WHAP Timeline

Literally means "between the rivers," (Tigris and Euphrates), referring to the land occupied by the earliest societies.

Sophisticated law code associated with the Babylonian king Hammurabi.

because people weren't moving around as much there was a higher demand for goods

Communities of people who have settled far from their original homeland but who still share some measure of ethnic identity.

Land became bare when the land was over worked

the virtue of respect for ones parents and ancestors

Groups of villages that banded together
5 most powerful: Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Megara, and Argos

Chinese belief that the emperors ruled through the mandate or approval of heaven contingent on their ability to look after the welfare of the population.

The monsoon winds helped with trade in places like India

Silk Roads, Indian Ocean Sea lanes, Mediterranean Sea lanes, Trans-Saharan caravan routes

Most devastating plague; between 75 million and 200 million people died. Effected Europe greatly

they were tamed and used for transportation and work

a set of legal and military customs in medieval Europe

Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, Xuanzang

free peasant agriculture, nomadic pastoralism, craft production and guild organization, coerced and unfree labor, government-imposed labor taxes, military obligations

Although it was not a true ice age, it was a period of cooling during the medieval times

Incan mandatory public service such as building road networks

Bananas-Africa, Rice-Asia, Cotton, sugar, and citrus-Dar al Islam and Mediterranean Basin

The use of peasants who were tied to the land and who owed obligation to the lords on whose land they worked.

When people moved from rural areas to urban areas

group of people who raided towns and used long-ships to navigate in rivers

the system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business

a series of wars that took place during the middle ages, most were not successful. The most famous one was the First Crusade

A wide spread exchange of plants, animals, people and culture following the voyage to America by Columbus

Mona Lisa, Miniature paintings (middle east and south asia), wood-block prints(japan), post-conquest codices in mesoamerica

grown for direct sale; Potatoes, Maize, Manioc, sugar, tobacco

an attempt to recruit men on the basis of merit rather than family or political connection in Han China

A system of 3 fields, where they rotate every year so the land wouldn't become over used and not produce

powerful territorial lords in Japan

the practice by which the Ottoman Empire took boys from Christian families who were then converted to Islam and trained for leadership positions, either military or political

Encomienda-leaders appointed by the Spanish crown were in charge of a certain number of people who owed payment to their leader (slavery)
Hacienda-a system that used estates to show status

factories were essential to produce goods that people needed and they provided jobs

a business entity which is owned by shareholders

When one company controls a product like oil, by lowering prices to the point where other small businesses would have to shut down

mestizo, mulatto, creole as a result of multiple ethnic groups in Latin America (Europeans, Indigenous people, African slaves)

the Ottoman empire and Safavid Persia fought over the control of Mesopotamia

Mostly occurred in the Caribbean; some rulers paid pirates to attack their enemies (will turner is hot)

Africa-due to slavery there was a decrease in men in the male population so in order to get their population back up, men had multiple wives

military nobility of medieval and early Japan

trade between Europe, the New World and Africa

Fought largely as a religious war all across central Europe, and it is the most continuous war in history

Philosophical movement that began in France and emphasized the prominence of reason rather than faith or tradition and it spread concepts from the Scientific Revolution.

the political belief that society should have no government, laws, police or other authority

Indian Revolt of 1857-Sepoy rebellion, Boxer Rebellion

Voltaire, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Locke, Montesquieu

the belief that women should have equal rights to men (strong independent women, that don't need no man)

stock markets, insurance, gold standard, limited liability corporations

copper-Mexico, gold and diamond in south africa

loyalty and devotion to ones nation

tanzimat movement, self-strengthening movement

Declaration of Independence, French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, Bolivar's Jamaica Letter

Slaves revolted yet the only successful one occurred in Haiti

united fruit company, hsbc

socialism based on a belief that social ownership of the means of production can be achieved by voluntary surrendering of property

an immigration policy designed to restrict the entry of colored people into Australia

resulted form overlapping interests in colonial and trade empires in Europe

result of Chinas isolationist and exclusionary trade policy with the West

Revolutionary socialist movement to create a classless, moneyless, and stateless social order structured upon common ownership of production.

a revolt against the Manchu dynasty in China and the presence of foreigners in China

a period of institutional reforms initiated during the Qing dynasty following a series of military defeats

a United States federal law allowing the US to suspend Chinese immigration for 10 years

social system based on the principle of individual rights

India form British, the gold coast from the British, Algerian and Vietnam from French, Angola from the Portuguese

malaria, tuberculosis, cholera, ebola, HIV/AID, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease,

Armenia, The Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda

A form of radical authoritarian nationalism used by Mussolini in Italy (Moose al ini in italini)

effect of greenhouse gas

produced food the earths growing population- chemically and genetically enhanced forms of agriculture

an ideology that welcomed change as the agent of progress

a view of social change and analysis of class-relations within society

Royal Dutch Shell, Coca-Cola, Sony

An ideology movement that encourages solidarity of Africans world-wide.

And ideology espousing the unification of the countries of the Arab world.

dada, james bond, socialist realism, video games

The European Union, NAFTA, ASEAN, Mercosur

the scientific justification for discrimination

trench warfare, tanks, many people died, and Germany had to pay for it

killed many people and was one of the fist diseases that had a cure that was found (abby aasen had it)

intergovernmental organization as a result of the Pairs Peace Conference

a severe economic depression worldwide

allied powers fought against the axis powers. America was involved after Pearl Harbor

an international organization that promotes peace, security, and cooperation

a constant nonviolent state of hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States

China's attempt at boosting their industry

The theory that once one nation falls to communism, others will follow.

war because of communism; many Americans were against it

Mao Zedong's attempt at modernizing China that resulted in decreased population (the giant fall backwards...)