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CSET World History
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1. The disintegration of traditional feudal loyalties - the rise of powerful monarchies - and the collapse of a single religious doctrine caused European intellectuals to think about new ways of unifying and governing nation - states - Their exploration
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
England during the later Middle Ages
Myths
2. 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
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
The Early Middle Ages
Enlightened despotism
Cotton gin
3. There were three periods of feudal government
Jesus of Nazareth
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Ottoman Empire
4. Its geographic proximity to the Arabs - Slavs - and Seljuk Turks - all of whom were becoming more powerful - The loss of commercial dominance of the Italians - Religious controversy with the West and a subsequent split with the Roman Catholic Church
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Martin Luther's beliefs
Division of the Muslim Empire
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
5. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Minoan civilization
River Valley Civilizations
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
6. Writing - Commerce - Government
Sumeria
China: developments
Rome's political problems
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
7. 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
The ancient Near East: geography
Muslim contributions
The Franks
The feudal system
8. 431-404 B.C. - Devastated Sparta - Athens - and their Greek city - state allies - Sparta was victorious but unable to unite the Greek city - states - Greek individualism was a catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliances
The Counter Reformation
The Hellenistic Age
The Peloponnesian War
Manorialism
9. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Capitalism
Myths
The Early Middle Ages
10. 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
Feudalism: political
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
John Locke
Pepin the Short
11. 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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12. The cultural period of the Stone Age that began about 2.5 to 2 million years ago - marked by the earliest use of tools made of chipped stone. The Paleolithic Period ended at different times in different parts of the world - generally around 10000 yea
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
The Olmec
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Renaissance
13. 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
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
The Roman Empire
14. 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'
Feudalism: economic
China: developments
Johannes Kepler
India: developments
15. 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
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
The topography of Africa
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
16. 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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17. 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
Development of the Renaissance
The Olmec
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
The Scientific Revolution
18. 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
The Age of Pericles
The Phoenicians
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
19. 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
Christianity: basic doctrines
The Punic Wars with Carthage
The ancient Near East: geography
The Napoleonic Code
20. Disease devastated native populations - Smallpox - measles - typhus - From Mexico - spread into the American southwest and southward toward the Andes - From 1520-1620 - 20 million dead - Conquest aided by weakening of native forces - Mass transfer of
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Athens and Sparta
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Christianity: basic doctrines
21. Writing (cuneiform) - Organized government - Written law code (Hammurabi's Code) - Systematized religion (Zoroastrianism) - Astronomy; astrology
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Mesopotamia: developments
Spinning jenny
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
22. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Background to the French Revolution
The Renaissance
Manorialism
23. 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
Enlightened despotism
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Muslim contributions
24. Lived and worked under Muslim rule - Most were self - sufficient farmers - The caste system dominated their life
The Aztecs
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Islam in Africa
Hindus
25. Urban culture - Planned cities (i.e. citywide sanitation systems) - Metallurgy (gold - copper - bronze - tin) - Measurement (weight - time - length - mass)
The Persians
India: developments
Johannes Kepler
Islam
26. 1733 - Increased the speed of weavers
Martin Luther's beliefs
Minoan civilization
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Flying shuttle
27. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Mongul rule in China
Pepin the Short
Laissez faire
28. 1785 - Led to faster production of cloth
Power loom
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Rome's political problems
France during the later Middle Ages
29. 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
Charlemagne
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Results of the Industrial Revolution
30. 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
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
North American Indians
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Greece: geography
31. 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
Ottoman Empire
Renaissance
India under Muslim rule
Darwin
32. 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
Africa's geological diversity
Alexander the Great
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
The Olmec
33. 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
Nicolaus Copernicus
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
34. 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 Carolingians
The Hellenistic Age
Egypt
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
35. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Alfred the Great
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
General characteristics of the Renaissance
36. Began as an attempt by the leaders of the industrial and commercial classes to end the injustices of the French monarchy - a Reign of Terror against the aristocracy - The fall of the Bastille on July 14 marks France's 4th of July - Napoleon Bonaparte
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
The French Revolution
Mycenaean civilization
John Calvin
37. The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
The Babylonians
Division of the Muslim Empire
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
38. Became a revolutionary anti - Catholic movement - Basis of 'Reformed Churches -' which spread throughout Europe; Calvinism made Protestantism an international movement
Calvinism
The Mayas
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Nicolaus Copernicus
39. 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
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Spinning mule
Contributions of the Greek World
Spinning jenny
40. 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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41. 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
Persian War
Social Darwinism
Early Japanese civilization
42. 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
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
John Calvin
Mohammed
43. 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
Grooved rollers
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Egypt
44. 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
Enlightened despotism
The English Reformation
Mohammed
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
45. 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 Fall of Rome
The Assyrians
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
The Lydians
46. 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
Mesopotamian civilizations
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
The Hittites
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
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
Charlemagne
Athens and Sparta
The Napoleonic Code
48. 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
India under Muslim rule
Iona
Zoroastrianism
Absolutism
49. 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
Effects of the Reformation
The Mayas
Confucius
The (Protestant) Reformation
50. Conquered the Peloponnesus (peninsula of southern Greece) and ushered in a 'dark age' characterized by violence and instability
Four key beliefs of Hindus
The Dorians
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
The Assyrians