Early India / Early Russia
Byzantine Empire / Islam
Mongols / China
Japan / Early Africa

India

Mauryan Empire / Aryans & Dasas
Caste System / Chandragupta
  • Founder of Mauryan Empire
  • Divided empire into provinces

Asoka
  • Grandson of Chandragupta
  • Extensive public works builder
  • Spread teachings of Buddha
  • Benevolent ruler
/ Chandra Gupta
  • Founder of the Gupta empire

Gupta Empire

Byzantine Empire

Constantinople / Justinian
Theodora / Hagia Sophia
Nika Rebellion / Justinian’s Code
  • The Code (5,000 old Roman laws)
  • The Digest (opinions of great legal thinkers)
  • The Institutes (textbooks for law students)
  • The Novellae (new laws)

Hippodrome / The Great Schism
Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox
Pope Patriarch
West East
Latin Greek

Early Russia

Slavs / Vikings
Vladimir
brought Eastern Orthodox Christianity to his empire / Yaroslav the Wise
Mongols
  • destroyed Kiev in the 1200s
  • demanded absolute obedience and massive amounts of tribute
/ Moscow
Ivan III / Czar

Islam

Muhammad / Bedouins
Allah / Qur’an
“submission to the will of Allah” / Shari’a
Mecca / Faith, prayer, alms, fasting, hajj
Mosque / Ka’aba
Umma / Dar al Islam
Rightly Guided Caliphs / Ummayyads
Damascus / Baghdad
Sunni / Shia
Ramadan / Muslim
Calligraphy / Hajrah
House of Wisdom

Japan

Archipelago / Mountainous
People relied on the sea for food
Shinto
animistic and polytheistic / Adapted culture from Korea and China
The Tale of Genji
by Lady Murasaki / Yamoto clan
Samurai / Daimyo
Warlords / Feudalism
Small landowners gave portions of their land to powerful warlords in return for protection
Bushido Code / Geishas
Shogun

Early Africa

Bantu Migrations / Nok people
Iron production / Zimbabwe
Pastoralists / Iron making/mined gold
Great Zimbabwe / Swahili
Kilwa / Mansa Musa
Ghana / Mali
Songhai

Mongols

Pastoralists / Asian Steppes
Genghis Khan
“universal ruler”
Temujin / Largest land empire in human history
Equestrians / Women enjoyed high status
Khanates / Empire of Great Khan
Chaghadai Khanate / Ilkhanate
Khanate of Golden Horde / Kublai Khan
Marco Polo / Stopped from attacking by Kamikaze (divine wind)
Yurt / Established the Yuan Dynasty in China
Mongol Peace

China

Tang & Song Dynasties
“Golden Age” / Gunpowder, moveable type, paper money, mechanical clock, porcelain, magnetic compass
Developed the greatest navy in the world / Art reflected Daoist focus on nature
Foot binding / Yuan Dynasty
Beijing / Ming Dynasty
Zheng He / The forbidden city
Destroyed navy and adopted a policy of isolationism in mid 15th century / Chinese Junk