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CSET World History
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1. 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
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Enlightened despotism
Mesopotamia
Alfred the Great
2. The Reconquista reestablished Christian control over Muslim Spain in 1492 - Portugal in 1250 - The Spanish state was marked by strong - absolutist rule - The monarch instituted inquisitions and also expelled the Jews
Nicolaus Copernicus
Adam Smith
The ziggurat
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
3. Writing - Commerce - Government
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
China: developments
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Ganges River
4. 1804 - Used initially to haul freight at coal mines and ironworks - The steam engine was used to develop it
Water frame
Steam locomotive
Hinduism
The Babylonians
5. 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
The Mayas
France during the later Middle Ages
Adam Smith
Absolutism
6. The commercial revival led to the rise of towns. - A true middle class emerged - Economic activities in the towns were supervised by the guild system (merchant and craft guilds) - The Crusades led to the revival of international trade
Social Darwinism
Minoan civilization
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Ibn Battuta
7. An Aegean civilization - Minoan civilization of Crete (c. 4000-1400 B.C.) based its prosperity on extensive commerce
Minoan civilization
The 'continental system'
Mesoamerica
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
8. Hastened by the Frankish system of inheritance - The Treaty of Verdun (A.D. 843) divided Charlemagne's empire among his three grandsons - Carolingian rule ended in the 10th century because of the decline in central authority and the invasions of the
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Hinduism
The topography of Africa
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
9. 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
Greece: geography
Darwin
The Dorians
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
10. 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
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Neolithic or New Stone Age
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Contributions of the Greek World
11. 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
Watt steam engine
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
12. Established the new Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar (605-538 B.C.) - Conquered Mesopotamia - Syria - and Palestine - Developed astrology - astronomy - advanced government bureaucracy - and architectural achievements such as the Hanging Gardens
The Chaldeans
The Israelites
Renaissance
The Viking (Norse) invaders
13. Centers of Aegean civilization; depended on the Aegean Sea to develop and extend their culture - (c. 2000-1150 B.C.) developed heavily fortified cities and based prosperity on trade and warfare
The Renaissance
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Division of the Muslim Empire
Mycenaean civilization
14. 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
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Laissez faire
Steam locomotive
Constantinople
15. 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
The topography of Africa
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Turk Dominance
The Roman Empire
16. 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
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Spartan way of life
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
17. 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.)
The Roman Republic: decline
Alexander the Great
Cotton gin
The Scientific Revolution
18. 1733 - Increased the speed of weavers
Flying shuttle
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Islam in Africa
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
19. The scientific revolution brought about new mechanical inventions - The availability of investment capital and the rise of the middle class provided an economic base - Geographic and social conditions in England favored industrialization
Ibn Battuta
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
The Olmec
20. Became a revolutionary anti - Catholic movement - Basis of 'Reformed Churches -' which spread throughout Europe; Calvinism made Protestantism an international movement
Calvinism
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Mesopotamia
The ziggurat
21. 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
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Mesopotamian civilizations
The Hellenistic Age
22. 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 caste system
Laissez faire
Isaac Newton
Martin Luther's beliefs
23. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
'The Communist Manifesto'
The Napoleonic Code
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
24. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
The Israelites
Capitalism
'The Communist Manifesto'
Manorialism
25. The Norman Conquest (invasion of England by William the Conqueror - duke of Normandy) had a profound impact on the development of the culture - language - and judicial system of England - The Battle of Hastings (1066) ended Anglo - Saxon rule in Engl
England during the later Middle Ages
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
The Early Middle Ages
The Lydians
26. 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
The Hellenistic Age
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Mesopotamia: developments
France during the later Middle Ages
27. 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
Constantine
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
The feudal system
28. 1807 - Built by American inventor Robert Fulton - The steam engine was used to build it
Steamboat
The Incas
The feudal system
Four key beliefs of Hindus
29. 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
30. Philosophy (Scholasticism) dealt with the consistency of faith and reason
Sumeria
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
England during the later Middle Ages
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
31. 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
Muslim contributions
Early Japanese civilization
Feudalism: political
The French Revolution
32. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Ottoman Empire
Neoclassicism
Feudalism: political
33. Lineage was the basis of tribal organization - Religion - politics - and law became the focus of African culture - Art and sculpture were emphasized
34. Renaissance secularism created tension between princely kingdoms and the authority of the Church - There also emerged within the Church questions about its worldly rather than spiritual interest in acquiring power and wealth - This internal struggle
The Later Middle Ages
Mesoamerica
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The (Protestant) Reformation
35. 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
Ganges River
Classical Greece
Galileo Galilei
China: developments
36. 1760 - Improved production of iron
Mesopotamia
Coke smelting
The ancient Near East: geography
The caste system
37. Military and political leader during the later stages of the French Revolution - Emperor of the French from 1804-1815 - His legal reform - the Napoleonic Code - has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide - Best remembered fo
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Napoleon and the First Empire
John Locke
Results of the Industrial Revolution
38. International relations placed France against Europe. Napoleon won territory from the Holy Roman Empire and forced Spain to cede the Louisiana territory to France
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
The Roman Republic
39. Conquered the Peloponnesus (peninsula of southern Greece) and ushered in a 'dark age' characterized by violence and instability
The Dorians
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Four key beliefs of Hindus
'The Communist Manifesto'
40. 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
The Israelites
Jesus of Nazareth
The forest states
The Early Middle Ages
41. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Islam
England during the later Middle Ages
Alfred the Great
Water frame
42. 1779 - A power - driven machine that produced fine - strong yarn
The French Revolution
Spinning mule
Turk Dominance
The Counter Reformation
43. 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 Assyrians
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Grooved rollers
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
45. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Manorialism
Steamboat
Four key beliefs of Hindus
46. Urban culture - Planned cities (i.e. citywide sanitation systems) - Metallurgy (gold - copper - bronze - tin) - Measurement (weight - time - length - mass)
The (Protestant) Reformation
India: developments
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
The Lydians
47. The Ming (native Chinese) ousted the Mongols - Ming (1368-1644) rulers limited contact with the West - The Manchus (1644-1911) overran China and followed a policy of isolationism - weakening China
The forest states
Power loom
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
48. 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
North American Indians
The Franks
The Assyrians
The Magna Carta
49. 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
The Later Middle Ages
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
The East African Coast
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
50. 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
The Roman Republic
Ibn Battuta
Spinning jenny
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe