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Cold War and Decolonization

o End of World War II

▪ Atomic weapons and other tech

▪ Impact on European countries

o Decolonization

▪ Reasons for Decolonization

• Nationalism

• End of WWII

▪ Examples of Decolonization in action

• India

• Vietnam

o Cold War

▪ Definition of Cold War

• Arms race

• Military alliances

• Proxy wars

▪ Role of Decolonization

▪ Impact on various countries

• Korea

• Vietnam

• Cuba

• Angola

o Global Issues

▪ Patterns of Conflict

• Resources

• Ethnic and Religious divisions

• Political and Economic divisions

▪ Globalization

• Introduction of markets to Russian and China

o Collapse of Soviet Union

o Special Economic Zones

• Basic global trade patterns

• Global Issues

o Health and Disease

o Climate ChangePre-Classical Era

o General political trends in the River Valley Civilizations

▪ Centralized vs Decentralized governments

▪ Government types

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

o Preclassical Religions – basic geography and beliefs

▪ Polytheism

▪ Animism

▪ Zoroastrianism

▪ Judaism

▪ Hinduism

Classical Era

o General Political Trends

▪ New types of government

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Republic

▪ Major Empires and Governing techniques

• Achaemenid Empire

o Satrapies

o Royal Road

• Roman Empire

o Republic->Empire transition

o Roads and Provinces

o Division of the Empire

• Maurya and Gupta Empires

o Buddhism and Hinduism

o Provinces

• Qin and Han Dynasties

o Legalism

o Confucianism

o Bureaucracy

o General Cultural Trends

▪ New Religions and Philosophies – basic geography and beliefs

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Legalism, Taoism, Confucianism

▪ Cultural Diffusion

• Reasons for the spread of religion

o Appeal to different groups

o Stability of empires

o Trade and travel

• Medieval Era

o American Civilizations

▪ Aztec – Centralized empire in Mesoamerica

▪ Inca – Centralized empire in South America

o Europe

▪ West: Decentralized Germanic Kingdoms

• Franks, Angles

• Catholicism, Pope in Rome

▪ East: Centralized Byzantine Empire

• Capital in Constantinople

• Orthodox, Patriarch in Constantinople

o Islamic World

▪ Origins of Islam on Arabian Peninsula

▪ Sunni-Shia Split

▪ Expansion of Islamic empires

▪ Muslim Merchant Diaspora

o Trade Networks

▪ Trans-Saharan Trade

▪ Indian Ocean Trade

o Medieval Asia

▪ Sui, Tang, Song Dynasties

• Reunification, stability