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CSET World History
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1. 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
Spinning jenny
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The Napoleonic Code
Egypt: developments
2. 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 Punic Wars with Carthage
Constantine
Feudalism: political
The topography of Africa
3. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Spartan way of life
Grooved rollers
4. 1792 - Made it possible to meet increased demand for cotton by mechanizing the process for separating seeds from cotton fiber
Cotton gin
Johannes Kepler
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Hinduism
5. 1200-400 B.C. - South - central Mexico - Developed one of the first civilizations in Mesoamerica - Developed an agricultural community - Developed the first calendar in America - Noted artwork in many media (jade - clay - basalt - and greenstone) - M
The Olmec
Mohammed
North American Indians
Hinduism
6. 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
The Peloponnesian War
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
The Incas
7. 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 Chaldeans
The Olmec
Napoleon and the First Empire
Key provisions of Magna Carta
8. (Islamic scholar - A.D. 1305-1368) spread Islamic culture by traveling widely
France during the later Middle Ages
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
Minoan civilization
Ibn Battuta
9. 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
Neoclassicism
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Alexander the Great
Calvinism
10. 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
Constantinople
Saul
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
The Mayas
11. Began in Italy during the 14th century - The Crusades focused attention eastward (on Greece and the Near East) - By the 14th century - the move toward secularization was predominant - Conflicts between the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in the 13th
India under Muslim rule
Coke smelting
Development of the Renaissance
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
12. Writing (cuneiform) - Organized government - Written law code (Hammurabi's Code) - Systematized religion (Zoroastrianism) - Astronomy; astrology
Mesopotamia: developments
Cotton gin
Steam locomotive
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
13. The government system and basis for society in the Middle Ages - The system was based on land ownership; person who was allowed by a lord to use his land was called a vassal and the land was called a fief
The ancient Near East: geography
The Assyrians
England during the later Middle Ages
The feudal system
14. 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
Galileo Galilei
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Manorialism
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
15. 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 conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Grooved rollers
The Lydians
Johannes Kepler
16. His teachings influenced Chinese culture - Wanted to improve society - Taught that certain virtues are guidelines to happy life
Mohammed
Confucius
Iona
The East African Coast
17. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Africa's geological diversity
18. 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
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Social Darwinism
The Dorians
19. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Martin Luther's beliefs
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
20. 146 B.C. After which Rome emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean - Rome incorporated Greek culture into its empire - Roman expansion resulted in a world republic
Christianity: basic doctrines
The Early Middle Ages
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
The Punic Wars with Carthage
21. 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
Mythology
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
John Calvin
Napoleon and the First Empire
22. 1807 - Built by American inventor Robert Fulton - The steam engine was used to build it
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Ottoman Empire
Steamboat
Hindus
23. 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
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Feudalism: outcomes
The Early Middle Ages
24. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Johannes Kepler
Water frame
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Saul
25. 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
Mohammed
Nicolaus Copernicus
Effects of the Reformation
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
26. 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 Roman Republic
English Parliament
Galileo Galilei
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
27. 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
Egypt: developments
The Peloponnesian War
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
28. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire - Thomas Malthus (1776-1834) theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production - The revolutionary socialism of Karl Marx advocated a violent overthrow of the present eco
'The Communist Manifesto'
Laissez faire
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
29. The center of Sumerian community life and served as a temple - storehouse - and treasury
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
The ziggurat
30. A.D. 1325-1521 - Central Mexico - Conquered much of central Mexico - The Toltecs preceded them - built a great city (Tenochtitlan) and ruled an empire - Religion and war dominated life - Rich mythological and religious traditions - Architecturally ac
The Aztecs
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
'The Communist Manifesto'
31. 1483-1546 - Northern Germany - Rejection of hierarchical priesthood and papal authority - Questioned the right of the pope to grant indulgences (full or partial remission of temporal punishment due for sins which have already been forgiven)
Origins of people in America
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Martin Luther
Mythology
32. 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 Ming and Manchu Dynasties
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Arabs
Division of the Muslim Empire
33. 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 Early Middle Ages
Hindus
John Locke
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
34. 4000-323 B.C. Organized warfare: Mycenae (military stronghold) - Sparta - phalanx (military formation - Literature: epic poetry (Iliad - Odyssey) - plays (drama - tragedy - comedy) - History: Herodotus (historian who reported the Persian Wars) - Thu
Contributions of the Greek World
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Mohammed
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
35. An Aegean civilization - Minoan civilization of Crete (c. 4000-1400 B.C.) based its prosperity on extensive commerce
The Later Middle Ages
Minoan civilization
Steam locomotive
Watt steam engine
36. 1785 - Led to faster production of cloth
Power loom
Laissez faire
The Olmec
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
37. c. 1000-1500
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Spartan way of life
Nicolaus Copernicus
The Later Middle Ages
38. Capitalism was regarded as the 'natural environment' in which 'survival of the fittest' could be tested - belief that some races were superior to others - that poverty indicated unfitness - and that a class - structured society was desirable
Athens and Sparta
The feudal system
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Grooved rollers
39. 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
Mycenaean civilization
Watt steam engine
Effects of the Reformation
General characteristics of the Renaissance
40. 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.)
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The Roman Republic: decline
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
The Early Middle Ages
41. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth (compassion for the poor and downtrodden) - Emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God - the sacraments as the instruments of God's grace - and the importance of a moral life for salvation
Darwin
Christianity: basic doctrines
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
The Hittites
42. 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
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
India under Muslim rule
The Aztecs
The forest states
43. 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
The ancient Near East: geography
Constantinople
The Assyrians
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
44. 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)
Feudalism: political
'The Communist Manifesto'
Charles Martel
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
45. 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'
Johannes Kepler
Reasons for the Reformation
Capitalism
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
46. 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
Steamboat
The Early Middle Ages
The Roman Republic: decline
47. 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
Laissez faire
France during the later Middle Ages
Egypt: developments
The English Reformation
48. The cultural period of the Stone Age that developed primarily in Europe between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods - beginning around 10000 years ago and lasting in various places as late as 3000 bce. The Mesolithic is marked by the appearance of
Mesopotamia
The (Protestant) Reformation
The Punic Wars with Carthage
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
49. 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
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Greece: geography
Mongul rule in China
The Counter Reformation
50. (1848) - Written by Marx and Friedrich Engels - advanced the theories of modern scientific socialism
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