Evaluating the importance of vocabulary in the first 4 Units of WHAP Neolithic Revolution Negative components of Neolithic Revolution Reasons for fall of Classical Empires ( Rome,Han, Gupta) Judaism and Hinduism Role of trade and Islam in Africa Bantu migration impacts The Crusades Aztec and Incas Trans-Regional trading networks Post-classical trading cities Global commodities (Columbian Exchange) Columbian Exchange Reasons Spain and Portugal began ag eof exploration ( later than others) Why China has historically had a favorable balance of trade largest portion of global trade through 17th centuries) Sources of slave trade ( Africa) Griots Mughal and Ottoman (until the 17th Century) Christianity ad Islam Code of Hammurabi Fall of Classical Rome, Han and Gupta Columbian Exchange Mercantilism ( favorable balance of trade) Trans-Saharan Trade ( Sudanic Kingdoms) Impacts of the Columbian Exchange Indian and Atlantic trade Rise of entrepots ( trade cities located along overland and maritime trade routes) Reasons Empires for success of Persian and Roman Tropical commodities Increased role of women in Post-Classical world (600-1450) China’s bureaucracy Trans-Saharan Trade Mongol Empire Role of Sub-Saharan Africa in classical age Historical narrative told by its “winners” Role of sugar in Trans-Atlantic Slave trade (AKA Great circuit, Middle Passage, Triangle trade, African Diaspora) Constantinople( Istanbul after the Ottoman Empire’s conquest in 1453) Belief system leaders but chronologically who comes last? Indian Ocean maritime mechanisms Unifying features of Dar Al Islam Role of Slavery (40%) of Rome at one time Nomads travel lightly Prophets of the major monotheistic faith and line of prophets in chronological order Earliest migrations to the Americas (North/South pattern) Use of Islamic architecture on Mosques Confucian social order and belief systems. Arabs vs Vikings and others? Hebrews, Aryans, Bantus, Polynesians, Huns. Germanic, Mongols, Aztecs, etc. Civil servants desire to work to maintain the Mandate of Heaven ( a job well-done) India’s geographic and ethnic diversity Drama as a means of identifying ethics and religion in Greece Civil service restoration after the Yuan Dynasty