Islam• Mecca• Muhammad• Hegira (Flight)• Jihad (Holy

War/Crusade)• Qur’an (Koran)• Hajj (Pilgrimage)• Bedouin• Caliph

• Shi’ites• Sunni• Umayyad Dynasty

661-750• Court of the Lions, the Alhambra, Grenada, Spain:

• Abbasid Dynasty 750-1260

• Baghdad• Vizier• Emir• Seljuk's• Mongols

• Genghis Khan

Africa• Berbers• Bantu• Bushman (Khoisan)• Pygmies• Ethiopia

• Coptic Christians• Sudanese Kingdoms• Mali• Mansa Musa 1312-

1337

• Swahili• Great Zimbabwe

• Clan (Lineage)

India (2)• Gupta Dynasty 320-

480• Caste System• Buddhism• Hinduism• “Arabic Numbers”• Delhi Sultanate

• Pakistan• Khmer Empire• Angkor Wat

• Vedas• Upanishads• Mahabharata• Rig-Veda• Indra• Varuna• Krishna• Brahman, Vishnu,

Shiva

• Outcasts (Untouchables)

• Sati

China (2) • Qin (Ch’in) Dynasty

221-206 BCE• First Emperor: Qin

Shi Huangdi (221-210 BCE)

• Great Wall• Han Dynasty 202

BCE- 220 CE• Mandarins• Tang Dynasty 618-

907• Sang Dynasty• Mongols

Japan• Buddhism• Shinto• Animism• Yamato Period (5th

and 6th Centuries CE)• Prince Shotoku• 17 Point Constitution• Fujiwara Clan• Shogun

• Samurai (Bushi)

• Kamakura Period 1185-1333

• Shoen• Minamoto Clan• Kamikaze• Zen Buddhism• The Ashikaga

Shogunate 1336-1573