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CSET World History
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1. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
The Mayas
North American Indians
The Peloponnesian War
2. The creators of Mesopotamian civilization (3500-3000 B.C.) - Used Tigris and Euphrates rivers for trade and commerce - as well as areas surrounding the Persian Gulf - Material progress included large - scale irrigation projects - an advanced system o
The Israelites
John Locke
The Sumerians
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
3. Writing - Commerce - Government
Hinduism
Spartan way of life
China: developments
Constantine
4. 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
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Punic Wars with Carthage
General characteristics of the Renaissance
5. 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
Mesoamerica
Contributions of the Greek World
The ziggurat
The Magna Carta
6. 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
The Olmec
Constantine
The Mayas
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
7. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
Ottoman Empire
Watt steam engine
Renaissance
General characteristics of the Renaissance
8. (A.D. 871-99) established the English kingdom after stemming the Danish invasions
Absolutism
Alfred the Great
The Hellenistic Age
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
9. 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
Confucius
The Early Middle Ages
Sumeria
The ancient Near East: geography
10. 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
The Olmec
The Sumerians
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Enlightened despotism
11. 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
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
The Renaissance
Social Darwinism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
12. Developed over many centuries - The first American Indians originated from Asia - Agriculture changed some Indian culture from a nomadic existence to farming communities
American Indian culture
Myths
Charles Martel
Four key beliefs of Hindus
13. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
India: developments
Alexander the Great
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
14. 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
The Roman Republic
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
India: developments
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
15. 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
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
The Babylonians
Contributions of the Greek World
16. (Islamic scholar - A.D. 1305-1368) spread Islamic culture by traveling widely
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Charlemagne
The Hittites
Ibn Battuta
17. 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
Steamboat
Mycenaean civilization
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Ottoman Empire
18. 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
Flying shuttle
Rome's economic problems
Sumeria
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
19. 1779 - A power - driven machine that produced fine - strong yarn
Zoroastrianism
Spinning mule
The Aztecs
Saul
20. c. 1350-1600 - The revival of intellectualism - literature - philosophy - and artistic achievement - Spread westward and into northern Europe - Continued the road started in the Middle Ages that would lead to modern Europe
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
The Renaissance
English Parliament
India: developments
21. 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)
The Counter Reformation
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Charles Martel
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
22. 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
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Alexander the Great
Hindus
23. Conquered the Peloponnesus (peninsula of southern Greece) and ushered in a 'dark age' characterized by violence and instability
Ottoman Empire
Constantine
The Dorians
The topography of Africa
24. Mathematician - physicist - and astronomer - The most influential scientist of the Enlightenment - Described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion - which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centurie
Isaac Newton
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Age of Pericles
North American Indians
25. Conquered much of Asia Minor and Northern Mesopotamia (2000-1200 B.C.) - A major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare
The Hittites
Spinning jenny
India: developments
The Roman Republic: decline
26. 20000-30000 years ago - during the last Ice Age - the first humans crossed over the Bering Sea land bridge into the Americas - As they migrated southward - they inhabited the hemisphere from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego - Their widespread dispersion le
Origins of people in America
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Martin Luther
27. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
The Aztecs
Grooved rollers
The Renaissance
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
28. 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
Galileo Galilei
The Age of Pericles
Manorialism
Classical Greece
29. Borrowed from China - Archaeology has revealed Japan's ancient past - Japanese culture developed during the Heian Era (794-1156) - Poetic form such as the Haiku developed - and literature spread
China: developments
Early Japanese civilization
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
India under Muslim rule
30. Became the birthplace for the Hellenic civilization
Iona
Water frame
England during the later Middle Ages
Feudalism: economic
31. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Flying shuttle
Islam in Africa
River Valley Civilizations
The Lydians
32. 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)
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
India under Muslim rule
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Feudalism: economic
33. 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
The English Reformation
Egypt: developments
Contributions of the Greek World
34. 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 ziggurat
The Persians
The caste system
The Roman Republic: decline
35. Established at Byzantium by Emperor Constantine as a 'New Rome' in the East in A.D. 330 - Strategically located (where Europe and Asia meet) - had excellent defensible borders - and was a crossroads of world trade - With the fall of Rome/collapse of
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Charles Martel
Confucius
Constantinople
36. 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
Flying shuttle
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
The Israelites
Spinning mule
37. 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
The Lydians
Ibn Battuta
Islam
Darwin
38. Works of Greeks and Romans reconnected Europeans with their ancient heritage
Feudalism: economic
The English Reformation
The feudal system
Renaissance
39. 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
Reasons for the Reformation
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Hindus
40. 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
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
The Aztecs
Arabs
Johannes Kepler
41. 1804 - Used initially to haul freight at coal mines and ironworks - The steam engine was used to develop it
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Steam locomotive
Alfred the Great
Early Japanese civilization
42. 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 Incas
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
The Dorians
Absolutism
43. 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
44. Constitutionalism/importance of a written constitution - individual rights - due process of the law - concept of a representative government - taxation with representation - trial by jury - Would later be a significant influence on the American Const
Modern influence of Magna Carta
India under Muslim rule
Charlemagne
Napoleon and the First Empire
45. 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 Age of Reason/Enlightenment
The 'continental system'
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Iona
46. 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
Persian War
The East African Coast
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
47. Lived and worked under Muslim rule - Most were self - sufficient farmers - The caste system dominated their life
Feudalism: economic
Hindus
Darwin
The caste system
48. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
Napoleon and the First Empire
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Egypt
The Carolingians
49. His teachings influenced Chinese culture - Wanted to improve society - Taught that certain virtues are guidelines to happy life
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Mongul rule in China
Confucius
The feudal system
50. No privileges/tax exemptions based on lineage - Government promotion was based on ability - Modernized French law (equality before the law)
The Roman Republic
The Napoleonic Code
Absolutism
The Peloponnesian War