Vocab Terms Enlightenment and Early Civilizations

Silk Road

• an ancient trade route that linked the Western world with the Middle East and Asia.

• allowed the Persian empire and Caliphates of Turkey and other economic powers to exchange and trade goods.

• A period of intense artistic and intellectual activity, said to be "rebirth" of Greco-Roman culture.

• a landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe

Indian Ocean Trade

• trade between sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa that requires travel across the Sahara

• allowed the Persian empire and Caliphates of Turkey and other economic powers to exchange and trade goods.

• a period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries

•  basic rights that every individual is born with and cannot be taken away

Trans Saharan Trade

• trade between sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa that requires travel across the Sahara

• allowed the Persian empire and Caliphates of Turkey and other economic powers to exchange and trade goods

• a landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe

• a period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries

Afro-Euroasia

• allowed the Persian empire and Caliphates of Turkey and other economic powers to exchange and trade goods.

• a landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe.

• a system of political organization (as in Europe during the Middle Ages) in which a vassal served a lord and received protection and land in return

• a period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries

Feudalism

• A period of intense artistic and intellectual activity, said to be "rebirth" of Greco-Roman culture

• a landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe.

• a period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries

• a system of political organization (as in Europe during the Middle Ages) in which a vassal served a lord and received protection and land in return

Renaissance

• A period of intense artistic and intellectual activity, said to be "rebirth" of Greco-Roman culture

• trade between sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa that requires travel across the Sahara.

• strong military powers that utilized gunpowder and innovative artillery

• a system of political organization (as in Europe during the Middle Ages) in which a vassal served a lord and received protection and land in return

• Scientific Revolution

• strong military powers that utilized gunpowder and innovative artillery

• a system of political organization (as in Europe during the Middle Ages) in which a vassal served a lord and received protection and land in return

• A period of intense artistic and intellectual activity, said to be "rebirth" of Greco-Roman culture

• a period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries

1. Gunpowder Empires

• the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another

• 1. strong military powers that utilized gunpowder and innovative artillery

• a form of government in which an all-powerful king or queen rules a state

• basic rights that every individual is born with and cannot be taken away

Absolute Monarchy

• basic rights that every individual is born with and cannot be taken away

• a form of government in which an all-powerful king or queen rules a state

• strong military powers that utilized gunpowder and innovative artillery

• a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

The Enlightenment

• a philosophical movement that emerged in the 18th century and emphasized reason, individualism, and skepticism

• principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.

• a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments.

• occurs when individuals are compelled against their will to provide work or service through the use of force, fraud, or coercion