CREEKWHAP Periodization Test 2

Women's suffrage movements are successful in Europe and North America

Eurasian nomads create the largest contiguous empire in history. Silk Road trade is at its peak

Networks of communication and exchange become truly global for the first time

Confucianism is adopted as the official state ideology for entry into China's bureaucracy

Pastoralism and agriculture emerge and increase human populations

The Spanish, Dutch, French, & British establish sea-based empires in the Atlantic & Indian O.

The cities of Persepolis, Rome, Chang'an, & Teotihuacan serve as trade & political centers

Muslim civilization is characterized by several empires strengthened by their use of firearms

Zoroastrianism and Hebrew monotheism (Judaism) form

Encomienda and indentured servitude are replaced by African slavery in the Americas

Major trade cities include Novgorod, Timbuktu, Malacca, and Kilwa

A 2nd wave of imperialism pushes Europeans to colonize the continent of Africa

Women gain some economic rights in European guilds & patriarchy grows more intense in China

The most rapid & numerous independence movement in history occurs

Experiments in state managed economies take place in China & Russia