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Kush
kingdom south of egypt- 750 B.C.- to 150 A.D.
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Ghana
empire in west africa from 400 to 1235 A.D.. Its wealth was based on trade and agriculture.
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Mali
west african empire from 1235 to 1468 A.D.
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Songhai empire
1468 to 1590 A.D., replaced the Mali empire
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opium war
1839-1842- a failed attempt by China to overthrow english rule in China
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Boxer rebellion
1900- China's attempt to rid China of all forigh control
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Long March
the attempt by Chinese Communists to get away from their enemies (the Nationalists) during the Chinese Civil war in the 1930's
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Liberation day
may 4, 1949- when Chinese communists came into power
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Great Leap Forward
1958- Mao's attempt to increase agricultural and industrial output in China
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Cultural Revolution
1966-76- students sent by Mao Zedong across China to kill the enemies of Mao
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Gorbachev
lasy communist leader of the soviet union- 1985-1991
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Dr. Louis Leaky finds______ that are ______M years old
Homo Habilis; 1.75
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Yohannes Hailie Salassie found_______ at ______M
Kadaaba Man; 5.5 M
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French soldiers find the Rosetta Stone
1799
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Eygyptian advances in science and medicine
- science- solar calendar, numbers leading to geometry for measuring fields
- medicine- used splints, surgeries, able to chekc heart rates
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5 characteristics for a civilization
- lived in cities
- used metals
- have a written language
- formed governments
- farming
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only way Egypt could have fall was through a
civil war
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Kush
750 B.C. to 150 A.D.
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Kush conquered Egypt and adopted Egyptian culture
- 750 B.C.
- relgion
- writing
- architecture
- government
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Assyrians won against Egypt with Iron
630 B.C.
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Major Kush iron port
Moroe
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first king of mali
sundiata
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imperialism
the process by which a group of people defeat and rules another group of people
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Main reason for imperialism
to make the inferiors EUROPEANS
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Billionaire British expantionist
Cecil Rhodes
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How did europeans imperialise nations?
- technology- rifles, gatling gun
- steamships- more and faster troops; trade
- railroads
- steelships
- traties
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quanine
able to fight off malaria
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Houses in great Zimbwabe
clay walls, thatched rooves, crown molding, had decortations from imports
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What was the symbol of West african gold wealth?
the elephant
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most important East African Trading City
Kilwa
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what was the aim for Cecil Rhodes?
to rule from Cairo to Cape Town
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In what year Matabele uprising started?
1896
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When did Rhodes die and where?
1902; in Africa
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What to African nations were free?
ethiopia and Liberia
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1935
Italy attacked Ethiopia and won; caused anger because Ehtiopia had won against them in the Battle of Adowa in 1896
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Kwame Nkrumah
in charge of Ghana independence movement who envisioned to create the United States of china
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1957
Gold Coast receivestheir freedom
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Great wall length
5500 Miles Long
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How did one person gain wealh in the Qin province?
excell in warfare
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how to make terracotta warrior
- clay is beaten for the base
- after the base is created, clay is mixed with sand and body parts are made with this
- used soldiers for models
- dried
- put in 2000F oven
- after 10 days, is taken out
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Treaty of Nanjing
outcome of Opium War- 1842
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Taiping Rebellion
- 1850-1864
- wanted to share all China's wealth
- noone would be in poverty
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sphere of influence
foothold from foreign nation
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Sun Yixian
- led the republic for China
- nationalism; people's rights; economic security
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Aim for the 4 types of modernizations
- agriculture
- military
- science
- industry
- the key was the students
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Chai Ling
the supreme comadner of the student rebellions at Tianemmen square
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What are the negatives to Greece's geography?
- never became an empire
- created city-states
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Dali Lama
the voice for the Tibet people against Chinese suppression
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Qinghai-Tibet Railway
- 16640 ft high- highest railway in the world
- purpose was to assimilate Tibe- furthur destroy Tibet
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Xi Jin-Ping
leaders of China today
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What was the Minoans downfall?
natural disasters- earthquakes, volcanic erutions, tsunamis
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What was the cause of the Trojan War?
the Trojans put a tax on the Mycenaeans ships that tried to enter through the staight toward the Black Sea
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Mandate of Heaven
there is only 1 heaven, so only 1 emporer
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