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CSET World History
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1. Society was based on a strict class division: clergy and nobility were the privileged class - peasants and artisans were the work force - and serfs were tied to the land
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Capitalism
Mesopotamia
Four key beliefs of Hindus
2. (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
Mongul rule in China
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Zoroastrianism
3. 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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4. Manor estates - Owned by lords - Peasant serfs given land to work in exchange for percentage of crop - Free peasants worked as skilled laborers - Dues and fees charged for tenancy - use of roads - bridges - etc.
Feudalism: economic
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The Aztecs
The Olmec
5. Manufacturing: flying shuttle - Birth of the factory system: spinning jenny - water frame - spinning mule - watt steam engine - power loom - cotton gin - Iron - making: coke smelting - grooved rollers - Transportation: steam locomotive - steamboat
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Ottoman Empire
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
6. Individual conviction in one's beliefs (solidarity) - The efficiency and organization of the early church administration - - Doctrines that stressed equality and immortality - Teachings and doctrines developed by 'Church Fathers' such as Augustine we
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Background to the French Revolution
Ottoman Empire
Mycenaean civilization
7. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The Phoenicians
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Alexander the Great
8. 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
Mycenaean civilization
Feudalism: political
Reasons for the Reformation
The Roman Republic
9. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
Pepin the Short
The Roman Republic: decline
Sumeria
Watt steam engine
10. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
Grooved rollers
The Persians
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Johannes Kepler
11. Hierarchical and interdependent - Church - Lords/nobles - Vassals/lesser lords - Knights - Peasants (free and serfs) - Grants of land given by lords in exchange for oaths of loyalty - Private armies of vassals and their knights protected lords and th
Islam
Spartan way of life
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Feudalism: political
12. 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
Early Japanese civilization
Jesus of Nazareth
Steamboat
The Fall of Rome
13. 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
Napoleon and the First Empire
Development of the Renaissance
The Babylonians
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
14. Wrote the 'Wealth of Nations' (1776) and advocated manufacturing as the true source of a nation's wealth (the laws of the market place and not government regulations dictate national economies); considered the father of modern economics
Feudalism: economic
Athens and Sparta
Adam Smith
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
15. A period of transition between ancient and modern Europe - Unique with a distinctive culture; out of feudal customs and traditions that included Greek and Roman classical culture - influences from the Arab world and the East - and tenets of Judeo - C
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
16. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
The Franks
Adam Smith
Capitalism
Minoan civilization
17. A.D. 570-632 - Emerged from the deserts of Arabia; appeared as a messenger of God (Allah) and a prophet of Allah's monotheistic faith - According to Islamic traditions - Mohammed was last in a line of prophets that traced back to Abraham and included
Iona
The Sumerians
Mohammed
Hinduism
18. Mesopotamia (Tigris and Euphrates rivers; southwest Asia/modern - day Iraq) - floods were unpredictable and destructive; flat plains invited invasion - Egypt (banks of Nile River - Mediterranean and Red Seas; Northeastern Africa) - India (Indus and G
Jesus of Nazareth
River Valley Civilizations
Sumeria
Myths
19. The region that is now Mexico - Central America - and the western coast of South America
Classical Greece
Mesoamerica
Effects of the Reformation
Key provisions of Magna Carta
20. The Sumerians - The Babylonians - The Hittites - The Assyrians - The Chaldeans - The Persians
Mesopotamian civilizations
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Steam locomotive
Turk Dominance
21. The period of human culture that began around 10000 years ago in the Middle East and 4000 years ago later in other parts of the world. It is characterized by the beginning of farming - the domestication of animals - the development of crafts such as
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Adam Smith
Neolithic or New Stone Age
The East African Coast
22. 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
The Assyrians
River Valley Civilizations
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
23. 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
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Mongul rule in China
24. Conquered the Peloponnesus (peninsula of southern Greece) and ushered in a 'dark age' characterized by violence and instability
Arabs
The Dorians
The Mayas
The Later Middle Ages
25. Philosophy (Scholasticism) dealt with the consistency of faith and reason
Grooved rollers
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
The Roman Republic: decline
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
26. 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
Greece: geography
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Islam in Africa
27. 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
Classical Greece
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
The Magna Carta
28. Lived and worked under Muslim rule - Most were self - sufficient farmers - The caste system dominated their life
The Assyrians
Hindus
Charlemagne
The Counter Reformation
29. In economics - the doctrine of '___________' (limited government intervention in business affairs) stood in opposition to regulated trade
Zoroastrianism
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
Laissez faire
30. Warrior nation; created an empire based on military superiority - conquest - and terrorism (911-550 B.C.) - Empire origniated in the highland region of the upper Tigris River but grew to encompass the entire area of the Fertile Crescent - Military te
The Assyrians
Turk Dominance
The Aztecs
Mycenaean civilization
31. The Muslim empire was ruled by Arab caliphs - Arabs conquered much of the Byzantine and Persian empires (including North Africa) and Spain - The Battle of Tours (A.D. 732) resulted in the Franks halting Muslim expansion in Europe - Muslim Spain laste
Japan's geography
The Magna Carta
Arabs
General characteristics of the Renaissance
32. 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
China: developments
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Steamboat
33. Region of great cities (e.g Ur and Babylon) located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; chronologically the first urban hearth - dating to 3500 BCE - and which as founded in the Fertile Crescent.
Mesopotamia
Hindus
Mesopotamian civilizations
Muslim contributions
34. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
India: developments
The Peloponnesian War
Water frame
35. Refers to the absolute rule of monarchs with unlimited power - The theory of absolute monarchs and the divine right of kings (rule by God's will) - Evolved from the limited power of the ruling class during the Middle Ages to the Age of Absolutism in
Absolutism
The Hittites
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Jesus of Nazareth
36. 1764 - Increased the speed and output of yarn spinners
The Sumerians
The Later Middle Ages
Spinning jenny
The Roman Republic: decline
37. 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
Manorialism
Hindus
Isaac Newton
The Phoenicians
38. Established the new Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar (605-538 B.C.) - Conquered Mesopotamia - Syria - and Palestine - Developed astrology - astronomy - advanced government bureaucracy - and architectural achievements such as the Hanging Gardens
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
The Age of Pericles
The Chaldeans
39. Renaissance secularism created tension between princely kingdoms and the authority of the Church - There also emerged within the Church questions about its worldly rather than spiritual interest in acquiring power and wealth - This internal struggle
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The (Protestant) Reformation
North American Indians
The forest states
40. Established the first lasting monotheism - After the death of Solomon (922 B.C.) - the Hebrews were divided into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah) - Disunity and conquest resulted in the destruction of Israel (722 B.C.) and Judah (586 B.C.) - The revol
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Classical Greece
The Israelites
The Lydians
41. Conquered much of Asia Minor and Northern Mesopotamia (2000-1200 B.C.) - A major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare
Adam Smith
Cotton gin
The Hittites
Laissez faire
42. Urban culture - Planned cities (i.e. citywide sanitation systems) - Metallurgy (gold - copper - bronze - tin) - Measurement (weight - time - length - mass)
India: developments
Charlemagne
John Locke
The topography of Africa
43. A totalitarian and militaristic state dependent on slave labor to sustain its agricultural system; state owned most of the land - Warrior state - dependent on a superior military (result of constant threat of rebellion) - Spartan citizens were outnum
Grooved rollers
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Spartan way of life
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
44. Complex religion of gods - rituals - and governance (pharaoh)- Writing (hieroglyphics) - Engineering and building (pyramids) - Mathematics
Zoroastrianism
Christianity: basic doctrines
The Israelites
Egypt: developments
45. Works of Greeks and Romans reconnected Europeans with their ancient heritage
Enlightened despotism
Watt steam engine
Renaissance
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
46. 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
Power loom
The Magna Carta
The Franks
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
47. A.D. 1325-1521 - Central Mexico - Conquered much of central Mexico - The Toltecs preceded them - built a great city (Tenochtitlan) and ruled an empire - Religion and war dominated life - Rich mythological and religious traditions - Architecturally ac
The Punic Wars with Carthage
The Roman Republic
The Aztecs
Mesoamerica
48. 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
Indus River
Rome's economic problems
Nicolaus Copernicus
The Olmec
49. 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
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Reasons for the Reformation
Key provisions of Magna Carta
50. (Frankish military/political leader) Halted the Muslim advance into Europe at the Battle of Tours (A.D. 732); Martel's victory helped preserve western civilization
Charles Martel
Sumeria
Calvinism
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
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