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CSET World History
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1. Architecture was dominated by the Romanesque (11th -12th century) and Gothic (13th -15th century) styles
England during the later Middle Ages
'The Communist Manifesto'
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
2. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
Feudalism: political
Feudalism: outcomes
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Key provisions of Magna Carta
3. The disintegration of traditional feudal loyalties - the rise of powerful monarchies - and the collapse of a single religious doctrine caused European intellectuals to think about new ways of unifying and governing nation - states - Their exploration
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Ganges River
The Carolingians
4. The Hopewell people were skilled farmers and flourished in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys (200 B.C.- A.D. 400) - Mississippian culture developed in A.D. 800 and built large religious mound structures - The Anasazi culture (A.D. 800-1300) developed
North American Indians
The ancient Near East: geography
The (Protestant) Reformation
Division of the Muslim Empire
5. The Ming (native Chinese) ousted the Mongols - Ming (1368-1644) rulers limited contact with the West - The Manchus (1644-1911) overran China and followed a policy of isolationism - weakening China
Greece: geography
The Incas
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
6. Reflected the new secular trends - Humanism stressed the importance of the individual - Machiavelli's 'The Prince' stressed that 'the ends justify the means' as a political philosophy - The influence of the 'classical' arts was strong - and a new emp
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Steam locomotive
7. Developed strong governments - Benin grew wealthy and powerful until European contact threatened society - Slave trade produced wealth for the cities and the expansion of the slave trade extended into Africa's interior - Trade - taxes - and a powerfu
The forest states
The Viking (Norse) invaders
The Magna Carta
Modern influence of Magna Carta
8. Law - rule of law/equality before the law - civil and contract law codes
The Hellenistic Age
India: developments
Confucius
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
9. A dramatic increase in productivity and the rise of the factory system - Demographic changes (from rural to urban centers) - The division of society into defined classes (propertied and nonpropertied) - The development of modern capitalism
The Lydians
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Feudalism: outcomes
10. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
The Israelites
Pepin the Short
The Hellenistic Age
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
11. Mathematician - physicist - and astronomer - The most influential scientist of the Enlightenment - Described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion - which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centurie
Isaac Newton
The Early Middle Ages
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Ibn Battuta
12. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Water frame
The Babylonians
The Hittites
American Indian culture
13. Its geographic proximity to the Arabs - Slavs - and Seljuk Turks - all of whom were becoming more powerful - The loss of commercial dominance of the Italians - Religious controversy with the West and a subsequent split with the Roman Catholic Church
The Hittites
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Mesopotamian civilizations
14. An early Jewish convert to Christianity - was responsible for the spread of Christian theology and the resulting response from the Roman empire (opposition/resistance; Christianity firmly rooted in the collapsing world of Roman rule)
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
The Babylonians
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
North American Indians
15. Conquered the Peloponnesus (peninsula of southern Greece) and ushered in a 'dark age' characterized by violence and instability
The ziggurat
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
The Punic Wars with Carthage
The Dorians
16. Occupied western Asia Minor (500s B.C.) - Their culture reached its zenith under King Croesus (Golden King) - Were responsible for the first coinage of money
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
Sumeria
The Lydians
England during the later Middle Ages
17. The ancient Near East comprised the Tigris and Euphrates Valley - the Fertile Crescent - and the Nile Valley.
Hinduism
The ancient Near East: geography
Islam
Division of the Muslim Empire
18. King Darius of Persia wanted to conquer all of the Greek city - states but Athens and Sparta resisted. Greek city - states vs. Persia - Greek city - states won. Athens emerged as most powerful city state in Greece.
Darwin
Persian War
Spartan way of life
The Dorians
19. The Norman Conquest (invasion of England by William the Conqueror - duke of Normandy) had a profound impact on the development of the culture - language - and judicial system of England - The Battle of Hastings (1066) ended Anglo - Saxon rule in Engl
The Renaissance
England during the later Middle Ages
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Egypt: developments
20. Foreign trade enabled populations to grow in cities and to become sophisticated - The family was the focus of Chinese life - Women had lower status than men
Constantine
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
The Age of Pericles
21. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
The Napoleonic Code
Flying shuttle
Background to the French Revolution
22. The first system of independent states - The first system of writing (cuneiform and hieroglyphics) - The first massive architectural achievements (ziggurat and pyramid) - The first lasting monotheism - The beginning of science - mathematics - and ast
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
23. Immediate cause: continuous barbaric invasion - Internal factors included political instability - decreasing farm production - inflation - excessive taxation - and the decline of the military - including the use of mercenaries - The rise of Christian
England during the later Middle Ages
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
The Lydians
The Fall of Rome
24. A collection of myths or stories - usually about the gods and their relationships to human beings; the study of myths
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Mythology
'The Communist Manifesto'
Zoroastrianism
25. Attempted to stem the tide - The empire split into the Western and Eastern Roman Empires - Barbarian invasions by Germanic and Asiatic tribes (the Goths - Vandals - and Huns) devastated Rome - and it fell in A.D. 476 - The Eastern Roman Empire at Con
Constantine
Christianity: basic doctrines
American Indian culture
The Chaldeans
26. That each person is born into a caste or social group - Reincarnation: after death all people will be reborn in either human or animal form; nothing truly dies and the spirit in death passes from one living thing to another - The cow is considered sa
Mycenaean civilization
France during the later Middle Ages
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Spinning jenny
27. Became the first explorers - traders - and colonizers of the ancient world; their civilization reached its peak in 1000 B.C. - Greatest seafaring civilization in the ancient world - Developed extensive trade networks throughout the Mediterranean and
The Phoenicians
Hinduism
The 'continental system'
The Assyrians
28. Education stressed the liberal arts. - Theology influenced both religion and politics - Universities were created in Paris - Oxford - and Cambridge during the 11th and 12th centuries - Latin was the language of intellectual Europe; vernacular was use
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Spartan way of life
The Roman Empire
India under Muslim rule
29. Attempted to unify the entire Near East under one rule (500s B.C.) - Established an international government - - Failed to conquer the Greeks; Persia was eventually conquered by Alexander the Great (334-331 B.C.)
The Persians
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
The Hellenistic Age
Absolutism
30. Greek language and cultural accomplishments preserved - Center for world trade and exchange of culture - It spread civilization to all of eastern Europe - Codification of Roman law ('Justinian Code') - It preserved the Eastern Church ('Greek Orthodox
Absolutism
Hinduism
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Turk Dominance
31. The center of Sumerian community life and served as a temple - storehouse - and treasury
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Athens and Sparta
The Roman Republic: decline
The ziggurat
32. Trade and commerce led to a high standard of living in cities - Muslim trade helped spread Islamic culture to foreign lands - Many factors helped trade expand - including no taxation and strong banking practices
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
John Calvin
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
33. Arabs preserved the cultures of the peoples they conquered - Religious pilgrimages led to the spread of new ideas - The caliphs improved farming methods and crop yields - Military expansion also served as a vehicle for cultural exchane between the Ar
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Johannes Kepler
River Valley Civilizations
34. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Manorialism
The ziggurat
35. Influenced its history - Japanese culture reflects a reverence for nature - Mountains - forests - and coastal areas determined cultural growth
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36. The pope was dominant in religious matters and the monarch in secular matters - A continuing power struggle evolved between the papacy and the secular ruler during the late Middle Ages
The Sumerians
Hinduism
Africa's geological diversity
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
37. The Olmec - The Mayas - The Aztecs - The Incas
Mesopotamian civilizations
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
England during the later Middle Ages
Division of the Muslim Empire
38. 1764 - Increased the speed and output of yarn spinners
Egypt
Constantine
The Aztecs
Spinning jenny
39. 500 BC to the conquest of Greece by the Macedonian king Philip II in 338 BC; highpoint of greek civ - Sophic emphasis on the individual - revol of philosophy by Socrates - Plato's emphasis on ethics - Aristotle emphasis on observable reality - Herodo
Classical Greece
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Adam Smith
Mycenaean civilization
40. The emphasis was on man rather than God - There was a reawakening or rebirth of classical models - The ideal of the 'universal man' was widely held
General characteristics of the Renaissance
The (Protestant) Reformation
The Mayas
Neolithic or New Stone Age
41. The earliest Indian civilization - the Harappa culture - developed around the Indus River Valley in 2500 B.C.
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Mythology
The Lydians
Indus River
42. Rugged landscape of mountains and valleys - scattered islands led to the development of independent city - states (polis) rather than one unified empire - Scarcity of good agricultural land encouraged seafaring in eastern Greece - The southern mainla
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Greece: geography
Contributions of the Greek World
Mohammed
43. Developed in the interior of the continent - Grew from an iron - working settlement - Huge stone structures were constructed - Economy was based on the gold trade
Martin Luther's beliefs
The Incas
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Calvinism
44. Science: methodology - theory and experimentation - astrolabe (astronomical instrument used to locate and predict the positions of the sun - moon - planet and stars) - alchemy - Technology: mechanical clocks - pointed arch - stained glass - windmill
The Phoenicians
Arabs
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Division of the Muslim Empire
45. In 1215 - King John was forced by the nobles to sing the Magna Carta - Limited the power of the king and increased the power of the nobles
Adam Smith
The Magna Carta
Cotton gin
The Babylonians
46. No formal system in place to choose Roman emperors; some chosen directly by the emperor - others were heirs to the throne - others were able to buy the throne - Informal and corrupt process of succession resulted in weak and ineffective rulers and ma
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47. The Phoenicians - The Lydians - The Israelites
The Sumerians
Indus River
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
The Persians
48. A.D. 250-900 - Yucatan peninsula - Achieved a complex civilization - cities were trade and religious centers - excelled in many fields - including mathematics - science - astronomy - and engineering (pyramid building) - Only known written language of
The Counter Reformation
The Olmec
The Mayas
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
49. Pillaged the coasts of Europe in the 8th century - The Danes were responsible for the major invasions of England - In France - the Carolingian king was forced to cede Normandy to the Vikings
Napoleon and the First Empire
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Hindus
50. The Renaissance of northern Europe emphasized the teachings of Christianity and placed less reliance on humanism - The French Renaissance reflected a democratic realism - The English Renaissance did not flower until the Elizabethan Age
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
China: developments
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
The Peloponnesian War