BJU History Notes Chapter 5

Sub-Saharan Africa

Rest of Africa that is not well known but nonetheless important

Kush

served as a province of Egypt

Egypt

By 1000 BC Kush had won its independence from

Aksum

kingdom to its south and east, that Kush eventually fell from

Ethiopia

Aksum was the nucleus of the modern state of

Nok Culture

earliest evidence for civilization in West Africa, located in Nigeria

Djenne'-Djeno

oldest city in west Africa , located on a tributary of the Niger river in West Africa

Polygamy

marrying more than one spouse

majority of people in sub-Saharan Africa

held to traditional tribal religions

India

has been little more than a patchwork of small rival kingdoms.

Chandragupta Maurya

Around 326 BC Alexander the Great met a young man while in india

Asoka

The most famous of the Mauryan rulers

Asia and India

Asoka spread Buddhism throughout

The Mauryan Empire

crumbled after Asoka's death

Kalidasa. ("the Indian Shakespeare")

The foremost Indian poet and dramatist of this period

The Gupta Age

also one of the finest periods of Indian art, architecture,literature,and science

White Huns.

The Gupta empire collapsed under the repeated attacks of the so-called

Qin Shi Huang

beginning of construction of the Great Wall

"Silk Road"

named for China's chief export

Wu Ti

The most famous Han ruler

China's territory

Wu Ti drove back the Huns and extended

Pax sinica

(" Chinese Peace") throughout China and much of central Asia, established by The Han

revolts

overthrew the last of the Han rulers, In AD 220

movable type

that is they carved smaller separate blocks for each Chinese character, Chinese invented

Confucious

Chinese philosopher is known for his collection of wise saying