1. World Associations Global History

2. Neolithic Revolution • Permanent Settlement (Town & Villages) • Farming • Domestication

3. Earliest Civilizations • Along river Valleys/fertile soil • Nile, indus,huanghe, Tigris and Euphrates • Egyptian civilization, Indus civilization, And Mesopotamia

4. River Valleys • Fertile Soil • Communication And Transportation • Unify People

5. GEOGRAPHY/GEOGRAPHICALFEATURES • INFLUENCE PEOPLE’S CULTURE OR WAY OF LIFE • AFFECTS DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION

6. ART AND ARCHITECTURE INSOCIETY • REFLECT OR TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT THAT CULTURE • IN TOTALITARIAN SOCIETIES IT REFLECTS THE WILL OF THE RULER REFLECTS A SOCIETY’S TECHNOLOGY

7. HAMMURABI’S CODE(Babylon) • SOCIAL ORDER • STRICT _”EYE FOR AN EYE” • LIKE OTHER CODES OF LAW

8. MANDATE OFHEAVEN/DYNASTIC CYCLE • SIMILAR TO THE EUROPEAN THEORY OF DIVINE RIGHT • BELIEVED AUTHORITY TO RULE CAME FORM GOD • ENDS IN 1911 (1ST CHINESE REVOLUTION)

9. CHINA’S GEOGRAPHY • NATURAL BOUNDARIES • ISOLATION • ETHNOCENTRISM (MIDDLE KINGDOM)

10. JAPAN’S GEOGRAPHY • ARCHIPELAGO/ LACK OF NATURAL RESOURCES/MOUNTAINOUS • ISOLATION (UNTIL 19TH CENTURY) AND HOMOGENEITY • DEPENDENCY ON TRADE - INTERDEPENDENT

11. W. EUROPE’S GEOGRAPHY • IRREGULAR COASTLINES • TRADE • DEVELOPMENT OF A NAVY/IMPERIALISTIC

12. NORTHERN AFRICA’SGEOGRAPHY • SAHARA DESERT AND DESERTIFICATION • DISTINCT CULTURE FROM SUB-SAHARAN CULTURE • DIFFICULTY WITH • TRADE, COMMUNICATION & TRAVEL

13. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA’SGEOGRAPHY • ABUNDANCE OF MINERALS AND RESOURCES • EUROPEAN INTEREST THROUGH IMPERIALISM • DIVERSE GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

14. REGULAR/SMOOTHCOASTLINES • NO NATURAL BAYS AND HARBORS • LITTLE TRADE • AFRICA

15. LATIN AMERICA’SGEOGRAPHY • DIVERSE GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES • DIVERSE CULTURES-DIFFICULT TO UNIFY AS ONE NATION • DIFFICULTY IN TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION

16. MONSOONS • INDIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA • SEASONAL WINDS THAT BRING MUCH NEEDED RAIN OR DRY AIR • COULD BE DEVASTATING (IE- IN BANGLADESH)

17. INDIA’S GEOGRAPHY • HIMALAYAS/HINDU KUSH - ISOLATION FOR MOST OF ITS HISTORY\ • MONSOONS • ABUNDANCE OF MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES

18. STRAITS • STRATEGIC LOCATIONS FOR TRADE • BOSPOROUS,DARDANELLES,MALACCA, HORMUZ & MAGELLAN • CONSTANTINOPLE

19. MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY • ARID/SCARCITY OF WATER • CULTURAL CROSSROADS • ABUNDANCE OF OIL/OIL AS A WEAPON/O.P.E.C.

20. DESERTS • LIMIT COMMUNICATION • LIMIT TRAVEL AND TRADE • ACT AS BARRIERS

21. RIVERS • IMPROVE COMMUNICATION • IMPROVE TRAVEL AND TRADE • BRING UNITY

22. RUSSIA’S GEOGRAPHY • HISTORICALLY • DRIVEN BY ITS NEED FOR ACCESS TO WARM WATER PORTS - PETER THE GREAT • NORTHERN EUROPEAN PLAIN WAS A FREQUENT INVASION ROUTE BY ENEMIES • RUSSIAN WINTER:WEDES, FRENCH AND GERMANS DEFEATED

23. ISLAM • THE KORAN/QURAN • THE KORAN/QURAN ISLAM • MONOTHEISTIC/MOHAM MED AND ALLAH

24. JUDAISM • MONOTHEISTIC • THE TORAH/THE TALMUD • THE COVENANT –THE PROMISED LAND - ISRAEL

25. CONFUCIANISM • SEEKS SOCIAL ORDER HARMONY & STABILITY • THE FIVE RELATIONSHIPS/IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY AND ETHICS • ANALECTS

26. HINDUISM • THE CASTE SYSTEM/RIGID CLASS SYSTEM • REINCARNATION/ DHARMA AND KARMA/MOKSHA • AHIMSA

27. BUDDHISM • SIDDHARTA GUATEMA • REINCARNATION/NIRVANA • 4 NOBLE TRUTHS AND EIGHTFOLD PATH

28. CHRISTIANITY • MONOTHEISTIC • ROOTS IN JUDAISM • JESUS CHRIST/SAVIOR

29. SHINTOISM • SPIRITS IN NATURE • PRACTICED IN JAPAN • A FORM OF ANIMISM

30. ANIMISM • PRACTICED IN AFRICA • SIMILAR TO SHINTOISM/SPIRITS IN NATURE • TRADITIONAL AFRICAN SOCIETIES

31. CULTURAL DIFFUSION • EXCHANGE OF IDEAS BETWEEN DIFFERENT CULTURES • BUDDHISM SPREADING FROM INDIA INTO CHINA & SOUTHEAST ASIA • SILK ROAD

32. INTERDEPENDENCE • GROWING TRADE AND DEPENDENCE AMONG NATIONS • ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS • OIL AND O.P.E.C. NATIONS

33. ANCIENT ATHENS • BIRTHPLACE OF DEMOCRACY • QUESTIONING SPIRIT AND CURIOSITY • PERICLES AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF ATHENS

34. ANCIENT SPARTA • EARLY FORM OF A TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT • MILITARISTIC SPIRIT • LITTLE CULTURE

35. REPUBLIC ROME • ELECTED LEADERS • 12 TABLES OF LAW • GODDESS OF JUSTICE

36. IMPERIAL ROME(27AD-476 AD) • CENTALIZED GOVERNMENT • COLLAPSED IN 476 AD – LED TO CHAOS AND DISORDER IN EUROPE • COLLAPSE LED TO RISE OF FEUDALISM

37. BYZANTINE EMPIRE(300 AD –1453 AD) • JUSTINIAN’S CODE/PRESERVATION OF GREEK AND ROMAN THOUGHT • CAPITAL CITY (CONSTANTINOPLE): IMPORTANT TRADING CENTER • EASTERN ORTHODOX RELIGION AND CULTURAL DIFFUSION WITH RUSSIA

38. CONSTANTIONOPLE • TRADING CENTER BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA

39. JUSTINIAN CODE • ROMAN LAW

40. SPREAD OF ISLAM • NORTHERN AFRICA • MOHAMMED & THE JIHAD

41. THE GOLDEN AGE OF ISLAM(800-1200 AD) • ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND MATH • CALLIGRAPHY • HOUSE OF WISDOM

42. MEDIEVAL EUROPE (500 AD-1300’S AD) • FEUDALISM/ DECENTRALISED POLITICAL SYSTEM • POWERFUL CATHOLIC CHURCH/MAIN GOAL- SALVATION (THE HEREAFTER) • GOTHIC CATHEDERALS-TALL SPIRES/STAINED GLASS WINDOWS

43. FEUDALISM • RIGID SOCIAL CLASS SYSTEM • NEED FOR STABILITY SECURITY AND ORDER • SIMILAR TO JAPANESE FEUDALISM

44. CODE OF CHIVALRY • STRESSED HONOR AND LOYALTY • SIMILAR TO THE CODE OF BUSHIDO • CODE FOLLOWED BY MEDIEVAL KNIGHTS

45. THE CRUSADES(1095-1300’S) • POSITIVE RESULT OR EFFECT- INCREASED TRADE BETWEEN ASIA AND EUROPE • ORIGINAL PURPOSE- RECLAIM THE HOLY LAND (JERUSALEM) • NEGATIVE EFFECT- LASTING HATRED BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS

46. JAPANESE FEUDALISM • CODE OF BUSHIDO • RIGID SOCIAL CLASS SYSTEM

47. TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE • ISOLATION

48. THE CENTRAL ASIAN STEPPE • ENVIRONMENT OF THE MONGOLS • SEMI-ARID AND GRASS LAND • NOMADIC PEOPLE UNITL GENGHIS KHAN

49. THE MONGOL EMPIRE(1200’S-1400’S) • SPREAD FROM ASIA TO EASTERN EUROPE • TRIBUTES AND TAXES GIVEN TO THE KHANS • ISOLATED RUSSIA FOR SEVERAL CENTURIES

50. AXUM AND KUSH • EARLY AFRICAN TRADING CIVILIZATIONS • EASTERN AFRICA • CULTURAL DIFFUSION-CHRISTIANITY