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1. 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
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Martin Luther's beliefs
The Lydians


2. 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 Peloponnesian War
The ziggurat
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages


3. 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
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Laissez faire
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Johannes Kepler


4. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Mohammed
France during the later Middle Ages
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas


5. Became the birthplace for the Hellenic civilization
Social Darwinism
Iona
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Reasons for the Reformation


6. 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
The Franks
Arabs
Steamboat
Constantinople


7. The medieval political unity of Europe was replaced by the spirit of modern nationalism - The authority of the state was strengthened - The middle class was strengthened - Calvinism gave capitalism its psychological base - Religious wars reflected th
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Effects of the Reformation
Indus River


8. 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 Mayas
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
The Napoleonic Code
Hinduism


9. 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.
Rome's economic problems
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Persian War
River Valley Civilizations


10. 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
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
The English Reformation
The Assyrians
Martin Luther


11. 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 Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The forest states


12. Firmly established by the 14th century - Gained power at the expense of the king - Composed of the House of Lords (titled nobility) and the House of Commons (gentry and middle classes)
English Parliament
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Rome's political problems
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire


13. Mathematician - astronomer - Believed God had created the world according to an intelligible plan and that man could understand this plan through application of reason -'Three laws of Planetary Motion'
Development of the Renaissance
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Johannes Kepler
Ganges River


14. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
Charlemagne
Johannes Kepler
Grooved rollers
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture


15. Architecture was dominated by the Romanesque (11th -12th century) and Gothic (13th -15th century) styles
Absolutism
Martin Luther's beliefs
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Watt steam engine


16. Urban culture - Planned cities (i.e. citywide sanitation systems) - Metallurgy (gold - copper - bronze - tin) - Measurement (weight - time - length - mass)
Spinning mule
India: developments
Manorialism
Myths


17. Arabs preserved the cultures of the peoples they conquered - Religious pilgrimages led to the spread of new ideas - The caliphs improved farming methods and crop yields - Military expansion also served as a vehicle for cultural exchane between the Ar
The Babylonians
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Egypt


18. 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
Social Darwinism
The Napoleonic Code
Charles Martel
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau


19. No formal system in place to choose Roman emperors; some chosen directly by the emperor - others were heirs to the throne - others were able to buy the throne - Informal and corrupt process of succession resulted in weak and ineffective rulers and ma

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20. (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
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
The Sumerians
Charles Martel


21. (1848) - Written by Marx and Friedrich Engels - advanced the theories of modern scientific socialism

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22. 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
Ganges River
The Assyrians
Neolithic or New Stone Age
The Carolingians


23. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader


24. 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 Babylonians
Flying shuttle
Contributions of the Greek World
Confucius


25. Based on the teachings of Mohammed - The spread of Islam started in the seventh century A.D. - The Koran became the center for Islamic moral and ethical conduct - Mohammed established a theocracy based on Islamic law
Muslim contributions
Islam
Watt steam engine
Mesopotamia


26. Trade and commerce led to a high standard of living in cities - Muslim trade helped spread Islamic culture to foreign lands - Many factors helped trade expand - including no taxation and strong banking practices
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
The Lydians
Renaissance


27. 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.
The Roman Republic
Water frame
Mesopotamia
The Fall of Rome


28. c. 1000-1500
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Capitalism
The Later Middle Ages
'The Communist Manifesto'


29. (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
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Confucius
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class


30. 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
Constantine
Ganges River
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Rome's economic problems


31. In eastern India - Sacred to Indians but was not the geographical river area that led to the development of Indian civilization - Associated with the rise of the Mauryan Empire in 322 B.C.
Ganges River
Johannes Kepler
The feudal system
Laissez faire


32. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Arabs
The Roman Republic: decline
Manorialism
Zoroastrianism


33. No privileges/tax exemptions based on lineage - Government promotion was based on ability - Modernized French law (equality before the law)
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Napoleonic Code
The feudal system
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy


34. 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
Modern influence of Magna Carta
The topography of Africa
The ancient Near East: geography


35. 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)
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
India under Muslim rule
Steamboat
Laissez faire


36. An inequitable class structure - A disorganized legal system and no representative assembly - Enlightenment philosophy influenced the middle class - The bankruptcy of the French treasury was the immediate cause - The 'Declaration of the Rights of Man
Background to the French Revolution
The Hellenistic Age
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages


37. 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
Saul
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Sumeria
Spinning mule


38. 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
France during the later Middle Ages
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Feudalism: political
The Hittites


39. 1804 - Used initially to haul freight at coal mines and ironworks - The steam engine was used to develop it
Division of the Muslim Empire
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Mycenaean civilization
Steam locomotive


40. 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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41. 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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42. 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
Saul
Greece: geography
Early Japanese civilization
Classical Greece


43. 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
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Neoclassicism
Background to the French Revolution
Rallying cry of the French Revolution


44. 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
The Magna Carta
The caste system
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Results of the Industrial Revolution


45. 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
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Rome's economic problems
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution


46. The first system of independent states - The first system of writing (cuneiform and hieroglyphics) - The first massive architectural achievements (ziggurat and pyramid) - The first lasting monotheism - The beginning of science - mathematics - and ast
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Feudalism: political
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Background to the French Revolution


47. 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
The Roman Republic
The Hittites
Early Japanese civilization
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties


48. 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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49. 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 -
The English Reformation
The Peloponnesian War
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
The Incas


50. In 1215 - King John was forced by the nobles to sing the Magna Carta - Limited the power of the king and increased the power of the nobles
The Magna Carta
The East African Coast
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Watt steam engine