Islam Mecca Shi’ites Muhammad Sunni 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 Great Wall 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