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What is syncratism? How does it connect to your reading on religion?

Syncratism connects to religion because it connects people to their own religion and culture. For example, people could do this by converting to the religion that was linked to their overall culture. They would then incorporate their own thoughts into their own cultures religion. The blending of religious beliefs, incorporation/adaptation od religion to fit with ones own culture.

Connections to Religion- Buddhism-Role of women fit with Confucian beliefs Christianity- paganism -Buddhism Japan- Shintoism Southeast Asia- Buddhism

5 Most Important Events and Dates:

For each region put dynasties/civilizations in chronological order China:
 * 1) (8500-3500) Neolithic Age- development od farming in the Middle East.
 * 2) (4000-3000) Development of writing, bronze, metalworking, wheel, plow in the Middle East
 * 3) (202 B.C.E.-9 C.E.) Initial Han dynasty was created; key technical developments of horse collar and water mill in China
 * 4) (27 C.E.) Augustus founds the Roman Empire
 * 5) (300 C.E.) Spread of Buddhism
 * 1) Shang
 * 2) Zhou
 * 3) Qin (Chin)
 * 4) Han (most important)

India:
 * 1) Indus Valley
 * 2) Aryan
 * 3) Mauryan (most important)
 * 4) Guptas (most important)

Mesopotamia:
 * 1) Sumerian (most important)
 * 2) Babylonian
 * 3) Persian

Rome: Greece:
 * 1) Roman Republic
 * 2) Roman Empire (most important)
 * 1) Mycaneans
 * 2) Athens and Sparta (most important)
 * 3) Hellenistic Period

ESPIRIT:

Mesopotamia-

Economic
 * trade was crucial to their whole economic system
 * the domestication of animals helped with their trade because they were then able to make some advancements in agriculture that would make the products be able to sell and trade quicker

Key Terms that you need to know · Italian Renaissance · Humanism · Northern Renaissance · European Style Family · Protestantism · Jesuits · Edict of Nantes · Thirty Years War · Treaty of Westphalia · Proletariat · Scientific Revolution · Absolutism · Enlightenment · Boyars · Cossacks · Time of Troubles (Russia) · Romanov Dynasty · Peter the Great · Catherine the Great · Obrok · Pugachev Rebellion · Serfdom · Encomiendas · Hispaniola · Mita · Columbian Exchange · Treaty of Tordesillas · Recopilacion · Council of the Indies · Sociedad de castas · Peninsulares · Creoles · Factories · El Mina · Royal African Company · Indies Piece · Triangular Trade · Asante · Benin · Dahomey · Great Trek · Mfecene · Middle Passage · Diaspora · Ottomans · Janissaries · Vizier · Safavid · Mughals · Sati · Asian sea trading network · Zhenghe · Tokugawa Japan · School of National Learning (Japan) · Mercantilism