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CSET World History
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1. 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
The Israelites
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Development of the Renaissance
Rome's economic problems
2. 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
The Peloponnesian War
Charlemagne
Persian War
3. 1804 - Used initially to haul freight at coal mines and ironworks - The steam engine was used to develop it
Division of the Muslim Empire
Steam locomotive
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Jesus of Nazareth
4. The proper function of government was defined by ___________________. Their ideas led to the philosophical bases for the American and French revolutions.
The Incas
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Alfred the Great
Constantine
5. 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
Sumeria
The Persians
The Peloponnesian War
The ancient Near East: geography
6. 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
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Pepin the Short
Contributions of the Greek World
Martin Luther
7. 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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8. 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)
Mycenaean civilization
India under Muslim rule
Zoroastrianism
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
9. 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
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Grooved rollers
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
10. (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
Charlemagne
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
The Israelites
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
11. Greek language and cultural accomplishments preserved - Center for world trade and exchange of culture - It spread civilization to all of eastern Europe - Codification of Roman law ('Justinian Code') - It preserved the Eastern Church ('Greek Orthodox
Contributions of the Greek World
Cotton gin
John Locke
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
12. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
Zoroastrianism
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
The Israelites
The Hellenistic Age
13. 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
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
The Persians
The Counter Reformation
The Magna Carta
14. 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
Watt steam engine
Nicolaus Copernicus
Contributions of the Greek World
Christianity: basic doctrines
15. 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
Christianity: basic doctrines
Contributions of the Greek World
Egypt: developments
North American Indians
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. Architecture was dominated by the Romanesque (11th -12th century) and Gothic (13th -15th century) styles
The Assyrians
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
18. 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
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Classical Greece
Hinduism
19. 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
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
The Persians
The Roman Empire
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
20. 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 Roman Republic
Watt steam engine
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Johannes Kepler
21. 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
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Spinning jenny
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
22. 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
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Isaac Newton
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
23. 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
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Contributions of the Greek World
24. 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
The Fall of Rome
'The Communist Manifesto'
The Aztecs
The topography of Africa
25. 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
Early Japanese civilization
Darwin
The Lydians
The Franks
26. Reflected the new secular trends - Humanism stressed the importance of the individual - Machiavelli's 'The Prince' stressed that 'the ends justify the means' as a political philosophy - The influence of the 'classical' arts was strong - and a new emp
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Turk Dominance
27. 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
Muslim contributions
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
28. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
The Carolingians
Classical Greece
The Scientific Revolution
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
29. 1792 - Made it possible to meet increased demand for cotton by mechanizing the process for separating seeds from cotton fiber
Contributions of the Greek World
Cotton gin
Calvinism
The Lydians
30. 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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31. (A.D. 871-99) established the English kingdom after stemming the Danish invasions
Nicolaus Copernicus
Feudalism: outcomes
Capitalism
Alfred the Great
32. 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
The Assyrians
Charlemagne
Mohammed
France during the later Middle Ages
33. 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
Charlemagne
Spartan way of life
Modern influence of Magna Carta
The Phoenicians
34. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
Islam in Africa
Muslim contributions
Jesus of Nazareth
Key provisions of Magna Carta
35. 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
Feudalism: outcomes
Laissez faire
Absolutism
Origins of people in America
36. 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
Calvinism
Watt steam engine
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Zoroastrianism
37. 1733 - Increased the speed of weavers
Flying shuttle
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
The ancient Near East: geography
The (Protestant) Reformation
38. Concrete - arch - roads (200000 miles of roads) - aqueducts and cisterns - monumental buildings (the Colosseum)
Capitalism
Coke smelting
The feudal system
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
39. There were three periods of feudal government
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Indus River
40. Law - rule of law/equality before the law - civil and contract law codes
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
The Incas
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Jesus of Nazareth
41. Born around 6 B.C. in the Roman province of Judea - Became an influential rabbi - His death by crucifixion and resurrection as the Christ (Greek for messiah) were writings in the Gospels
Jesus of Nazareth
Hinduism
The ziggurat
Steam locomotive
42. 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
Arabs
Islam
The Mayas
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
43. 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
Absolutism
Christianity: basic doctrines
Origins of people in America
Renaissance
44. Established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.)
Origins of people in America
Saul
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Feudalism: political
45. 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
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Saul
France during the later Middle Ages
46. 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
Social Darwinism
The Scientific Revolution
The topography of Africa
Isaac Newton
47. 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
Nicolaus Copernicus
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
The Magna Carta
Myths
48. (A.D. 747-768) a Carolingian ruler appointed by the pope as king and established the Papal States on former Byzantine lands
The Assyrians
Christianity: basic doctrines
The Aztecs
Pepin the Short
49. 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 Assyrians
The topography of Africa
Feudalism: political
Zoroastrianism
50. 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
Spartan way of life
The ancient Near East: geography
Feudalism: political
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
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