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CSET World History
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1. 1779 - A power - driven machine that produced fine - strong yarn
'The Communist Manifesto'
Spinning mule
Ottoman Empire
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
2. The rise of feudal monarchs resulted in the development of the nation - states of France - By the early 13th century - royal authority had expanded and France had become a European power - Conflicts with the pope over the extent of religious rule res
France during the later Middle Ages
Origins of people in America
English Parliament
The French Revolution
3. Astronomer - Challenged the Church doctrine of a geocentric (earth - centered) theory of the universe (Ptolemy's theory; was the prevailing thought for more than 1000 years) - Believed that the sun was the center of the solar system - and the earth m
Arabs
The Later Middle Ages
Constantinople
Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Works of Greeks and Romans reconnected Europeans with their ancient heritage
Ibn Battuta
Contributions of the Greek World
Renaissance
Origins of people in America
5. Became the dominant Germanic tribe - Clovis - king of the Franks (A.D. 481-511) - was converted to Christianity - Domestic feuds and civil war broke out among the Merovingians (A.D. 561) - Political power shifted away from the monarchy
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Feudalism: political
The Franks
Mongul rule in China
6. 356-323 B.C. - Of Macedonia - Established the Hellenistic Age - Conquered Persia - Asia Minor - and Egypt; established a world empire - Bureaucracy replaced the city - state as the form of government - Following his death - dynasties were established
The Incas
Alexander the Great
Egypt
Enlightened despotism
7. A traditional or legendary story - usually concerning some being or hero or event - with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation - especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice - rite -
Ganges River
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Myths
Spinning mule
8. Constitutionalism/importance of a written constitution - individual rights - due process of the law - concept of a representative government - taxation with representation - trial by jury - Would later be a significant influence on the American Const
The ziggurat
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Indus River
Modern influence of Magna Carta
9. Assumed leadership of the Muslim world - The Seljuks fought with the crusaders and regained lost land - Mongols invaded the eastern Muslim Empire - The Ottoman Empire expanded territory and lasted for many centuries - Constantinople was the center of
Turk Dominance
Athens and Sparta
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
The Dorians
10. The government system and basis for society in the Middle Ages - The system was based on land ownership; person who was allowed by a lord to use his land was called a vassal and the land was called a fief
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Mesopotamia: developments
The feudal system
The forest states
11. Egyptian life was dominated by concerns for the afterlife - religion - and the pharaoh - Medical advances and specialized surgery were major contributions - The Egyptians invented a hieroglyphic writing system - Commerce flourished throughout Arabia
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Hindus
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
12. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
Feudalism: political
Mythology
Alexander the Great
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
13. The decline of feudalism and manorialism was evident by the 12th century and complete by the 16th century
Mongul rule in China
Pepin the Short
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
14. The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads
Arabs
The Punic Wars with Carthage
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Division of the Muslim Empire
15. Aztecs conquered by Cortes in 1521 - Inca Empire conquered by Pizarro in 1513
The 'continental system'
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
16. 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.
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Persian War
River Valley Civilizations
Flying shuttle
17. (A.D. 747-768) a Carolingian ruler appointed by the pope as king and established the Papal States on former Byzantine lands
Pepin the Short
Indus River
The Later Middle Ages
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
18. 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 importance of city life in the Sung Empire
The Mayas
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
The (Protestant) Reformation
19. 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
The Magna Carta
Ganges River
Background to the French Revolution
Constantine
20. 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
India under Muslim rule
The Aztecs
Japan's geography
The Lydians
21. The Sumerians - The Babylonians - The Hittites - The Assyrians - The Chaldeans - The Persians
The Israelites
Mesopotamian civilizations
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
The Babylonians
22. Began with the death of Alexander the Great - 323-30 B.C. - Fusion of Greek and Eastern cultures - A time of great economic growth and expansion; an increase in international trade and commerce - Rise of cities; Rhodes - Alexandria - and Antioch repl
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Power loom
The Hellenistic Age
Steam locomotive
23. Dissatisfaction with church ritual and Latin overtones - Humanism emphasized man's needs and concerns - The printing press allowed mass communication (Luther's 95 Theses were translated - widely copied - distributed throughout Europe) - Luther's exco
Reasons for the Reformation
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Calvinism
24. Developed their own language and sophisticated system of writing - developed literature and poetry - developed the Shinto religion - placed great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
The Incas
Coke smelting
Feudalism: outcomes
25. (Virgil's Aeneid - Ovid's Metamorphoses) - rhetoric (the art and study of the use of language with persuasive effect) - Continued the Greek tradition in literature - art - sculpture - and the humanities
Cotton gin
Steam locomotive
The Napoleonic Code
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
26. Called for a free and open economic system was needed - Expanded Darwin's theory of evolution to include society as a whole - viewed society as a 'struggle for existence'; only the 'fittest' members of society would survive - The accumulation of weal
The Hellenistic Age
Coke smelting
Social Darwinism
Pepin the Short
27. Began in Italy during the 14th century - The Crusades focused attention eastward (on Greece and the Near East) - By the 14th century - the move toward secularization was predominant - Conflicts between the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in the 13th
The Scientific Revolution
Pepin the Short
Hinduism
Development of the Renaissance
28. Conquered Sumeria and established a new empire (2300-1750 B.C.) - The code of Hammurabi was the first universal written codification of laws in recorded history (c. 1750 B.C.) - Ahievements included a centralized government and advancements in algebr
Japan's geography
The Babylonians
Coke smelting
The Fall of Rome
29. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Japan's geography
Watt steam engine
The Hellenistic Age
30. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Neolithic or New Stone Age
31. Considered one of the world's major religions and has influenced religious - political - and social thought for over 4000 years - Originated in the Indus River Valley of India and primarily spread to and throughout southeast Asia
Hinduism
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The Scientific Revolution
The Hittites
32. Mathematician - physicist - astronomer - With a telescope - provided the first observational evidence in support of Copernicus - Observed the phases of Venus; discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter; observed and analyzed sunspots - Was question
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Pepin the Short
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Galileo Galilei
33. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Classical Greece
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Feudalism: economic
34. An ethical religion - Of the Persians - based on concepts of good and evil
The 'continental system'
Napoleon and the First Empire
Zoroastrianism
Grooved rollers
35. Institutions: hospitals - medical schools - libraries - universities - Agriculture: cash crops - crop rotation - Mathematics: algebra - algorithms - Arabic numerals - decimal point - Globalization: exploration - work of scholars - trade (Atlantic - M
Confucius
Flying shuttle
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Muslim contributions
36. Philosophy (Scholasticism) dealt with the consistency of faith and reason
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Mongul rule in China
Muslim contributions
37. Originated in India (1500 B.C.) as part of the teachings of Hinduism - Divided people into four distinct and inflexible social groups: priests and teachers; rulers and warriors; merchants and artisans; and peasants and servants (the lowest caste) - P
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
The Phoenicians
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
The caste system
38. The Olmec - The Mayas - The Aztecs - The Incas
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Adam Smith
China: developments
Islamic civilization: government and religion
39. 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
Spartan way of life
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
40. 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
Early Japanese civilization
Feudalism: outcomes
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Alexander the Great
41. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
Egypt
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Grooved rollers
Arabs
42. The creators of Mesopotamian civilization (3500-3000 B.C.) - Used Tigris and Euphrates rivers for trade and commerce - as well as areas surrounding the Persian Gulf - Material progress included large - scale irrigation projects - an advanced system o
The (Protestant) Reformation
Islam
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
The Sumerians
43. A collection of myths or stories - usually about the gods and their relationships to human beings; the study of myths
General characteristics of the Renaissance
England during the later Middle Ages
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Mythology
44. Economic prosperity - domination of the commercial trade routes controlled by Constantinople - monopoly of the silk trade - The Byzantines made excellent use of diplomacy to avoid invasions - and they were geographically distant from the tribes who s
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45. Ravaged by economic and political decline and repeated civil wars - Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C. - Augustus became the first emperor of the Roman Empire (27 B.C.)
The Chaldeans
Mesopotamia
The Roman Republic: decline
Four key beliefs of Hindus
46. 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
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Spinning jenny
Isaac Newton
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
47. Centers of Aegean civilization; depended on the Aegean Sea to develop and extend their culture - (c. 2000-1150 B.C.) developed heavily fortified cities and based prosperity on trade and warfare
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Mycenaean civilization
England during the later Middle Ages
Feudalism: outcomes
48. 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
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Mesopotamia
Watt steam engine
Mesopotamia: developments
49. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The Lydians
Capitalism
50. 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
Galileo Galilei
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Water frame