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CSET World History
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1. 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
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
The Franks
The Age of Pericles
2. The ancient Near East comprised the Tigris and Euphrates Valley - the Fertile Crescent - and the Nile Valley.
Mycenaean civilization
Isaac Newton
Charlemagne
The ancient Near East: geography
3. 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
Mohammed
Absolutism
The French Revolution
4. 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 -
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
The Sumerians
Sumeria
Myths
5. 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
Confucius
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
6. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Social Darwinism
Rome's economic problems
The Dorians
7. 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
Water frame
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
The Hittites
8. 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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9. Urban culture - Planned cities (i.e. citywide sanitation systems) - Metallurgy (gold - copper - bronze - tin) - Measurement (weight - time - length - mass)
The Roman Republic
India: developments
Charlemagne
Mycenaean civilization
10. 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
England during the later Middle Ages
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
The Dorians
Origins of people in America
11. 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
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Confucius
The Magna Carta
12. The Renaissance of northern Europe emphasized the teachings of Christianity and placed less reliance on humanism - The French Renaissance reflected a democratic realism - The English Renaissance did not flower until the Elizabethan Age
The Carolingians
Mesopotamian civilizations
Background to the French Revolution
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
13. 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 -
The Sumerians
Spinning mule
The Roman Republic
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
14. 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
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Coke smelting
Sumeria
15. The Phoenicians - The Lydians - The Israelites
Water frame
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
16. 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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17. A collection of myths or stories - usually about the gods and their relationships to human beings; the study of myths
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Mythology
Sumeria
18. (460-429 B.C.) Represented the zenith of Athenian society and the height of its democracy
Feudalism: political
Jesus of Nazareth
The Age of Pericles
Neolithic or New Stone Age
19. Developed their own language and sophisticated system of writing - developed literature and poetry - developed the Shinto religion - placed great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Manorialism
The Hittites
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
20. A dramatic increase in productivity and the rise of the factory system - Demographic changes (from rural to urban centers) - The division of society into defined classes (propertied and nonpropertied) - The development of modern capitalism
The Roman Republic
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Constantinople
Results of the Industrial Revolution
21. Science: methodology - theory and experimentation - astrolabe (astronomical instrument used to locate and predict the positions of the sun - moon - planet and stars) - alchemy - Technology: mechanical clocks - pointed arch - stained glass - windmill
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Steam locomotive
The Roman Empire
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
22. Lineage was the basis of tribal organization - Religion - politics - and law became the focus of African culture - Art and sculpture were emphasized
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23. 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
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Classical Greece
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
24. The decline of feudalism and manorialism was evident by the 12th century and complete by the 16th century
Arabs
Constantine
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
25. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
Watt steam engine
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Neoclassicism
Ibn Battuta
26. 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
The Olmec
Feudalism: political
Hinduism
Spartan way of life
27. 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
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
North American Indians
India: developments
The caste system
28. 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
Reasons for the Reformation
Spinning jenny
The Babylonians
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
29. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
Persian War
Grooved rollers
The Counter Reformation
Confucius
30. 1779 - A power - driven machine that produced fine - strong yarn
Feudalism: economic
The (Protestant) Reformation
The East African Coast
Spinning mule
31. 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
The (Protestant) Reformation
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
The Counter Reformation
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
32. Complex religion of gods - rituals - and governance (pharaoh)- Writing (hieroglyphics) - Engineering and building (pyramids) - Mathematics
Egypt: developments
Mesoamerica
The caste system
General characteristics of the Renaissance
33. 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
The Babylonians
Reasons for the Reformation
Africa's geological diversity
Neoclassicism
34. 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
Steamboat
American Indian culture
The Fall of Rome
The Roman Republic: decline
35. 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 Battle of Waterloo (1815)
John Locke
Calvinism
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
36. c. 1000-1500
Zoroastrianism
The Later Middle Ages
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
37. 1785 - Led to faster production of cloth
Power loom
'The Communist Manifesto'
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Rome's economic problems
38. 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
Manorialism
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Arabs
The Persians
39. 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
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
The English Reformation
Rome's economic problems
The Viking (Norse) invaders
40. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
North American Indians
Darwin
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
41. 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.
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Mongul rule in China
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Johannes Kepler
42. 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
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
The Early Middle Ages
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
43. (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
Flying shuttle
The Lydians
Charlemagne
The Scientific Revolution
44. In 'On the Origin of Species' (1859) - theorized that evolution is a continuous process in which successful species adapt to their environment in order to survive
Darwin
Sumeria
Watt steam engine
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
45. 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
Capitalism
India: developments
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
The Lydians
46. (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
Ottoman Empire
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
The Roman Empire
47. An early Jewish convert to Christianity - was responsible for the spread of Christian theology and the resulting response from the Roman empire (opposition/resistance; Christianity firmly rooted in the collapsing world of Roman rule)
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Early Japanese civilization
The Chaldeans
48. 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.
China: developments
Ganges River
The Persians
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
49. Aztecs conquered by Cortes in 1521 - Inca Empire conquered by Pizarro in 1513
Jesus of Nazareth
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
The Chaldeans
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
50. 1807 - Built by American inventor Robert Fulton - The steam engine was used to build it
Spinning mule
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Steamboat
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau