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Christians believe that?
Jesus was divine, the son of God
What are the similarities between Judaism, Christianity, Islam?
They ALL come from Abraham and his sons Ishmael and Isaac
They ALL share the Old Testament
They ALL believe in ONE God
They ALL believe in an afterlife
They ALL have a holy book
Islam’s believe that Jesus?
Jesus was only a prophet
The Jews believe that Jesus?
They don’t believe Jesus was prophet or in any way Holy
Muslims believe that the Christian Bible is a?
Holy document, it describes the life and times of ONE of their prophets
Though they don’t agree with some of the details
The expansion of Islam was mainly because of?
Weakness of nearby empires
The Byzantines and Persians
Effective fighting methods
Orderly unified state and fair treatment of conquered peoples
The expansion of Islam in India did what?
Muslim government replaced Hindu rule
Turks, Arabs, Persians migrated to India
The glorifying emperor was?
Shah Jahan
The Golden Age of Muslim Culture included?
Muslim accomplishments in art, literature, mathematics, science
The rise of GHANA:The two products that dominated the Sahara trade were?
Gold and salt
Mali was founded by?
The Mandinke people
What was the capital of the Mali Emperor?
Timbuktu
Timbuktu was important because?
Important center of Muslim art and culture
Collected tolls on Gold and Salt
Learning and trading
Who was Mali’s greatest king?
Mansa Musa
Mansa Musa expanded Mali’s emperor because of?
By opening trade routes and protecting trade caravans with a powerful standing army
Mansa Musa introduced what to Mali?
Introduced Islamic culture to Mali
Mansa Musa’s journey to Mecca did what?
Established good relations with Islamic states of the Middle East
The similarities between Maya, Gupta, Songhai cultures are?
These empires advanced and were prosperous independently without the impact of Western Europe
The Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, Songhai flourished due to?
They controlled the trade routes across the Sahara desert
Between the north and south
In west Africa what brought Islamic ideas and customs to the kingdom?
Salt trade
Gold trade
Ivory trade
In Western Africa what increased?
Muslim influence and many converted to Islam
The Aztec, Inca, Mayan civilizations had what in common?
Economics based on agriculture
ALL had chief or ruler
Their polytheistic religion played a major role in society and government
Conquered Europeans
What were the reasons The Renaissance begin in Italy?
Wealthy merchant class supported financially the artists
Thriving cities and trade routes
Classical heritage of Greece and Rome
Characteristics of The Renaissance:
What did artists emphasize on?
Classical subjects and human form
Employed NEW techniques for showing subjects more realistically
The Renaissance art’s perspectives were?
Humanism perspective
Realism perspective
Who invented the printing press?
Johann Gutenburg
The first printed book was?
The Bible 1455
Printing press allowed for?
Quick and cheap book production
Rapids Spread of knowledge
After The Scientific Revolution what happened?
People stopped going to the church for answers
They went to people
What was the Scientific Revolution?
Philosophers and Scholars across Europe began to rethink long held beliefs about the human condition
What led people to question the church?
The Renaissance of humanism and secularism
How are The Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation tied together?
The Renaissance triggered new flow of ideas
The printing press spread these ideas
People began to question the church which led to the Protestant Reformation
Who was the first European to reach North American Mainland?
Leif Ericson
Who created navigation school in Sagres
Prince Henry
Which two countries dated exploration?
Spain and Portugal
Who conquered Peru in 1523?
Francisco Pizarro
The Aztecs rules in the valley of?
Mexico
The Incas ruled in?
South America
Who conquered the Inca Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
The Columbian Exchange refers to?
A period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and old worlds
The exchanges of it included?
Plants
Animals
Diseases
Technology
The Columbian Exchange impacted what?
The social and cultural makeup of both sides of the Atlantic
The advancements of The Columbian Exchanges are?
Agricultural production
Evolution of warfare
Increased mortality rates and education
Who started a brutal campaign to expel all non-Christians?
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain
Spain expelled all Jews in?
1492
The Atlantic Slave Trade: between ________ nearly 300,000 Africans were transported to America
1500-1600
African slaves contributed greatly to the _____ and ______development of the Americas?
The economic and cultural development
The greatest contribution of slaves were?
Their labor
What is African Diaspora?
The spreading of The Africans beyond their historic homeland
Who were NOT advocates of Devine rights?
Kind William of orange and Queen Marg
