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Culture

A civilizations practices and way of life

Cultural Diffusion

The spreading of ideas between cultures

Cultural diversity

The differences within a culture

Racism

The belief that one race is superior from the other

Sumer

-Flooding of Tigris and Euphrates unpredictable


-No natural barriers


-Limited natural resources for making tools and buildings

Egypt

-Flooding of the Nile predictable


-Nile an easy transportation link between Egypt's villages


-Deserts were natural barriers

Indus Valley

-Indus floodong unpredictable


-Monsoon winds


-Mountains, deserts were natural barriers

China

-Huang He flooding unpredictable


-Mountains, deserts natural barriers


-Geographically isolated from other ancient civilizations

Mesopotamia

"Between two rivers"


A fertile crescent of land were Sumer is located

Babylonia

Southern part of Mesopotamia

Problem: Unpredictable flooding

Solution: irrigation

Papyrus

One of the first examples of paper; made from reeds along the Nile

Egyptian Decline

945 BC- Egypt split into two kingdoms


North was controlled by Libyans


South was controlled by Kushites

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

2 planned cities in the Indus River valley

Planned cities

Cities that were layed out before being created

Divine Approval

The emperor had God's blessing to b the ruler

Xia dynasty

First chinese dynasty

Shang dynasty

Developed first cities and writing systems in China

Oracle bones

Earliest writing in Ancient China that predicted the future

Mandate of Heaven

Rulers who were just and effective received a mandate to rule from the gods

Hammurabi

Ruled Babylonian empire for 42 years and created a code of lawz

Religion

A system of attitudes, beliefs, and practices, that help man answer the "big questions" we seek to understand

Philosophy

A system in which people question and create theories about the nature of reality

Faith

A belief and trust in God that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence

Theist

A person who believes there is a God, vods, or any divine power

Atheist

A person who denies the existence of God, gods or any divine power

Agnostic

A person who claims that one cannot know whether or not there exists a God, gods, or divine

Confucious

Previously named Kung Fu Zi

Lao Zi

Founder of Taoism and advisor to the Chinese emperor

Wu wei

"Let nature take its course, everything happens for a reason" (Taoism belief)

Han Fe Zi

Founder of Legalism

Legalism

Religion with beliefs such as human nature is naturally selfish and the ruler must rule with a strong punishing hand

Shinto

Indigenous religous beliefs of Japan

Kami

Spirits or gods in Shintoism

Judaism

Religion with the belief that God agrees to protect these people as his chosen people; in return they agree to obey him

The Exodus

Enslaved jews in ancient Egypt freed by Moses

Torah

Jewish equivalence if the Bible; Holy book

Christianity

Religion based on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus

Old testament

First five books of the Hebrew Bible

New Testament

Written after Jesus' death by his followers during the first century

The Christian Holy Trinity

God the father, God the son, God the Holy ghost

The Great Schism

The breaking of the church into 2 groups leading to many other break offs and branches of Christianity

Islam

Religion that believes that there is only one God, called Allah, who speaks Arabic

Shariah

Islamic Law

Qur'an

"To recite" Holy book of Islam

Five Pillars of Islam

1. Shahadah (declaration of faith)


2. Salah (prayer)


3. Zakat (charity)


4. Saum (fasting)


5. Haj (pilgrimage)

Mosque

Muslim building for Islamic worship

Bantu Migration

Large migration of the first people in Africa to the rest of the continent

Ghana

Early west African kingdom that controlled the Gold salt trade "land of gold"

Mansa Musa

King of Mali who made the Hajj to Mecca and forged diplomatic and economic ties with Muslim states

Indigenous

Existing, born, or produced in a land or region

Patriarchal

Families in Africa that are male dominated

Matriarchal

Families in Africa that are female dominated

Gold Coast

First country in Africa to win imdependence south of the Sahara