Islam God is ALLAH Prophet is Mohamad Qur’an is their holy book

Crusades Military campaigns launched by Christian Leaders in Europe. Goal was to recapture the holy land. (Jerusalem)

Migration Moving from one area to another. Drought: long period without rain. Push factors: things that would cause people to leave a place. Pull Factors: things that would cause people to come to a place.

Cultural Diffusion The spreading of ideas and culture.

Constantinople Became the major center of trade and interaction in the Roman Empire. Constantine moved the Capital from ROME to CONSTANTINEOPLE.

The Crusades A violent religious conflict. Christians wanted back Jerusalem their holy land.

The Great wall of China Keep of foreign invaders. Stretches miles across northern china.

The Silk Road Trading route that stretched from eastern asia to the Mediterranean6 sea.

Agriculture Farming. Domesticated Animals: animals raised in captivity to use for food and labor. CATTLE HORSES DOGS

Specialization People focus on a specific thing. I specialize in social studies Mrs. Hale specialized in English and Reading.

Sumerians First Mesopotamian civilization. Ziggurat: sun-baked brick shrines for the gods. I was built on top of a large tower.

Code Of Hammurabi 1 st written set of laws. BABYLON leader Hammurabi An EYE for an EYE

Cuneiform Earliest known form of writing.

Sinai peninsula Sits between Northeast Africa and Southwest Asia. Armies fought over this territory for its trade route.

Bering land Bridge Allowed early humans who lived in Asia to migrate to north America.

Phoenicians Created the first written symbols to represent sounds. They also were great ship builders and explorers.

Indus River Valley Harappa and Mohenjo- Daro

Mycenae The 1 st Greek city-state

Pharaohs King or queens of Egypt. Looked at as Gods

Hieroglyphics Egyptians writing. Written on Papyrus.

China Huang He River or YELLOW RIVER: china’s second longest river. It is considered the Cradle of Chinese civilization. YANGTZE RIVER” China’s longest River.

Ideographs Ancient Chinese Writing. These are characters that combine 2 or more pictographs to represent an Idea.

China’s Dynasties Sui, Tang, Song They invented steel and GUNPOWDER…

Roman Government We get our government like our SENATE from the Romans. Also our alphabet from the early romans. They were a democracy.

Mandate of Heaven God raised them up to Rule.

The River of Sorrow The Haung He river or YELLOW river is called this because it can flood and kill thousands.

China and Silk Silk became one of its most important exports.

Spartans Centered their life as warriors. They fought Athens in the Peloponnesian wars.