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Neolithic revolution. This is a key change in human history we as a species move a nomadic lifestyle to permenant residence, from hunting and gathering to farming and domestication.
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Cultures began documenting their religions and traditions. They even began to document taxes.
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After the neolithic revolution people began joining clans which easily turned into villages and towns, which eventually become entire states. This imposed political unity in rivaling places. cities served as a place for politics and religion.
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These empires experienced an extreme inflation and couldn't possibly hope to try and govern the amount of citizens in the empire, nor protect the entirety of their borders. Empires included groups like the white huns and the infamous roman empire.
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Maritime technologies and advanced knowledge about monsoons made marine travel a lot less hazardous. Long distance information and exchange is now possible.
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People, crops, cultural beliefs, and technology were exchange between south Asia and the middle east. The spread of disease led to the fall of Roman and Chinese empires
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Improved transportation technologies and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade. The expansion of empires facilitated trans- Eurasian trade.
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The movement of peoples caused linguistic and cultural effects. Some migrations led to the spread of Swahili, turkish and arabic.
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Cross cultural diffusion wa facilitated by existing trade routes. Beliefs and practices of Islam reflected interactions with other monothiestic religions such as Christianity and Judaism.
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Empires collapsed and were reconstituted; in some places entirely new states emerged. New forms of governance were taken on by some places, and some synthesized and borrowed local traditions.
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The Black Death was spread around the major trading routes during the 1300s. This killed around 60% of Europe's population at the time.
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Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Confucianism cause controversies and changes in women's role. This helped influence regions and governments to allow women more privledges.
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Exemplar new transoceanic maritime reconnaisance occured in this period. Northern Atlantic crossings spurred European search for the northwest passage.
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Contact between the western and eastern hemisphere results in transatlantic trade. This led to the spread f deadly diseases like smallpox and measles. This also introduces African slaves into the americas
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Peasant labor intensified and increased in demand, plantations expanded. Forces labor in Colonial America included chattle slavery, indentured servents.
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As art became more appreciated literacy rates increased. Governments collected more taxes to fund visual and performing arts.
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Relied on the increased use of gunpowder, cannons and armed trade to establish large empire. European states established new maritime empires in the americas.
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The Incas invented terracing and horse collars. Chinese, Persian and Indian artisans expanded their production of textiles and porcelains for export. Industrial production of iron and steel expanded in China.
