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CSET World History
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1. As the Western Roman Empire was under relentless attack from barbarian tribes - people looked to the Church for salvation - The Church became the preserver of civilization and its unifying force in both political and religious life - Church entered i
The Lydians
The Dorians
Spartan way of life
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
2. Lived and worked under Muslim rule - Most were self - sufficient farmers - The caste system dominated their life
Hindus
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Spinning mule
The caste system
3. Became a revolutionary anti - Catholic movement - Basis of 'Reformed Churches -' which spread throughout Europe; Calvinism made Protestantism an international movement
Calvinism
Indus River
Classical Greece
The 'continental system'
4. 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 Israelites
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
The Hellenistic Age
Hinduism
5. Assumed leadership of the Muslim world - The Seljuks fought with the crusaders and regained lost land - Mongols invaded the eastern Muslim Empire - The Ottoman Empire expanded territory and lasted for many centuries - Constantinople was the center of
Turk Dominance
Alexander the Great
The East African Coast
The Napoleonic Code
6. 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
Background to the French Revolution
Modern influence of Magna Carta
The Early Middle Ages
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
7. 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
John Locke
Origins of people in America
Darwin
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
8. Considered one of the world's major religions and has influenced religious - political - and social thought for over 4000 years - Originated in the Indus River Valley of India and primarily spread to and throughout southeast Asia
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Adam Smith
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Hinduism
9. In economics - the doctrine of '___________' (limited government intervention in business affairs) stood in opposition to regulated trade
Laissez faire
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Christianity: basic doctrines
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
10. King Darius of Persia wanted to conquer all of the Greek city - states but Athens and Sparta resisted. Greek city - states vs. Persia - Greek city - states won. Athens emerged as most powerful city state in Greece.
Persian War
The Age of Pericles
The Roman Republic
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
11. The period of human culture that began around 10000 years ago in the Middle East and 4000 years ago later in other parts of the world. It is characterized by the beginning of farming - the domestication of animals - the development of crafts such as
Egypt
Napoleon and the First Empire
Neolithic or New Stone Age
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
12. 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
Rome's political problems
Flying shuttle
Muslim contributions
Effects of the Reformation
13. 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.
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
The forest states
Alfred the Great
Mesopotamia
14. 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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15. 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
Mesoamerica
The Dorians
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Athens and Sparta
16. Urban culture - Planned cities (i.e. citywide sanitation systems) - Metallurgy (gold - copper - bronze - tin) - Measurement (weight - time - length - mass)
The feudal system
River Valley Civilizations
India: developments
The Scientific Revolution
17. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Islam in Africa
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Hinduism
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
18. 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
Jesus of Nazareth
Japan's geography
The forest states
The Fall of Rome
19. 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
Martin Luther
Napoleon and the First Empire
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
20. 1779 - A power - driven machine that produced fine - strong yarn
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Spinning mule
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Contributions of the Greek World
21. 1733 - Increased the speed of weavers
Flying shuttle
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Assyrians
The Phoenicians
22. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
Feudalism: outcomes
Capitalism
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The East African Coast
23. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
The Phoenicians
Water frame
24. 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 accomplishments of the early Japanese
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
The Sumerians
The Counter Reformation
25. 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
Classical Greece
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
The Hellenistic Age
The forest states
26. Developed over many centuries - The first American Indians originated from Asia - Agriculture changed some Indian culture from a nomadic existence to farming communities
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
American Indian culture
Zoroastrianism
Renaissance
27. Philosophy (Scholasticism) dealt with the consistency of faith and reason
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Mesopotamia
The Fall of Rome
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
28. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
The Magna Carta
The English Reformation
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Watt steam engine
29. The center of Sumerian community life and served as a temple - storehouse - and treasury
The ziggurat
Islam
Islam in Africa
England during the later Middle Ages
30. Architecture was dominated by the Romanesque (11th -12th century) and Gothic (13th -15th century) styles
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Africa's geological diversity
The Viking (Norse) invaders
31. 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
Manorialism
Neoclassicism
Watt steam engine
The Carolingians
32. 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
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
India: developments
33. 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
Minoan civilization
Sumeria
The Chaldeans
Neolithic or New Stone Age
34. 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
The ziggurat
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Spinning jenny
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
35. 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
The Roman Republic: decline
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Mohammed
Constantine
36. Writing (cuneiform) - Organized government - Written law code (Hammurabi's Code) - Systematized religion (Zoroastrianism) - Astronomy; astrology
The East African Coast
Mesopotamia: developments
Athens and Sparta
English Parliament
37. 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.)
River Valley Civilizations
Renaissance
Calvinism
The Persians
38. 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
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Origins of people in America
Arabs
North American Indians
39. 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
Spinning jenny
The Franks
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
40. 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
England during the later Middle Ages
Background to the French Revolution
Water frame
Turk Dominance
41. 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
Ganges River
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
The Early Middle Ages
Division of the Muslim Empire
42. 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)
The Renaissance
Mohammed
Africa's geological diversity
English Parliament
43. 1804 - Used initially to haul freight at coal mines and ironworks - The steam engine was used to develop it
Steam locomotive
The Israelites
The Early Middle Ages
Watt steam engine
44. 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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45. In eastern India - Sacred to Indians but was not the geographical river area that led to the development of Indian civilization - Associated with the rise of the Mauryan Empire in 322 B.C.
Ganges River
Hindus
Rome's political problems
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
46. 1807 - Built by American inventor Robert Fulton - The steam engine was used to build it
Steamboat
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The Incas
The Magna Carta
47. 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
Pepin the Short
John Calvin
The ancient Near East: geography
Origins of people in America
48. 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
The English Reformation
Ottoman Empire
The French Revolution
Neolithic or New Stone Age
49. 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
Capitalism
The Chaldeans
Adam Smith
Ottoman Empire
50. 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
Ganges River
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Confucius
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire