World History Regions

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World History Regions
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• The Middle East Mesopotamia (Sumer, Babylon),
  Hittites, Assyrians, Persian (Achaemenid)Empire,
  Lydians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, Egypt, (Alexander
  the Great Seleucid Dynasty of former Achaemenid)
  ,Judaism, Christianity, Byzantines, Islam,
  Umayyads, Abbasids, Crusades, Bubonic Plague
• East Asia Confucianism and Buddhism became
  major philosophies in all the societies of this
  region.
• China Shang, Zhou, Mandate of Heaven, Qin
  (Legalism), Confuciansim, Daoism, Han, Sui, Tang,
  Song, Yuan, Ming
• Japan Yamato, Heian, Nara, feudalism
• Korea Silla
• North Africa
• Egypt, Alexander the Great (Hellenism)
  (Ptolemic Dynasty of Egypt
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Banut, Kush, Axum, (West African Kingdoms
  Ghana, Mali, Songhai), Mansa Musa

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• Europe
• Western Europe Greece (Sparta and Athens), Rome
  (Republic and Empire), Christianity, Early
  Byzantine/Late Roman Empire, Frankish Kings, Holy
  Roman Empire, Vikings, feudalism, Crusades,
  Renaissance
• Eastern Europe Slavic people, Orthodox
  Christianity, Vikings
• Latin America
• Meso-America Olmec, Mayans, Aztecs
• South America (Andes Mountains) Chavins, Incans
• North America Bering Strait Migrations of
  Native Americans. Rarely mentioned until the
  late 19th and early 20th centuries when the
  United States becomes a major international
  force/presence. Native American cultures are
  dealt with in American History class.

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• South Asia India only!!
• Indus River Valley, Harappa Mohenjo-Daro, Aryans,
  Hinduism, Caste System, Buddhism, Mauryan Empire,
  Gupta Empire, Delhi Sultanate
• Southeast Asia
• Vietnam, Cambodia, Malyasia, Indonesia,
  Philippines, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Buddhism
• Central Asia Mongols, Turks (Seljuqs and
  Ottomans)
• The Ottoman Empire officially starts in 1453!