World History Key Terms
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- 3. Asian people group highly concentrated in Mongolia, but have also spread across to parts of Northern Asia such as Russia and China.
- 4. Religion based on the belief, life, and teachings of Jesus Christ.
- 6. A series of laws publicized at the order of King Hammurabi of Babylon.
- 8. Belief that spread from India to China and holds commitment to a secluded and monastic life for monks and nuns and holds an abstract philosophy with the concept of infinite eons of time, access to magical powers as reports of miracles abounded.
- 10. Eurasian network of northern exchange which was largely a "relay trade" in which goods were passed down the line, changing hands many times before reaching their final destination.
- 12. anit-foreign movement which showed the general failure of "self-strengthening" in China. Led by militia organizations, the "Boxers" killed numerous Europeans and Chinese Christians and laid siege to foreign embassies in Beijing.
- 15. Large ancient Indian empire founded under a dynasty of classical civilization in the year 320 and lasting until 550.
- 20. The use of land for growing and cultivating various crops or the maintenance of animals for business.
- 21. Term used by modern historians to refer to the surviving eastern Roman Empire during the medieval centuries; named after the Greek city Byzantium.
- 23. Dominant religion in India and other Asian countries. Aspects of include the belief in Karma and a single God.
- 24. New capital for the eastern half of the Roman Empire, established by Emperor Constantine in 330 CE.
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- 1. Exchange of goods through buying and selling.
- 2. the Chinese philosophy first enunciated by Confucius, advocating for moral example of superiors as the key element of social order.
- 5. Network of the Incan Empire that facilitated, or eased the movement of people and goods. This "royal highway" also represented the empire's power.
- 7. system in which the economy is based on agriculture, such as the production and maintenance of crops.
- 9. term used for the countries, dominions, colonies and other territories formerly under the control of Great Britain beginning in 1595.
- 11. Often known as "gift of the Nile" because the region would not have been able to support a significant human population without the Nile's annual inundation.
- 12. study of the world's history physically changing object.
- 13. Structures primarily used for religious or spiritual acts.
- 14. In the ancient world, an independent or autonomous area, including a city with one shared government.
- 16. Dynasty of caliphs who ruled an increasingly fragmented Islamic state from 750 to 1258, eventually becoming little more than figureheads.
- 17. Ancient Egyptian constructions built over a tomb, formed by quadrilateral base and triangular faces that meet at the top of the structure.
- 18. Dynasty the ruled China from 206 BCE to 220 CE creating a durable state based on Shihuangdi's state-building achievement.
- 19. A Chinese philosophy/popular religion that advocates simplicity and understanding of the world of nature, founded by the legendary figure Laozi.
- 22. The monarch of an empire, typically male.