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CSET World History
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1. Region of great cities (e.g Ur and Babylon) located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; chronologically the first urban hearth - dating to 3500 BCE - and which as founded in the Fertile Crescent.
The Babylonians
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Mesopotamia
'The Communist Manifesto'
2. 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 intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
The Magna Carta
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
The ancient Near East: geography
3. Saw the development of city - states - East African civilization was based on international trade and seaport cities - Swahili culture developed its own language and thrived in the city - states - The Portuguese destroyed much of the East African tra
Ottoman Empire
The East African Coast
Myths
Hinduism
4. Attempted to unify the entire Near East under one rule (500s B.C.) - Established an international government - - Failed to conquer the Greeks; Persia was eventually conquered by Alexander the Great (334-331 B.C.)
Alexander the Great
The Aztecs
Saul
The Persians
5. 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
Early Japanese civilization
The Lydians
Myths
Reasons for the Reformation
6. 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
Islam in Africa
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
The Peloponnesian War
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
7. 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
The Phoenicians
Spartan way of life
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
The topography of Africa
8. 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.)
Constantinople
The Dorians
The Roman Republic: decline
India under Muslim rule
9. 1804 - Used initially to haul freight at coal mines and ironworks - The steam engine was used to develop it
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Athens and Sparta
Steam locomotive
Indus River
10. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Coke smelting
The Babylonians
The Later Middle Ages
11. 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
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Early Japanese civilization
Ibn Battuta
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
12. The Olmec - The Mayas - The Aztecs - The Incas
The East African Coast
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
13. 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 Dorians
The Hittites
Steam locomotive
Africa's geological diversity
14. Developed over many centuries - The first American Indians originated from Asia - Agriculture changed some Indian culture from a nomadic existence to farming communities
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Constantine
American Indian culture
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
15. Philosophy (Scholasticism) dealt with the consistency of faith and reason
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
16. 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
Results of the Industrial Revolution
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Nicolaus Copernicus
17. Manor estates - Owned by lords - Peasant serfs given land to work in exchange for percentage of crop - Free peasants worked as skilled laborers - Dues and fees charged for tenancy - use of roads - bridges - etc.
Feudalism: economic
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Modern influence of Magna Carta
France during the later Middle Ages
18. 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'
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Johannes Kepler
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Background to the French Revolution
19. (Islamic scholar - A.D. 1305-1368) spread Islamic culture by traveling widely
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Constantinople
Ibn Battuta
20. (Frankish military/political leader) Halted the Muslim advance into Europe at the Battle of Tours (A.D. 732); Martel's victory helped preserve western civilization
Charles Martel
Steamboat
The Roman Empire
The Early Middle Ages
21. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Reasons for the Reformation
Manorialism
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
22. 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 Franks
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The Assyrians
Watt steam engine
23. International relations placed France against Europe. Napoleon won territory from the Holy Roman Empire and forced Spain to cede the Louisiana territory to France
The Peloponnesian War
Coke smelting
Athens and Sparta
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
24. The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads
Myths
The Punic Wars with Carthage
Division of the Muslim Empire
The Hittites
25. 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
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Constantinople
China: developments
North American Indians
26. (1848) - Written by Marx and Friedrich Engels - advanced the theories of modern scientific socialism
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27. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
The ancient Near East: geography
England during the later Middle Ages
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Capitalism
28. 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
Pepin the Short
Laissez faire
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Galileo Galilei
29. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
England during the later Middle Ages
Islam in Africa
'The Communist Manifesto'
Africa's geological diversity
30. 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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31. The most important city - states in ancient Greece; both developed a unique culture and distinct political structure - Established the world's first democracy (c. 507 B.C.) - developed democratic institutions - Developed philosophy as represented by
Egypt
John Calvin
Constantine
Athens and Sparta
32. 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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33. 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
The Persians
Classical Greece
Renaissance
Coke smelting
34. Rugged landscape of mountains and valleys - scattered islands led to the development of independent city - states (polis) rather than one unified empire - Scarcity of good agricultural land encouraged seafaring in eastern Greece - The southern mainla
England during the later Middle Ages
Greece: geography
Mesoamerica
France during the later Middle Ages
35. 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
The Chaldeans
Enlightened despotism
Martin Luther
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
36. 1779 - A power - driven machine that produced fine - strong yarn
Mongul rule in China
Spinning mule
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
37. 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 Punic Wars with Carthage
The Viking (Norse) invaders
The Mayas
Christianity: basic doctrines
38. Called for a free and open economic system was needed - Expanded Darwin's theory of evolution to include society as a whole - viewed society as a 'struggle for existence'; only the 'fittest' members of society would survive - The accumulation of weal
Division of the Muslim Empire
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Africa's geological diversity
Social Darwinism
39. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
Watt steam engine
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
The Babylonians
Johannes Kepler
40. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
General characteristics of the Renaissance
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
41. Individual conviction in one's beliefs (solidarity) - The efficiency and organization of the early church administration - - Doctrines that stressed equality and immortality - Teachings and doctrines developed by 'Church Fathers' such as Augustine we
Hindus
Manorialism
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
India: developments
42. Influenced its history - Japanese culture reflects a reverence for nature - Mountains - forests - and coastal areas determined cultural growth
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43. 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
Renaissance
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
44. Mathematician - physicist - astronomer - With a telescope - provided the first observational evidence in support of Copernicus - Observed the phases of Venus; discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter; observed and analyzed sunspots - Was question
Galileo Galilei
Sumeria
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
The feudal system
45. 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
The Later Middle Ages
Muslim contributions
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
The Roman Empire
46. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Water frame
Africa's geological diversity
The Roman Republic: decline
Flying shuttle
47. The First Act of Supremacy (1534) marked the beginning of the English Reformation. - The king of England - Henry VIII - became the head of the church - The pope's refusal to annul the marriage of Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon initiated the break
The East African Coast
The Chaldeans
Adam Smith
The English Reformation
48. 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
The Mayas
Jesus of Nazareth
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Background to the French Revolution
49. Became the birthplace for the Hellenic civilization
Iona
Zoroastrianism
Steamboat
Turk Dominance
50. 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
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
The Israelites
Effects of the Reformation
Rome's political problems