HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sasanian Empire, Hinayana, Major Religious Groups
12 Jan 2017
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Describe the characteristics of universalizing religions, and explain why universalizing religions developed to varying degrees in afro-eurasia but did not develop elsewhere in the world. Analyze the relationship between empires and universalizing religions across afro-eurasia in this period. Assess the connections between political unity and religious developments in sub-saharan africa and mesoamerica in the fourth to sixth centuries ce. Compare the unifying political and cultural developments in sub-saharan africa and. Mesoamerica with those that took place across eurasia in this period. Bantus migrations- waves of rapid population movement from west africa into eastern and southern africa during the first millennium ce that brought advanced agricultural practices to these regions and absorbed most of the preexisting hunting-and-gathering populations. Byzantium- modern term for the eastern roman empire (lasting from the fourth to the fifteenth century), centered at its new rome, constantinople (founded by emperor. Constantine in 324 on the site of a greek city, byzantium.
