Worlds Together, Worlds Apart, 2 e.
Glossary
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Glossary Terms for letter: G
Gendered relations A relatively recent development, these imply roles that emerged only with the appearance of modern humans and perhaps Neanderthals. When humans began to think imaginatively and in complex symbolic ways and give voice to their insights, perhaps around 150,000 years ago, gender categories began to crystallize.
Genoa In 1300 CE, Genoa and Venice were two nodes of commerce linking Europe, Africa, and Asia. Genoese ships linked the Mediterranean to the coast of Flanders through consistent routes along the Atlantic coasts of Spain, Portugal, and France.
Ghana The most celebrated medieval political kingdom in West Africa.
Gilgamesh A heroic narrative written in the Babylonian dialect of Semitic Akkadian. This story and others like it were meant to circulate and unify the kingdom.
Goths One of the groups of "barbarian" migrants into Roman territory in the fourth century.
Government schools Schools founded by the Han dynasty to provide an adequate number of officials to fill positions in the administrative bureaucracy. The Imperial University had 30,000 members by the second century BCE.
Gracchus brothers In 133 and 12321 BCE, two Tribunes, the brothers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, attempted to institute land reforms that would guarantee all Rome's poor citizens a basic amount of land that would qualify them for army service. Both men were assassinated.
Grand Canal Created in 486 BCE, this was a thousand-mile-long connector between the Yellow and Yangzi rivers, linking the north and south, respectively.
Grand unity A guiding political idea embraced by Qin rulers and ministers, with an eye toward joining the states of the Central Plain into one empire and centralizing administration.
Great Flood The Sumerian King List refers to an event known as the Great Flood, one of many traditional Mesopotamian stories that were transmitted orally from one generation to another before being recorded. The Great Flood, a crucial event in Sumerian memory and identity, assigned responsibility for Uruk's demise to the gods.
Griot Counselors and other officials to the royal family in African kingships. They were also responsible for the preservation and transmission of oral histories and repositories of knowledge.
Gunpowder By 1040, the first gunpowder recipes were being written down. Over the next 200 years, Song entrepreneurs invented several incendiary devices and techniques for controlling explosions.
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