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This fourteenth century Muslim was the king of Mali who made a historic pilgrimage to Mecca spreading great wealth and building mosques as a sign of his devotion

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Mansa Musa

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This city in Mali was home to a great university and housed a library larger than any found in Europe until the fifteenth century CE

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Timbuktu

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This was originally an Arabic term meaning “coasters”; it referred to those who engaged in trade along the east African coast. Today, it also means a Bantu language with ideas and words borrowed from Arabic.

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Swahili

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This magnificent stone complex was built by Africans in South Africa in the 9th century. It demonstrates a complex and well-organized society which could invest vast resources in monumental construction.

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Great Zimbabwe

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This is the holy book in Islam; Muslims believe it is the literal word of God and regard it as the “one true miracle of Islam.”

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Quran

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These are the sayings or teachings of the Prophet; Muslims use these teachings to guide their lives

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Hadith

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This term is frequently used as a synonym for “holy war.” It actually refers to a striving or struggle to submit oneself to God including through one’s words, actions, and thoughts.

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Jihad

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These Muslims are known as the “supporters of Ali” and form about 14% of all Muslims today. They are the dominant form of Islam in countries such as Lebanon, Bahrain, and Iraq

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Shia

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The second major Muslim dynasty, the Abbasids, built their new capital city here as well as a centralized, absolutist, imperial order. It is ow the capital city of Iraq.

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Baghdad

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This term refers to the compilation of Muslim law including the Qur’an and the Hadith and generations of commentary.

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Sharia

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What factors contributed to cultural and social conditions found in the Arabian Peninsula c. 750 CE that influenced the evolution of Islam?

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  • Despite desert conditions that cover much of the peninsula, humans have lived in and adapted to the environment for thousands of years.
  • Most of the people who occupied the peninsula were nomadic herders, who relied on clan or kinship tie to protect individuals
  • Family, clan, and tribal were crucial in helping desert nomads deal with the harsh climatic conditions where the ability to call upon one’s kinsmen in times of need was vital.
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What are the five Pillars of Islam as pronounced by the prophet Muhammad

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  • Allah is the only God and Muhammad is his prophet
  • Muslims must face Mecca while praying five times per day
  • Maintenance of daylight to dusk fasting during the month of Ramadan
  • The duty to give alms to assist in care of the poor and wealth in the community
  • The obligation to make at least one pilgrimage or hajj to Mecca
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What was a new industry to appear in Islamic cities during the Abbasid era?

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Paper

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What was a central cause for he expanding trans-Saharan trade after about 300 CE?

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Berbers and Romans living in North Africa began to use camels to transport Mediterranean goods to sub-Saharan markets and return with gold procured from local sources

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What are three examples of the adoption of Indian cultural, religious, political and social organizational theories in southeast Asian states beginning c. 500 BCE

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  • First Buddhism and subsequently Hinduism became significant faiths practiced in Southeast Asian states.
  • Indian literature like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, as well as the use of Sanskrit, influenced Southeast Asian theologians and scholars.
  • Regional Southeast Asian kings, like Indian rajas, accepted various aspects of Indian conceptions of political organization.
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This pliable metal was mixed with tin to create the alloy bronze

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Copper

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This Neolithic human innovation was created by farmers who needed to accurately determine when to plant and harvest their crops. The first attempts were often based on the moon, while the Egyptians made an accurate one using the steady, predictable Nile River

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Calendar

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Translated to meant “wedge-shaped carving,” this term refers to the practice of writing on clay tablets used by the people of Sumer and all their successors in the region

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Cuneiform

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This Latin term is used to describe the basic principle of Hammurabi’s Code; it is sometime explain as ‘the law of retribution’

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Lex Talonius

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These fierce warriors were the most feared of all in the ancient world. They used their iron weapons and intense violence to strike fear into the heart of all the people of Mesopotamia. The “Dying Lioness” is their most famous visual artifact.

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The Assyrians

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This is the modern day nation in the same location as ancient Mesopotamia

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Iraq

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She was the Egyptian goddess who was the wife of Osiris. She represented the ideal attributes for Egyptian women: intelligence, faithfulness, perseverance, beauty.

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Isis

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Though this technology began in the Mesolithic Era as a tool for potters, it was first used for transportation and warfare by the early Sumerians

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Wheel

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This term means the belief in many gods

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Polytheism

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These early Mesopotamian structures served as the community, economic and political centers of each city-state. Made of mud bricks and standing seven stories tall, each level was painted a different color to indicate its purose

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Ziggurats

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This term ins the name of the modern-day nation which occupies the same area as ancient Phoenicia

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Lebanon ???

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These early Mesopotamian structures served as the community, economic and political centers of each city-stat. Made of mud bricks and standing seven stories tall, each level was painted a different color to indicate its purpose.

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Ziggurat

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True or false: During the period of river valley civilizations, technological changes were rapid

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False

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True or false: During the period of river valley civilizations, hunting and gathering societies completely disappeared as civilizations arose.

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False?????

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True or false: During the period of river valley civilizations, gender and social inequalities decreased

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False????

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True or false: During the period of river valley civilizations, human trans-regional contacts were limited

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False?????

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What statement could you make concerning the relationship between civilization and writing?

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Writing, which developed to keep complex business records, helped to establish formal government bureaucracies.

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True or false: Both the Egyptian and Mesopotamian river systems empty into the Mediterranean Sea

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False

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True or false: Both the Egyptian and Mesopotamian river systems influenced religious beliefs and practices

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True

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True or false: Both the Egyptian and Mesopotamian river systems were used to create a reliable calendar

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False

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True or false: Both the Egyptian and Mesopotamian river systems were used as a mechanism to dispense justice to law breakers

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False

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What term refers to the powerful winds which sweep across the Indian subcontinent each summer. Gathering moisture from the Indian Ocean, they hit the colder northern air from the Himalayas and result in torrential moisture during three months of the year.

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Monsoon

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This western river was the site of the first civilization in India. Today, it continues to bring life and death to people in Pakistan

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Indus

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This eastern river is the holiest river in India. Believed to spring from the head of Shiva, a Hindu hopes to be cremated and have his/her ashes sprinkled in this holy river.

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Ganges

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These taller, lighter skinned invaders from Central Europe entered India through the Hindu Kush in about 1500 BCE. Subduing the original inhabitants through warfare and a series of strict social and religious rules, they and their descendants formed the basis of the upper classes in ancient and classical India.

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Aryans

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These are the mountains which separate the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia

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Himalayas

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This Hindu religious text is composed of more than one thousand poems, is written in Sanskrit, and is considered the most sacred text in the Hindu religion

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Vedas

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This term refers to one group or nation who gains full control or domination of other groups or nations.

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Hegemony

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This term associated with Jainism means non-violence toward other living things or their souls

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Ahimsa

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This term refers to shrines housing relics of the Buddha or his first disciples that pilgrims would honor while meditating. These holy sites are focal points of devotion for many buddhists

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Stupas

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What environmental factors contributed to the demise of Harappan civilization?

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  • Erosion made some Indus Valley lands became less productive and difficult to farm
  • Deforestation of the Indus Valley and ensuing desertification resulted in diminished food production
  • Possible earthquakes in the Indus Valley destroyed dams and levees causing erratic flooding
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Why would c 1500 BCE mark the beginning of a new period in the history of India?

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The arrival of the Indo-European Aryans, who imported new breeds of horses and retained contacts in Central Asia where they could replenish their herds

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The distinctive column topped by a three-headed stylized lion in associated with _____?

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The Rulers of the Indian Mauryan dynasty

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He was the brutal leader of China during its first empire. Known for his cruelty and determination, he reorganized China in two large provinces ruled by state-appointed bureaucrats, rather than the traditional and divisive local aristocratic families. In additional to centralizing China’s power, he added territory to the south and to the north. His most famous building accomplishment in completion of the Great Wall extending more than 3000 along China’s northern frontier.

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Qin Shihuangdi

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This philosophical tradition prided itself on its pragmatism, disdained Confucianism as too optimistically sentimental, and favored an authoritarian state. It saw human nature as evil and requiring force and discipline to maintain order. Ideally, under this philosophy of government, the army would rule and the people would labor; pleasures in the arts or education were seen as frivolous

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Legalism

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