Some historians add the following aspects to the characteristics of civilizations: formal states or governments, cities whose urban populations were a minority of their subjects, and recording technologies. Monumental architecture is an example of what a formal state was able to accomplish with its economic, political, and cultural leadership. Identify each of the four civilizations writing system is shown below: Sources for the images of ancient writings systems: Directions: Step 1. Use information from class discussions and your textbook to fill in the chart for all of the civilizations. Characteristics of Early Civilizations (Bulliet, pp. 14 – 23) Mesopotamia (, Akkad, , Phoenicians, Hebrews) DATES: ___________ (Bulliet, pp. 23 – 29) (various dynasties, Hykkos, Kush, ) DATES: _____________ (Bulliet, pp. 29 – 33) (Harrapa, Indus Valley region) _______________ (Bulliet, pp 38 – 48) (Shang and Zhou Dynasties) _________________ Social hierarchy Cities (name the cities, explain economic and political purposes, and identify the social classes in the cities and rural areas) Labor specialization Political Structures (identify the type of political system, ideology, rules for succession, role of soldiers) trial
Qing (1644 to 1911) [Manchu] The Republic of (1911 to 1945) Chinese Civil War (1945 – 1949) People’s Republic of China: Mao Zedong (1949 to 1976) People’s Republic of China: Deng Xiaoping (1977 to 1992) People’s Republic of Post Cold War (1992 to today) Mayan city-states Empire Islamic Spain Crusades Mali Empire Sriyvijaya Carta Fatimid Caliphate Moscow city-state British Empire American Revolution French Revolution Haitian Revolution 1st Mexican Revolution Latin American Revolutions World War 1 World War 2 Depression Il-Khanate Aztec Empire Ancient Greece Assyria Persian empires Republic Mauryan Empire Roman Empire Ghana Empire Empire Byzantine Empire Abbasid Caliphate Inca Empire Bubonic plague Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Safavid Empire Russian Empire Spanish armada Expulsion of Jews and Muslims from Glorious Revolution in England Spanish conquest of Americas Decolonization in Africa Widespread use of cell phones Iranian Revolution 1st Arab-Israeli war Genocide in Rwanda Abolition of the Atlantic slave trade Italian Renaissance Protestant Reformation Spanish-American War Professional sports Hammurabi’s Law Code Reading Quiz on Islam (Based on Spodek, Ch. 11, pp. 332 - 340) Directions: Circle the best answer and then briefly explain why it is correct. 1. Islam means (A) surrender to the will of God (B) the rightly guided one (C) who believe in Allah (D) leader of God’s people Analysis: 2. Disagreements in the umma (the Muslim community) arose over the (A) meaning of the Prophet Muhammad’s revelations (B) location of the capital of the empire (C) best invasion route into North Africa (D) successor to the leadership of the umma Analysis:
government. Many Chinese intellectuals then turned to writing novels and plays as a way to avoid direct political confrontations with their Mongol rulers, but this new literature indirectly criticized the “uncivilized” political style of Mongolians. “The Golden Horde government was a new form for Russia. Under Mongol rule, a large portion of what became Russia was united under one government.” “The conflict arose when the Golden Horde Mongol rulers of Russia killed the last caliph in Baghdad, and the Il Khan, who were Muslim Mongolian rulers, took offense, and got into an escalating conflict with the Golden Horde. The conflict was then later resolved when the Golden Horde converted to Islam.” What is NOT Acceptable as Evidence continued to have a centralized government such as the rule of Kublai Khan.” [More explanation of what Kublai Khan did in China is needed to earn the evidence point.] “The prosperity of trade in St. Petersburg eventually gave Russia enough means to break away from Mongol rule.” [Incorrect placement of central authority in St. Petersburg and Unit #4: 1450 - 1750 Six Weeks: Encounters and Change Week One: Encounters -- “Southernization” in Western Europe and the Scientific Revolution and Renaissance; Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter Reformation Week Two: Encounters and Exchange: Reconquista, Portuguese in Morocco and West Africa; Spanish in the Americas Week Three: Encounters and Exchange: Portuguese in Indian Ocean trade networks, Manila galleons and the Ming Silver Trade writing: DBQ on Christian and Muslim Attitudes Toward Trade (2002 exam) Week Four: Labor Systems in the Atlantic World -- The Africanization of the Americas (slave trade, plantation economies, resistance to slavery); Labor systems in the Russian Empire and resistance to serfdom Timed writing: Compare labor systems (2004 exam)