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CSET World History
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1. 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
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Rome's political problems
2. 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
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
The (Protestant) Reformation
The Renaissance
Classical Greece
3. Writing - Commerce - Government
The East African Coast
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
China: developments
India under Muslim rule
4. Lasted five centuries - The Pax Romana (Roman peace) was two centuries without a major war (27 B.C.- A.D. 180) - By the end of the second century A.D. - Rome was in economic and political decline - which weakened the empire
The Roman Empire
Absolutism
Reasons for the Reformation
Steamboat
5. Aztecs conquered by Cortes in 1521 - Inca Empire conquered by Pizarro in 1513
Rome's economic problems
Hindus
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
The feudal system
6. Mainly composed of three regions: desert - savanna - and tropical rainforest - The Sahara desert dominates the continent (covers most of northern Africa) - Trade and commerce were connected to the geographical potential of the area - Large population
Galileo Galilei
Pepin the Short
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The topography of Africa
7. A failed French attempt to close the continent to British trade in hopes of destroying the British economy
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8. 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 East African Coast
The topography of Africa
Division of the Muslim Empire
Neolithic or New Stone Age
9. Also called enlightened absolutism - Grew out of the earlier absolutism of Louis XIV (France) and Peter the Great (Russia) - Advocated limited responsibility to God and church - A form of absolutism in which rulers were influenced by the Enlightenmen
Iona
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Calvinism
Enlightened despotism
10. 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
Johannes Kepler
Ibn Battuta
The Aztecs
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
11. 1792 - Made it possible to meet increased demand for cotton by mechanizing the process for separating seeds from cotton fiber
Persian War
Cotton gin
The feudal system
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
12. 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
Islam in Africa
Absolutism
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Greece: geography
13. Emperors repeatedly raised taxes to support the ever - increasing needs of the army - Created tremendous burdens on the population - with the common people being most affected - Continual economic crises resulted in a rise in poverty and unemployment
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14. 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.)
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Roman Republic: decline
Indus River
Islamic civilization: government and religion
15. Geneva - Switzerland - The Doctrine of Predestination (God willed eternal damnation for some people and salvation for others) was central to Calvinistic belief - Rejection of all forms of worship and practice not traced to Biblical tradition
The caste system
The Persians
John Calvin
'The Communist Manifesto'
16. c. A.D. 500-1000 - Dark Ages: A.D. 500-800 - The collapse of Rome and sweeping advances of Germanic and Viking raiders - Europe entered a time of chaotic political - economic - and urban decline - A struggle back toward stability
Alexander the Great
The Early Middle Ages
The Assyrians
Ganges River
17. 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
Feudalism: political
The Later Middle Ages
Athens and Sparta
John Calvin
18. 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 -
The Hittites
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Myths
19. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
Development of the Renaissance
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Charles Martel
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
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
Social Darwinism
Myths
The (Protestant) Reformation
The Lydians
21. The oldest known civilization on earth - established in the Tigris - Euphrates Valley in the 4th millennium BC. Sumerian civilization took the form of a cluster of city - states - the best known of which is Ur. Sumerians were the first to use the pot
Sumeria
Feudalism: political
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Spinning mule
22. 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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23. 1804 - Used initially to haul freight at coal mines and ironworks - The steam engine was used to develop it
Turk Dominance
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
The Renaissance
Steam locomotive
24. The earliest Indian civilization - the Harappa culture - developed around the Indus River Valley in 2500 B.C.
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Olmec
The Sumerians
Indus River
25. Became the birthplace for the Hellenic civilization
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
The Counter Reformation
Iona
26. 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
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Martin Luther's beliefs
China: developments
27. 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
The feudal system
The Roman Republic: decline
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Mycenaean civilization
28. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
Napoleon and the First Empire
Iona
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
The Carolingians
29. 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
Constantinople
Enlightened despotism
The Hellenistic Age
Absolutism
30. 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
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
The Franks
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Galileo Galilei
31. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Feudalism: economic
Pepin the Short
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
32. 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
John Locke
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
The feudal system
33. 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
The Chaldeans
Isaac Newton
Spartan way of life
Myths
34. (460-429 B.C.) Represented the zenith of Athenian society and the height of its democracy
Alexander the Great
The Age of Pericles
The English Reformation
Islamic civilization: government and religion
35. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Islam in Africa
Hindus
Capitalism
36. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Turk Dominance
China: developments
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
37. 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
Neoclassicism
The Fall of Rome
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Mongul rule in China
38. 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
Contributions of the Greek World
India under Muslim rule
The Hellenistic Age
The ziggurat
39. 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
River Valley Civilizations
Manorialism
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
American Indian culture
40. Became a revolutionary anti - Catholic movement - Basis of 'Reformed Churches -' which spread throughout Europe; Calvinism made Protestantism an international movement
The Scientific Revolution
Calvinism
Japan's geography
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
41. His teachings influenced Chinese culture - Wanted to improve society - Taught that certain virtues are guidelines to happy life
Confucius
English Parliament
The Hittites
Key provisions of Magna Carta
42. 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
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Arabs
Mongul rule in China
43. The decline of feudalism and manorialism was evident by the 12th century and complete by the 16th century
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Manorialism
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
44. The commercial revival led to the rise of towns. - A true middle class emerged - Economic activities in the towns were supervised by the guild system (merchant and craft guilds) - The Crusades led to the revival of international trade
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Pepin the Short
Mesopotamian civilizations
Feudalism: outcomes
45. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Feudalism: political
Water frame
The Dorians
Indus River
46. 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
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Egypt
The Sumerians
Early Japanese civilization
47. 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
Alexander the Great
Christianity: basic doctrines
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Mycenaean civilization
48. 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
Charlemagne
The Phoenicians
Nicolaus Copernicus
Darwin
49. Complex religion of gods - rituals - and governance (pharaoh)- Writing (hieroglyphics) - Engineering and building (pyramids) - Mathematics
Egypt: developments
The Peloponnesian War
Africa's geological diversity
Ottoman Empire
50. The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads
Division of the Muslim Empire
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
John Calvin
Alfred the Great