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CSET World History
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1. 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
Background to the French Revolution
Mohammed
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
India: developments
2. 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 Age of Pericles
The Roman Republic: decline
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
3. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Enlightened despotism
Alfred the Great
Hindus
4. Salvation through faith rather than sacraments - 'Ninety - five Theses' served as a catalyst in starting the Reformation - Luther's excommunication initiated the Reformation; Lutheranism developed its own following - Lutheranism decentralized religio
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5. Four rivers (Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambezi) were important to Africa's economic history - Egyptian civilization developed in the Nile Valley - Africa above the Sahara (Northern Africa) is often associated with Arab influence - The irregular coas
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6. 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
English Parliament
The Roman Republic: decline
Japan's geography
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
7. 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
Muslim contributions
Islam in Africa
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Rome's political problems
8. 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 conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Jesus of Nazareth
The forest states
North American Indians
9. 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
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
Classical Greece
The Babylonians
10. 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
The Babylonians
Calvinism
Modern influence of Magna Carta
11. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The Viking (Norse) invaders
The Roman Republic
Grooved rollers
12. 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
Classical Greece
The East African Coast
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Egypt
13. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
Nicolaus Copernicus
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
The Carolingians
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
14. A failed French attempt to close the continent to British trade in hopes of destroying the British economy
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15. c. 1350-1600 - The revival of intellectualism - literature - philosophy - and artistic achievement - Spread westward and into northern Europe - Continued the road started in the Middle Ages that would lead to modern Europe
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
The Renaissance
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Capitalism
16. Concrete - arch - roads (200000 miles of roads) - aqueducts and cisterns - monumental buildings (the Colosseum)
The Napoleonic Code
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
The Dorians
The Age of Pericles
17. 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 topography of Africa
Laissez faire
The Renaissance
The Chaldeans
18. Disease devastated native populations - Smallpox - measles - typhus - From Mexico - spread into the American southwest and southward toward the Andes - From 1520-1620 - 20 million dead - Conquest aided by weakening of native forces - Mass transfer of
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Indus River
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Steamboat
19. A.D. 960-1279 - The Chinese Empire lost much territory after the fall of the Tang rulers - Advances in education - art - and science contributed to an improved way of life
The Phoenicians
Mesopotamia
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Watt steam engine
20. 1733 - Increased the speed of weavers
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Alexander the Great
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Flying shuttle
21. 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
The caste system
Feudalism: economic
Reasons for the Reformation
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
22. A collection of myths or stories - usually about the gods and their relationships to human beings; the study of myths
Martin Luther
Mythology
The Magna Carta
American Indian culture
23. Urban culture - Planned cities (i.e. citywide sanitation systems) - Metallurgy (gold - copper - bronze - tin) - Measurement (weight - time - length - mass)
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The ziggurat
India: developments
The Renaissance
24. An Athenian ruler who came to power around 500 B.C.E. - an introduces further reforms that advanced democracy. He developed ten social classes based on where someone lived rather than their wealth. Established the Council of 500 and a policy where al
Arabs
Muslim contributions
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Islam
25. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Islam in Africa
Galileo Galilei
The (Protestant) Reformation
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
26. 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
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Ottoman Empire
River Valley Civilizations
Zoroastrianism
27. 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
India under Muslim rule
The Franks
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
John Calvin
28. Genghis Khan united nomadic peoples and conquered China - Kublai Khan became emperor of China - Marco Polo - the Italian explorer - opened the door to trade with China and described the Mongol Empire.
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
John Calvin
Napoleon and the First Empire
Mongul rule in China
29. 1764 - Increased the speed and output of yarn spinners
Spinning jenny
Effects of the Reformation
Martin Luther
Renaissance
30. 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
Reasons for the Reformation
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Enlightened despotism
Hindus
31. (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
Napoleon and the First Empire
Coke smelting
Background to the French Revolution
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
32. Military and political leader during the later stages of the French Revolution - Emperor of the French from 1804-1815 - His legal reform - the Napoleonic Code - has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide - Best remembered fo
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Napoleon and the First Empire
33. The Reconquista reestablished Christian control over Muslim Spain in 1492 - Portugal in 1250 - The Spanish state was marked by strong - absolutist rule - The monarch instituted inquisitions and also expelled the Jews
The Fall of Rome
Contributions of the Greek World
English Parliament
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
34. Writing - Commerce - Government
Water frame
China: developments
The 'continental system'
India under Muslim rule
35. 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
Athens and Sparta
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Minoan civilization
Development of the Renaissance
36. 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
Feudalism: economic
Mythology
The topography of Africa
The caste system
37. 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
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
The Peloponnesian War
The Sumerians
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
38. 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
Islam
Spartan way of life
Alexander the Great
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
39. Muslims controlled India for centuries - Muslim invaders came into India in the 11th and 12th centuries and created kingdoms in the north - The Delhi Sultanate was the most powerful (1206-1526)
Iona
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Division of the Muslim Empire
India under Muslim rule
40. The region that is now Mexico - Central America - and the western coast of South America
Effects of the Reformation
Capitalism
The Dorians
Mesoamerica
41. Political outcomes: stability - leading lords emerged as kings - foundation for nation - states - Economic outcomes: self - sufficiency - foundation for urbanization - Productive surpluses and specialization of skills would lead to trade - Trade woul
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Feudalism: outcomes
The Age of Pericles
42. 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
Martin Luther
Alexander the Great
The Roman Republic: decline
43. Established a civilization in the Nile Valley (3000 B.C.) - Natural barriers (desert and sea) - as well as its isolation from other civilizations - greatly hindered foreign invaders; spared Egypt from the repeated political disruptions characteristic
Egypt
Water frame
Saul
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
44. 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
Calvinism
Minoan civilization
English Parliament
France during the later Middle Ages
45. 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
Power loom
Classical Greece
Darwin
Zoroastrianism
46. The First Act of Supremacy (1534) marked the beginning of the English Reformation. - The king of England - Henry VIII - became the head of the church - The pope's refusal to annul the marriage of Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon initiated the break
Muslim contributions
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
The Hellenistic Age
The English Reformation
47. 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
Greece: geography
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
The Later Middle Ages
48. 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.
Power loom
Rome's economic problems
Mesopotamia
Pepin the Short
49. Saw the development of city - states - East African civilization was based on international trade and seaport cities - Swahili culture developed its own language and thrived in the city - states - The Portuguese destroyed much of the East African tra
The Early Middle Ages
The East African Coast
Neolithic or New Stone Age
English Parliament
50. Also known as the Catholic Reformation - Attempted to halt the spread of Protestantism - The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) became the first official Catholic response to the Reformation; Jesuits also initiated missionary and educational endeavors - The
The French Revolution
The Counter Reformation
Egypt: developments
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
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