BJU world history - ch. 5 NOTES - FBS - 9th grade

africa

second largest continent; 4 times the size of the US

sub saharan africa

south of the sahara, not very well known

bantu migration

first trace of people in africa; known for bantu languages, could have come from babel

kush

early african kingdom; south of egypt

kush

modern day sudan; earned their independence in 1000BC

kush

took control of egypt; driven out by assyrians

aksum

defeated kush, embraced form of christianity

frumentius

syrian christian missionary who brought christianity to aksum

frumentius

"apostle to abyssinians"

ezana

aksum king who defeated kush, influenced by frumentius

aksum

possessed only known written language in african

aksum

minted coins, constructed canals and reservoir, commemorative stone pillars

something with "na" i cant read it cus i wrote too fast whoopsiesss

earliest evidence of life in western africa

djenne djeno

oldest city in west africa; known for extensive trade

family life

large families produced by polygamy, formed clans that formed tribes

Maruryan Empire

started by chandragupta maurya

asoka

most famous mauryan ruler, extended empire to all but southern tip of india

asoka

converted to buddhism, sent buddhist missionaries; built thousand of stupas

stupa

buddhist shrines; held buddhist relics

mauryan empire

collapsed after asokas death

gupta empire

indias greatest era of prosperity

kalidasa

foremost indian poet and dramatist of gupta empire

kalidasa

"indian shakespeare"

buddhism

split into two philosophical schools, was backed by the mauryan empire

theres this note that says"heravada and mahayan buddhists" but i looked it up and it doenst say theyre like cities or coutnries their like forms of buddhism i dont flipping know but just know that those things are some kind of Buddhist thingy ma jig

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hinduism

adopted buddhism ideas; backed by gupta empire

brahma, vishnu, shiva

the main gods of hinduism

brahma

creator of world (hinduism)

vishnu

preserver of world (hinduism)

shiva

destroyer of world (hinduism)

"first emperor of qin"

what does qin shi huang mean?

qin shi huang

china is believed to come from this dynasty; began to build the great wall of china

qin shi huang

first to unite provinces of China, unfiormity to chinese writing

wu ti

most famous han ruler, drove back huns

liu bang

who started the han dynasty?

han dynasty

popular chinese dynasty, brought pax sinica

pax sinica

brought by the han dynasty; traded through silk road

pax sinica

entrance of buddhism

chinese peace

what does pax sinica mean?

block printing

carved characters pressed on paper with ink

bi sheng

invented movable type printing

chinas technology

first to develop paper and ink, magnetic compass, gun powder

chinese family

ruled like the state; "the good of the family is most important"

dying without a male heir

in the chinese family, what was the greatest sin?

Confucius

sayings and activities contained in analects