HIS 111
Key Terms to remember while reading the textbook
and studying a unit's material
 
 
Unit 1    Introduction
  • History
  • Civilization
Unit 2    Pre-History
  • Animism
  • Paleolithic and Neolithic
Unit 3    Ancient Near East
  • Mesopotamia
  • Hammurabi
  • Ethical monotheism
  • Pharaoh
  • Old Kingdom
Unit 4    Classical Mediterranean
  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Pericles
  • Julius Caesar
  • Pax Romana
Unit 5    Classical South Asia
  • Indus River (Harappan) civilization
  • Aryan
  • Ramayana
  • Gautama Buddha
  • Asoka (Ashoka)
Unit 6    Mesoamerica
  • Maya
  • Inca
  • Montezuma II
Unit 7    Classical China
  • Zhou (Chou) dynasty
  • Confucius
  • Qin (Ch'in) and Han dynasties
  • Qin Shi Huangdi (Shih Huang-ti)
Unit 8    Russia
  • Justinian
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Vladimir
  • Rus'
Unit 9    Islam and Empire
  • Muhammad
  • Prophet
  • Khalifa (caliph)
  • Qur'an (Koran)
Unit 10    African Society
  • Bantu
  • Great Zimbabwe
  • Mansa Musa
Unit 11    Mongols
  • Ghengis Khan (Chinggis Khan)
  • T'ang dynasty
  • Delhi sultanate
Unit 12    Japan
  • Shogunate
  • Yamato regime (clan)
Unit 13    Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages
  • Chivalry
  • Feudalism
  • University
  • Crusades
  • Magna Carta
Unit 14    Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration
  • Renaissance
  • Humanism
  • Portuguese Empire
  • Martin Luther
  • Conquistador
Unit 15    Final Exam
  • History
  • Civilization
  • Progress

 

 

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