Terms to Know
Organized roughly chronologically, but obviously some terms are pertinent for other eras too
Foundations
hunters and gatherers/foraging/Nomadic
Migration
Demographic
Shamanism
pastoral
Neolithic
Agricultural revolution/transition
patriarchy
Polygamy
Monogamy
Theocracy
social hierarchy
caste system
Slavery
metallurgy
textiles
specialization
cities (vs. villages)
civilizations/advanced societies
Classical
Aristocracy
Democracy
republic
monarchy
City-state
Colony
Barbarian
Pagan
Currency
secular
diffusion
Syncretism
Deity
Reincarnation
Brahmins
dharma
karma
bodhisattva
dao/tao
mandate of heaven
empire/emperor
Frontier
Dynastic cycle
sericulture
rajas
sinicization
bureaucracy
600-1450
hajj
ulama
caliphate
Sufi
Sunni
Shia
Dar al-Islam
kowtow
Neoconfucianism
compass
monsoons
Southernization
Entrepót
samurai
bushido
Chivalry
Serfdom
Silk routes
Indian Ocean trade network
Trans-Saharan trade
plague
world economic network / world system
feudalism
manorialism
fiefs
serfs
papacy
Crusade
guilds
Christendom
Monasticism
Medieval
Khan
sultan
griots
chinampa
quipu
Terraces
Sharia
1450-1750
Columbian Exchange
Conquistadores
Mercantilism
Maritime
Debt Peonage
indentured servitude
coercive labor systems
mestizo/mulattoes
Middle passage
encomienda/ Repartimiento/ Hacienda
peninsulares/Criollos
viceroys
Manila galleons
Maroon
Triangular trade
Diaspora
Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution
Reformation/ Protestant
Nation-State
Absolutism
balance of power
Janissaries
Sikhism
Harem
Dhimmi
boyars
daimyo
westernization/ modernization
1750-1914
revolutions
Rebellion/revolt
Conservative
Liberalism
Constitution
The Left
The Right
Laissez-faire
Hegemony
Zionism
Industrial Revolution/ Industrialization
Abolition
Anarchist
emancipation
Independence
Capitulations/extraterritoriality
capitalism
Socialism
Marxism
Bourgeoisie
Proletariat
Class Struggle
spheres of influence
intelligentsia
Imperialism/colonialism
Social Darwinism
Racism
indentured labor
Caudillos
neocolonialism
Nation
nationalism
Diplomacy
zaibatsu
1914-present
Authoritarianism
Casualty
Totalitarianism
self-determination
League of Nations
pan-Slavism
Soviet
Communism
Bedouin
mandate
propaganda
Domestic
Great Depression
anti-Semitism
Five-Year Plans
Collectivization
Fascism
appeasement
genocide/ ethnic cleansing,
draft
United Nations
IMF/World Bank
Cold War
Nonaligned
containment
feminism
decolonization
Nation Building/ State Building
glasnost
Perestroika
Segregation
religious fundamentalism
Apartheid
Mujahideen/Taliban
Terrorism
NGOs
multinational corporations (MNCs)
Free Trade
WTO
OPEC
Deforestation
Global warming
Third World/ developing world
popular culture
cultural convergence
Consumerism
“the West”
“the East”