnis

backed umayyads

mawali

muslim converts

jiyza

head tax

dhimmi

people of the book

seljuk turks

a group of nomadic

bhaktic cults

membership open to all

shrivijaya

trading empire, collapsed

griots

professional oral historians

sharia

islamic law

cyril and methodius

missionaries

yaroslav

last of the great kievan princes

clovis

a warrior chieftain

scholasticism

the dominant medieval philosophical approach

hanseatic league

cities that grouped together to encourage trade

guilds

grouped people in the same business or trade in a single city

pochteca

special merchant class


mita

labor turns

tambos

way stations

quipu

knotted strings

hangzhou

capital of the song rulers

jinshis

those who passed the most difficult exams on chinese literature

li bo

most famous poet of the tang song era

bakufu

tent

sinification

extensive adoption of a culture

white lotus society

a religious sect

renaissance

rebirth

vasco de gama

first european to reach india by the sea

henry the navigator

a student of astronomy, prince of portugal