Download Concept: History Makers of the Ancient World

WORLD HISTORY
Course Review
Locations of the Ancient World
River Valley Civilizations (3500 B.C.E. – 450 B.C.E.):
1.
Mesopotamia
2.
Egypt
3.
Indus
4.
Huang He
(Known as “The Land Between Two Rivers” – An area in the Eastern Fertile Crescent
located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in the area of modern Iraq where
fertile soils allowed agriculture to develop)
(The area along the Nile River Valley on the Western tip of the Fertile Crescent where
fertile soils allowed agriculture to develop)
(The area located along the Indus and Ravi Rivers in modern day Pakistan where
Fertile soil allowed agriculture to develop and the ancient cities of Harappa and
Mohenjo Daro were established)
(The fertile area along the Huang he River Valley in Northeastern China where
agriculture first developed)
Ancient Empires (1570 B.C.E. – 200 B.C.E.)
1.
Egypt
2.
Assyria
3.
Persia
4.
China
(The area along the Nile River where the Upper and Lower Kingdoms formed and the
Cities of Thebes and Memphis were established)
(The area around Mesopotamia where the cities of Ur, Sumer, and Babylon were
established and unified into an empire by the Assyrians)
(The area extending from the Indus River to the Greek Isles and containing Mesopotamia
and the upper Nile River of Egypt)
(The area of Northeastern China extending from the Yellow Sea inland to the Huang He
and Chang Jiang River Valleys)
Locations of the Classical World
Classical Empires (2000 B.C.E. – 300 B.C.E.):
1.
Greece
2.
Rome
3.
India
4.
China
(The area originating in the Greek Isles and the Ionian Peninsula that was extended to
include most of the Eastern Mediterranean, including ancient Persia, the Indus Valley
and Egypt under Alexander the Great)
(The area originating on the Italian Peninsula that was extended to include all of the
known areas surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, Persia, Egypt, Greece, Spain, France,
and part of the British Isles)
(The area extending from the Indus River valley to the Ganges and Central India
controlled by the Mauryan Dynasty)
(The area extending from Northeastern to Southern China unified under the Han
Dynasty)
Locations during the Age of Expansion
African Empires (300 C.E. – 1500 C.E.)
1.
Aksum
2.
Ghana
3.
Mali
4.
Songhai
5.
6.
Swahili
Zimbabwe
(City-State established between the Upper Nile River and Red Sea in the area of modern
Ethiopia – Oldest center of Christianity and Judaism in Africa)
(Earliest Empire located in the region of Western Africa between the Senegal River,
Niger River and the southern edge of the Sahara Desert along the Trans-Sahara Caravan
Trade Routes)
(Western African Empire that included and expanded the region once controlled by the
Empire of Ghana from the West African Coast inland along the Niger River)
(Western African Empire that included the areas of Mali, Ghana and the Hausa CityStates from the West African Coast to Lake Chad)
(Eastern City-States located from the Horn of Africa south to the Zambezi River)
(Southeastern Civilization located between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers)
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Locations during the Age of Expansion
Civilizations of the Americas (300 C.E. – 1500 C.E.)
1.
2.
3.
Olmec
Mississippian
Anasazi
4.
5.
6.
Maya
Toltec
Aztec
7.
Inca
(Early Civilization in the Jungles of Southern Mexico along the Bay of Campeche)
(Early North American Civilization of Mound Builders located along the Mississippi)
(Early Pueblo Civilization of Cliff Dwellers located in the area of modern Utah, Arizona,
New Mexico, and Colorado)
(Early Kingdom located in the jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula in Southern Mexico)
(Early Civilization located in the area around Lake Texcoco in Southern Mexico)
(Early Empire located in the Valley of Southern Mexico near modern Mexico City where
the early city of Tenochtitlan was established)
(Early Empire located in the Andes Mountains of South America)
The Muslim World (600 C.E. – 1250 C.E.)
1.
Mecca
2.
3.
4.
5.
Damascus
Baghdad
Cordoba
Timbuktu
(Early Trade Center along the western edge of the Arabian Peninsula and location of the
Sacred Temple or Kabba of the Islamic Faith)
(Capital of the early Umayyad Dynasty that became the capital of modern Syria)
(Capital of the early Abbasid Dynasty that became the capital of modern Iraq)
(Capital of the Muslim Caliphate of Spain on the Iberian Peninsula)
(Trade center located near the Niger River in Sub-Saharan Africa at the end of the TransSaharan Trade Routes from North Africa)
Early Eastern Europe (500 C.E. – 1300 C.E.)
1.
Constantinople
2.
3.
Kiev
Anatolia
(Imperial Capital of the Byzantine Empire, formally called Byzantium, located along the
Narrow Bosperous between the Mediterranean and Black Sea near Anatolia)
(First Capital city of the Kingdom of Rus along the Dnieper River in modern Russia)
(Region of Asia Minor, in modern Turkey, where the early Seljuk Turks settled)
Locations of the Middle Ages
Middle Age Europe (500 C.E. – 1500 C.E.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
France
Tours
Normandy
(Kingdom in Western Europe established by the Germanic tribe known as the Franks)
(Battle location in France where Charles Martel stopped the invasion of the Moors)
(Coastal region of Western France granted to the Vikings, or Normans, under King Rollo
by France’s King Charles the Simple)
Christendom
(Christian Kingdom established by Charlemagne covering most of Western Europe)
England
(Southern portion of the British Isles unified by the Norman Invasion of 1066)
Scandinavia
(Region of Northern Europe along the North Sea where the Vikings originated)
Holy Roman Empire
(Area of Central Europe ranging from modern Germany to Northern Italy
established as a Christian Empire by Otto the Great)
Worms
(German City where Pope Gregory VII and King Henry IV signed agreement known as
the Concordat of Worms intended to end Lay Investiture)
Orleans
(French City rescued from English attack by French troops led by Joan of Arc)
Crusades (1096 C.E. – 1299 C.E.)
1.
Jerusalem
2.
Constantinople
3.
Spain
(Holy City of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims, which became the center of the
Crusades)
(Byzantine Capital used as the rallying point of the First Crusade and sacked by Western
Christians during the Fourth Crusade)
(Center of the Spanish Crusade known as the Reconquista and the Catholic Inquisitions)
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Locations of the Golden Age of Change
Europe during the Renaissance & Reformation (1300 C.E. – 1600 C.E.)
1.
Florence
2.
3.
Flanders
London
4.
5.
6.
Mainz
Wittenburg
Worms
7.
Loyola
8.
Trent
(Italian City-State where many famous Renaissance Writers, Artists, and Scientists
influenced the re-birth of classic art and knowledge)
(Area in modern Belgium where the Northern Renaissance originated)
(City in England that became the center for Renaissance Writers like Chaucer and
William Shakespeare during the Elizabethan Age)
(German City where Johann Gutenberg Invented the Modern Printing Press)
(German City in Saxony where Martin Luther posted his 95 Thesis)
(German City where Martin Luther was tried for Heresy and condemned by the Edict of
Worms)
(Spanish City where Ignatius of Loyola established the Society of Jesus, known as the
Jesuits, as part of the Catholic Reformation)
(Italian City within the Holy Roman Empire where Catholic Clergy met in council to
reform the Catholic Church)
Locations During the Age of Exploration and Expansion
New Muslim Empires (1400 C.E. – 1800 C.E.)
1.
2.
3.
Istanbul
Esfahan
Delhi
(New Capital of the Ottoman Turks, formally known as Constantinople)
(Capital of the Safavid Empire located in central Persian in the area of modern Iran)
(Capital of the Mughal Empire located in central India)
New World Locations (1400 C.E. – 1800 C.E.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Cape of Good Hope
Calicut
San Salvador
Tenochtitlan
Cuzco
Brazil
Quebec
Jamestown
Plymouth
New England
New France
New Netherlands
(Tip of Africa first rounded by the Explorer Bartolomeu Dias in 1488)
(Trade Port on the coast of India first reached by Vasco da Gama in 1498)
(Caribbean Island first discovered & named by Christopher Columbus in 1492)
(Aztec Capital in MesoAmerica conquered by Hernando Cortez in 1521)
(Incan Capital in South America conquered by Francisco Pizzaro in 1533)
(Area in Northeastern South America claimed for Portugal by Cabral in 1500)
(French Colonial Capital of New France in the area of modern day Canada)
(English Colonial settlement located along the coast of modern Virginia)
(English Colonial settlement located along the coast of modern Massachusetts)
(English Colonial settlements along the Northeast Coast of North America)
(French Colonial settlements located in the eastern section of modern Canada)
(Dutch Colony located along the Hudson River and Bay in modern New York)
Locations during the Age of Revolutions
Europe (1500 C.E. – 1815 C.E)
1.
Westphalia
2.
3.
4.
Versailles
St. Petersburg
Bastille
5.
Trafalgar
6.
7.
Waterloo
Vienna
(Region in Germany where the Treaty of Westphalia was signed ending the
Thirty-Years War)
(Location outside Paris, France where King Louis XIV built his grand palace)
(Russian City created by Tsar Peter the Great)
(City Prison in Paris stormed by the people at the beginning of the French
Revolution)
(Location off the coast of Spain near Gibraltar where the French Fleet was
defeated by the English under Horatio Nelson)
(Small town in Belgium known as the location of Napoleon’s greatest defeat)
(City in Austria where the Congress of Vienna met after Napoleon’s defeat)
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Locations during the Age of Revolutions - Continued
America (1500 C.E. – 1800 C.E.)
1.
Lexington & Concord
2.
Philadelphia
3.
Yorktown
(Battle Locations in Massachusetts where the “Shot Heard Around the World”
ushered in the start of the American Revolution)
(City in Pennsylvania where the First and Second Continental Congress met and
The site of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence)
(Town in Virginia where the British under Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the
American forces under George Washington)
Europe (1800 C.E. – 1914 C.E.)
1.
Italy
2.
Germany
3.
4.
5.
London
New York
Manchester
(New Nation formed on the Italian Peninsula through the unification of former
Italian Provinces and City-States)
(New Nation formed in the region of the former Holy Roman Empire through
the unification of former Germanic States and Provinces)
(Largest City in Britain during the Industrial Revolution)
(Largest City in the United States during the Industrial Revolution)
(Industrial Center of the Textile Industry in Britain during the Industrial Age)
Locations during the Age of Imperialism
Spread of Imperialism (1815 C.E. – 1914 C.E.)
1.
2.
Australia
Ireland
3.
4.
Congo
South Africa
5.
Sudan
6.
Ottoman Empire
7.
India
8.
Indo-China
9.
10.
Hawaii
Cuba
(Located in the Southern Pacific and established as a Penal Colony by Britian)
(British Commonwealth on the British Isles devastated by the Great Potato
Famine in the 1840’s)
(Region in West-Central Africa rich in Rubber and colonized by Belgium)
(Region in Southern Africa rich in Gold and Diamonds and fought over by the
British, Dutch and Zulu during the Zulu War and Boer War in the 1870’s-90’s)
(Known as the “Land of the Blacks” located in North-Eastern Africa and fought
Over by the British and Native Mahdist tribes in the 1880’s)
(Muslim Empire established in Anatolia, or modern Turkey, and extending
across Mesopotamia, Egypt, parts of North Africa and into the Balkan States)
(British Commonwealth in South Asia known as the “Jewel in the Crown”
during the period of British rule known as the “Raj”)
(Region covering the modern countries of Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos,
Thailand, and Indonesia that was under French Control)
(Pacific Islands that were Annexed by the United States in the 1890’s)
(Caribbean Island that fought for Independence from Spain during the SpanishAmerican War)
East Asia (1800 C.E. – 1914 C.E.)
1.
2.
Taiping
Shanghai
3.
Tokyo Harbor
4.
5.
Korea
Philippines
6.
Panama
(Kingdom established in Southern China during the Taiping Rebellion)
(Chinese port city along the Yellow Sea that became a European Sphere of
Influence and site for the Boxer Rebellion in 1900)
(Site of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry’s visit to force Japan to open trade
with the United States)
(East Asian Peninsula annexed by the Japanese in 1910)
(Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean obtained by the United States at the end of the
Spanish America War)
(Isthmus that connects Mexico to South America obtained by the United States
to build a canal connecting the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific by 1914)
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Locations of the World Wars
Locations of World War One (1914 – 1918)
1.
2.
3.
Western Front
Eastern Front
Gallipoli
4.
Marne
5.
Ypres
6.
Verdun and Somme
7.
8.
Paris
Versailles
(Deadlocked Region in Northern France along the Marne River)
(Deadlocked Region along the German-Russian Border)
(Peninsula on the Aegean Sea where British and French forces fought against
the Ottoman in 1915)
(Major River in France that served as a physical barrier blocking the German
Advance and became the location of Two Battles of WWI in 1915 & 1917)
(Belgium town that was the location of the First use of Mustard Gas by the
Germans in 1915
(Two Battle sites in France, within the Somme River Valley, where the highest
number of casualties of WWI occurred in 1916)
(Location where the initial Armistice was signed putting an end to WWI)
(Location where the Paris Peace Conference was held to create the final Peace
Agreement of WWI)
Locations of Nationalist Movements (1917 – 1947)
1.
St. Petersburg
2.
3.
Petrograd
Beijing
4.
5.
Amritsar
Turkey
(Location of the Tsar’s Winter Palace in Russia where the Bloody Sunday
Massacre occurred in 1905)
(Location in Russia where the Bolshevik Revolution started)
(Location in China where the May Fourth Movement began protesting the
results of the Treaty of Versailles)
(Location in India where British troops massacred peaceful protestors in 1919)
(New Republic established in the region of Anatolia after the breakup of the
Ottoman Empire in 1919)
Locations of World War Two (1931 – 1945)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Manchuria
Ethiopia
Spain
Munich
5.
6.
Poland
Maginot Line
7.
Siegfried Line
8.
9.
London
Tobruk
10.
European Theater
11.
Pacific Theater
12.
13.
14.
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Bataan
15.
Midway
16.
Guadalcanal
(Province of Northern China invaded by Japan in 1931)
(Independent Africa Nation invaded by Italy in 1935)
(Location of a Fascist revolt in 1931 that caused the Spanish Civil War)
(City in Germany where Britain & France agreed to Appeasement concerning
Hostile actions committed by Germany and Italy)
(Invaded by German forces in 1939 during Hitler’s Blitzkrieg)
(System of fortifications on the French side of the border facing Germany
established as a line of defense after World War One)
(System of fortifications on the German side of the border facing France
established as a line of defense after World War One)
(British Capital that was the primary German Target during the Battle of Britain)
(City in North Africa where British Forces were trapped by Rommel’s German
Afrika Corps between 1941-1942)
(Major world region of the war that included all military operations in and
around the European Continent)
(Major world region of the war that included all military operations in and
around the Pacific Ocean)
(The shallow harbor in Hawaii that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941)
(U.S. controlled islands in the Pacific captured by the Japanese in 1942)
(Area in the Philippines where Allied POW’s were forced on the Bataan Death
March by the Japanese)
(Pacific Island that became the site of a great U.S. Naval Victory that is
considered the Turning Point of the War in the Pacific)
(Pacific Island labeled the “Island of Death” due to heavy combat losses)
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Locations of the World Wars - Continued
Locations of World War Two (1931 – 1945) - Continued
17.
Stalingrad
18.
Normandy
19.
Bastogne
20.
Ardennes
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Tokyo Bay
Berlin
Warsaw
Auschwitz
Nuremberg
28.
Yalta
29.
Potsdam
(Russian city named after Joseph Stalin and the Site of the longest Urban
fighting between German and Russian Troops during the war)
(Area on the western coast of France that was the Site of the Largest
Amphibious Landings in history conducted on D-Day, June 6, 1944)
(City in Belgium where Allied troops were surrounded by German forces during
the peak of winter in December 1944.)
(Large forest region in Belgium, bordering German, that was the sight of the
Allied breakout known as the Battle of the Bulge)
(City in Japan where the first Atomic Bomb was dropped by the U.S)
(City in Japan where the second Atomic Bomb was dropped by the U.S.)
(Site of the Japanese Surrendered to the United States aboard the USS Missouri)
(Site where Germany Surrendered to the Allied Powers)
(Polish City where the Nazi’s established Ghettos to house the Jews)
(Most famous of all the Nazi Extermination “Death” Camps for the Jews)
(Site of the German Office of Justice where the Nuremberg Laws were passed
removing all rights from German Jews and the Site of the Nuremberg Trials
against Nazi War Criminals after the war)
(Resort Island in the Black Sea that was the site of the First Peace Conference
between the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union in February 1945)
(German City that was the site of the Peace Conference between the U.S.,
Britain, and the Soviet Union in July-Aug 1945)
Locations of the Modern World
Locations of the Cold War (1945 – Present)
1.
Berlin
2.
Brussels
3.
4.
Warsaw
Cuba
5.
6.
38th Parallel
North Korea
7.
8.
South Korea
17th Parallel
9.
Vietnam
10.
Nicaragua
11.
Poland
12.
Hungary
13.
Germany
14.
Balkans
(Capital of Germany that was divided in half at the end of World War II and
Separated by the Berlin Wall until 1989)
(Capital of Belgium that became the site of NATO – North Atlanta Treaty
Organization)
(Capital of Soviet Occupied Poland where the Warsaw Pact was signed)
(Caribbean Island where the Soviet Union set up Nuclear Missiles in the 1960’s
causing the Cuban Missile Crisis)
(38 degree Latitude line used to divide North and South Korea after WWII)
(New Communist dominated country created by the division of the Korean
Peninsula after WWII)
(New Democratic based country created by the division of Korean Peninsula)
(17 degree Latitude line used to divide North and South Vietnam after the defeat
of the French in 1954)
(Southeast Asian country where Communist backed North Vietnamese Troops
fought U.S. backed South Vietnamese from 1959 – 1973)
(Central American country divided by a civil war between Communist backed
Sandinistas and U.S. backed Contras between 1979 – 1990)
(First of the former Soviet Countries to gain independence as a result of the
Polish Solidarity Movement in the 1980’s)
(Second of the former Soviet Counties to gain independence in 1990 through a
process of radical political, economic, and social reforms)
(Central European Nation re-unified after the fall of the Berlin War and the
Soviet Union in 1989-1990)
(Region of the former Soviet Union made up of former Czechoslovakia and
Yugoslavia that experienced constant turmoil during the 1980’s and 1990’s)
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Locations of the Modern World - Continued
New Nations in Asia (1945 – Present)
1.
India
2.
Pakistan
3.
Kashmir
4.
Bangladesh
5.
6.
Sri Lanka
Philippines
7.
Burma
8.
Malaysia
9.
Singapore
10.
Indonesia
(A predominantly Hindu Nation in South Asia granted Independence from
Britain in 1947 after years of Peaceful Resistance led by Mohandas K. Ghandi)
(A predominantly Muslim Nation in South Asia partitioned from India in 1947
after a civil erupted between Muslims and Hindus over political control of India)
(Extremely fertile region located along the northern border between India and
Pakistan where a new civil war erupted in 1949 and continues to be a volatile
area between the two countries to the present)
(Formerly known as East Pakistan, which declared its independence from West
Pakistan in 1971)
(Formerly known as Ceylon, it gained its independence from Britain in 1948)
(Granted independence in 1946 by the United States but remained a U.S. Sphere
of Influence until 1992)
(Nation located in Southeast Asia granted independence by Britain in 1948 and
Re-named Myanmar in 1989)
(Originally formed as the Federation of Malaya in 1957 and divided into several
Separate countries beginning in 1959)
(Originally part of the Federation of Malaya and became an independent CityState in 1959)
(Gained Independence from the Dutch in 1949 and has struggled with civil wars
since 1965)
New Nations in Africa (1945 – Present)
1.
Ghana
2.
Kenya
3.
Algeria
4.
Congo
5.
Angola
6.
South Africa
(British Colony on the Gold Coast of West Africa that gained independence in 1957 after
a decade long peaceful resistance movement led by Kwame Nkrumah)
(British Colony along the Swahili Coast of East Africa that gained independence in 1963
after a violent struggle led by Jomo Kenyatta and the Mau Mau)
(French Colony in North Africa along the Mediterranean that gained independence in
1962 after years of atrocities and violent fighting between French Troops and the FLN –
Algerian National Liberation Front led by Ahmed Ben Bella)
(Belgian Colony in West-Central Africa granted independence in 1960 and immediately
thrust into Civil War until stability was gained under Colonel Mobutu Sese Seko in
1965)
(Portuguese Colony located southwest of the Congo and locked into constant conflict and
turmoil, first between Portuguese Troops & Rebels until 1975, later between the
Communist backed MPLA / Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola and the
Democratic based UNITA / National Union for the Total Independence of Angola)
(Unified in 1910, became an Independent British Commonwealth in 1931, and an
Independent Nation under the National Party of Afrikaners by 1948. Ruled by an “All
White’s” policy known as “Apatheid” until free elections established in 1994 elected
the first African President, Nelson Mandella.
Locations of the Middle East Conflicts (1945 – Present)
1.
Israel
2.
Suez
3.
Palestine
(British Protectorate recognized by the United Nations as an Independent Jewish State
within the Arab dominated region of Palestine in 1948)
(Canal region in Eastern Egypt linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and the location
of a major conflict between Egypt and Israel during the 1956 Suez Crisis)
(Arab dominated region bordering Israel that gained recognition as an independent Arab
State 1993 after years of conflict with Israel)
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Locations of the Modern World - Continued
Locations of the Middle East Conflicts (1945 – Present)
4.
Camp David
5.
Oslo
6.
Afghanistan
7.
Iran
8.
Iraq
(Presidential Retreat in Maryland that was the location of the 1979 Treaty between
Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin known as
the Camp David Accord’s)
(Capital of Norway where the 1993 Treaty between Palestine’s Yasar Arafat and Israel’s
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin known as the Oslo Peace Accord)
(Central Asian Republic invaded in 1979 by the Soviet Union and defended for ten years
by holy warriors known as the “Mujahideen” and controlled from 1989 - 2001 by a
Conservative Islamic Group known as the Taliaban)
(Central Asian Republic supported by the United States until 1979 when Anti-US
religious rebels, under the Ayatollah Khomeini, overthrew the Shah . Later the site of
conflict between Conservative and Radical Muslims during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq
War)
(Arab Republic that overthrew the traditional Monarch in a 1950’s Military Coup,
followed by the rise to power of the Baath Party and its key leader Saddam Hussein by
the 1970’s. Responsible for invading Iran in 1980 and Kuwait in 1990.)