Prologue Vocab

city state

mauryan empire

gupta empire

mandate of heaven

qin han

persian empire

greece

roman empire

byzantine empire

abbasid caliphate

sui dynasty

tang dynasty

song dynasty

ghana

great zimbabwe

12 tables

stone tools

cuneiform

ziggurats

hieroglyphics

complex math

pyramids

stirrups

camel saddle

agricultural revolutions

monsoon winds

hinduism

judaism

buddhism

confucianism

daoism

christianity

islam

dar al-islam

shinto

roman catholic

orthodox church

teotihuacan

mayans

mississipian

toltecs

silk road

indian ocean trade route

trans saharan trade route

taxation

entrepat

patriarchy

civil service exam

diaspora

shogun

daimyos