Events
Neolithic era:
the new stone age,
The Neolithic Revolution led to the development
of more complex economic
and social systmes. The diffrenet tribes
were different river valleys:
Nile (Ancient Egypt), Tigris Euphrates
(Ancient Mesopotamia and Babilonia),
Indus Gnages (Harappan and vedic civilization),
Yello river (shang)Paleolithic era:
Old stone age,
pre agriculture.
Archeological evidence indicates
that during this era hunting-foraging
bands of humas gradually migrated
from their origin in Esat Africa to
Euroasia, Australia and the Americas.
The people used stone tools, fire.began to transform human societies,
began specialization of labor, social
stratification, increased trade, coplex
government systems, armies, increase
population, increase urbanization.
New technological innovations like iron
weapons, chariots,, some record keepings
like hieroglyphics, pictographs, alphabets.
Monumetal architecture: pyramids,
temples, defencive walls, roads, water
systems and law codes.Begining of Ancient periodDevelopment fo major world religions:
Hebrew monotheism-Judaism.
The vedic religions – Hinduism.End of Ancient period
and beginning of
post classical periodNew belif systems and
cultural traditions
emerged and spread,
often asserting universal
truths.: Buddhism,
Confucianism, Daoism,
crhistianity, Greco-roman
philosophies.Art and architecture
reflected the values
of religions and belief
systems: the colosseum,
the Taoist temple,
aqueducts, pantheon.
Belief systems generally
reinforced existing social
structures while also offering
new roles and stutus to some
men and women.The developmente of states and empires:
the number and size of key states and
empires grew dramatically as rulers
political unity on areas where previously
there had been competing states.
The persina empire- in the middle east
Ottoman empire, cyrus, darius and xerxes.
The greek city states: athen, Sparta
The roman republic:
East asia: china, the chin, the han
South asia: india, the mauryan and the gupta empireEnd of postclassical period and begining of modern periodDevelopment of religions:
Islam-spread because of
expanding Islamic control,
missionaries and merchants
along trade routes.
Trade and exchange:
expansion of communication
and exchange networks.
Three major routes:
the silk route, that connect
Asia and the Mediterranean,
Indian ocean trade and
trans-Sahara trade.New technologies:
compass, astrolabe, camel Carvan,
larger ships-dhows, junks, credit,
paper money.
Luxurious goods:
silk, cotton textile, spices,
precious metals, gems, slaves,
exotic animal, olive oil.
Diffusion of religions:
Christianity, Buddhism,
Hinduism and Islam
Diffusion of crops:
fast ripening rice, bananas,
cotton and sugar
Diffusion of diseases-black deathPolitics:
Byzantine Empire
Kievans rus, Umayyad,
Abbasid, sui, tang, song,
Mali, Mongols
European and Japanese feudalism:
feudal Europe:
Christianity, religious
themes in arts and literature,
feudal japan: Buddhism, shito,
Confucianism, nature themes in art and literature.
Innovations stimulated agricultural and
industrial production in many regions:
Europe: high middle ages, renaissance.the presentIndustrialization and global capitalism:
industrialization changed fundamentally
how goods were produced, by machines,
people begin working in factories, and Great
Britain becomes a highly commercialized large
empire, agriculture innovations, population
growth, abundance of rivers and canals.Mechanization:
the steam engine, the use of coal, oils,
machines
Changes in transportation and communication:
canals, rails, telegraph and telephone
Impacts of the industrial revolution:
Export economies, desire for new markets,
need for metals, hurt agricultural based
economies.
Social changes:
raise of apartments, people begin concern
with time, woman children working for less
paid.Imperialism:
the act of extending the rule or authority over
foreign countries
Nationalism:
communal identity of a people group, often
tied to the desire for an independent nation
or country, revolution and reform.
Global migration: search of work, new
technology, seasonal migrantFutureTrade and exchange:
interregional networks
of communication exchanges.
New technologies: pack animals,
knowledge of the monsoon winds, .
Cross cultural interaction:
hellenims- spread of greek
culture into the middle east
and other regions and
signification- spread of Chinese
culture to other locations
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