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History study guide Study Guide World History CContents INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS LESSON ASSIGNMENTS LESSON FORAGERS FARMERS AND BUILDERS LESSON THE AXIAL AGE AND FITFUL TRANSITIONS LESSON CONTACTS CONFLICTS AND THE CRUCIBLE LESSON CONVERGENCE DIVERGENCE A

Study Guide World History CContents INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS LESSON ASSIGNMENTS LESSON FORAGERS FARMERS AND BUILDERS LESSON THE AXIAL AGE AND FITFUL TRANSITIONS LESSON CONTACTS CONFLICTS AND THE CRUCIBLE LESSON CONVERGENCE DIVERGENCE AND GLOBAL ENLIGHTENMENTS LESSON FRUSTRATIONS OF PROGRESS CHAOS AND COMPLEXITY SELF-CHECK ANSWERS iii CInstructions INTRODUCTION Welcome to your course in World History You ? re about to take an amazing journey from the earliest evidence of human origins to the world we all share today The value of your journey will be directly proportional to how much e ?ort you put into study and re ection But along the way keep this in mind Your knowledge of history will do more than make you witty at parties or prepare you to be a contestant on Jeopardy Historical knowledge will help you better understand current events making you a more informed citizen At the same time your knowledge of history will help you better understand the contradictions of human nature and make wiser life choices OBJECTIVES When you complete this course you ? ll be able to n Discuss the emergence and expansion of Homo sapiens based on paleontological and archaeological data and the development of herding and farming following the end of the last Ice Age n Describe the acceleration of social and cultural change as organized states emerged along the great river valleys of Africa and Eurasia n Discuss the succession of early civilizations across the globe including those that emerged in Asia Africa the Middle East the Mediterranean and the central highlands of Mexico n Describe and discuss the major features of the axial age including the important schools of religion and philosophy as well as the nature of the great empires such as those of Persia Rome India and China in relationship to lesser states in Japan Korea and Mesoamerica Cn Describe and discuss forces that challenged established empires such as those of Rome and China in response to the rise of the Muslim world and the incursions of nomadic ??barbarian ? invaders from northern Europe and the Asian Steppes n Explain important in uences that accompanied of the rise of the great world religions including Christianity Islam and Buddhism n Discuss factors that prevented geographically isolated societies such as those of sub-Saharan Africa Australia and the Americas from developing stable long-term states or empires n Describe and discuss the impact of nomadic peoples who lived along the boundaries of the Islamic world the Byzantine Empire and imperial China between and C E n Explain the impact of the Asian Mongols on Eurasian societies during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries n Discuss and explain factors such as climate change and the bubonic plague that adversely impacted Europe and China but that provided opportunities to areas beyond the plague zone such as in India Southeast Asia and western Africa n Describe and outline the rise of new empires during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as the European Age of Discovery began an era of Western-dominated imperialism and