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CSET World History
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1. 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
Development of the Renaissance
'The Communist Manifesto'
Indus River
Feudalism: political
2. 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
Origins of people in America
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Olmec
3. 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
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
Spinning jenny
North American Indians
4. The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads
Capitalism
Spinning mule
Division of the Muslim Empire
American Indian culture
5. 1807 - Built by American inventor Robert Fulton - The steam engine was used to build it
Mesopotamia: developments
Steamboat
The Aztecs
Watt steam engine
6. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
The Age of Pericles
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
7. The center of Sumerian community life and served as a temple - storehouse - and treasury
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Feudalism: outcomes
The Hellenistic Age
The ziggurat
8. 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
Adam Smith
Turk Dominance
The Counter Reformation
The Scientific Revolution
9. 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
The Lydians
The Early Middle Ages
The Israelites
Laissez faire
10. Became the birthplace for the Hellenic civilization
Constantine
Iona
The Olmec
Alfred the Great
11. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
Capitalism
The Viking (Norse) invaders
River Valley Civilizations
The 'continental system'
12. 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.
Persian War
Mohammed
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
13. 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
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Background to the French Revolution
The Napoleonic Code
The East African Coast
14. 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
The Hellenistic Age
Early Japanese civilization
The Lydians
Christianity: basic doctrines
15. 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
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Coke smelting
Hinduism
16. 1785 - Led to faster production of cloth
Africa's geological diversity
Power loom
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
The East African Coast
17. A.D. 1200-1533 Northwest coastal region and inland region of South America (Peru) - Controlled a vast empire in South America - The Tiahuanaco culture developed in the Andes Mountains - unified an extensive empire - Developed a sophisticated record -
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The Incas
Mesopotamia: developments
The (Protestant) Reformation
18. Writing (cuneiform) - Organized government - Written law code (Hammurabi's Code) - Systematized religion (Zoroastrianism) - Astronomy; astrology
Calvinism
Mesopotamia: developments
The Fall of Rome
Mesoamerica
19. 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
Pepin the Short
Egypt: developments
Calvinism
20. 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
Coke smelting
China: developments
Charlemagne
Mycenaean civilization
21. Transformed society and changed the way people looked at the natural world - In doing so - science came into direct conflict with the teachings of the Church - Began in the 16th century - Important people: Nicolaus Copernicus - Galileo Galilei - Joha
Egypt
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Japan's geography
The Scientific Revolution
22. (Islamic scholar - A.D. 1305-1368) spread Islamic culture by traveling widely
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Ibn Battuta
Athens and Sparta
China: developments
23. Dominated the culture of the 18th century - There was an attempt to revive the classic style and form of ancient Greece and Rome - In literature - the novel was the outcome; in architecture - the Rococo style was dominant - In music - Haydn and Mozar
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
The Roman Empire
Hinduism
Neoclassicism
24. 509-27 B.C. Started after Etruscan control was overthrown - Society was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves - Government was based on consuls - the Senate - and the Centurial Assembly -
Mohammed
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Grooved rollers
The Roman Republic
25. 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
The ziggurat
The Israelites
Nicolaus Copernicus
The feudal system
26. The proper function of government was defined by ___________________. Their ideas led to the philosophical bases for the American and French revolutions.
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Islamic civilization: government and religion
27. Developed over many centuries - The first American Indians originated from Asia - Agriculture changed some Indian culture from a nomadic existence to farming communities
Minoan civilization
Flying shuttle
American Indian culture
Background to the French Revolution
28. 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
The Persians
Mohammed
Rome's political problems
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
29. 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)
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
The Chaldeans
India under Muslim rule
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
30. 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
India under Muslim rule
Indus River
The Phoenicians
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
31. 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
Adam Smith
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Background to the French Revolution
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
32. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
The ziggurat
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Iona
The Olmec
33. The Turkish empire - By the middle of the 16th century - the Ottomans controlled not only Turkey but most of southeastern Europe - the Crimea - Iran - and a majority of the Middle East
The Sumerians
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Ottoman Empire
General characteristics of the Renaissance
34. 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
The East African Coast
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Enlightened despotism
Persian War
35. The Phoenicians - The Lydians - The Israelites
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
36. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
Martin Luther's beliefs
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Watt steam engine
The Sumerians
37. (A.D. 768-814) A Carolingian ruler - dominated the political structure of the early Middle Ages - crowned 'Emperor of the Romans' by Pope Leo in A.D. 800 and had a major impact on the history of Europe - revived the concept of the Holy Roman Empire a
The Roman Republic: decline
Ibn Battuta
China: developments
Charlemagne
38. 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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39. 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
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Social Darwinism
The ziggurat
The Roman Republic: decline
40. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
Key provisions of Magna Carta
India under Muslim rule
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
41. 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
Mongul rule in China
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
England during the later Middle Ages
The feudal system
42. 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
Renaissance
Nicolaus Copernicus
Napoleon and the First Empire
The Franks
43. An English philosopher - Believed that people made a contract with their government to protect natural writes - Wrote about the inalienable writes to life - liberty - and the pursuit of happiness - His political ideas had a dramatic impact on the dev
The Magna Carta
Classical Greece
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
John Locke
44. 1764 - Increased the speed and output of yarn spinners
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
The Counter Reformation
Arabs
Spinning jenny
45. The region that is now Mexico - Central America - and the western coast of South America
Napoleon and the First Empire
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Mesoamerica
46. 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
The Peloponnesian War
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Mythology
English Parliament
47. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Absolutism
Christianity: basic doctrines
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Athens and Sparta
48. 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
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
The caste system
Renaissance
River Valley Civilizations
49. 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
Turk Dominance
Confucius
The Peloponnesian War
River Valley Civilizations
50. Concrete - arch - roads (200000 miles of roads) - aqueducts and cisterns - monumental buildings (the Colosseum)
The Roman Republic: decline
The Early Middle Ages
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
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