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CSET World History
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1. 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
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Rome's economic problems
Classical Greece
The Peloponnesian War
2. 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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3. 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 Scientific Revolution
The Carolingians
Ibn Battuta
Background to the French Revolution
4. A period of transition between ancient and modern Europe - Unique with a distinctive culture; out of feudal customs and traditions that included Greek and Roman classical culture - influences from the Arab world and the East - and tenets of Judeo - C
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
John Calvin
The Later Middle Ages
5. The region that is now Mexico - Central America - and the western coast of South America
The Sumerians
Confucius
Persian War
Mesoamerica
6. Science: methodology - theory and experimentation - astrolabe (astronomical instrument used to locate and predict the positions of the sun - moon - planet and stars) - alchemy - Technology: mechanical clocks - pointed arch - stained glass - windmill
'The Communist Manifesto'
The topography of Africa
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Isaac Newton
7. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Constantine
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Greece: geography
8. Conquered much of Asia Minor and Northern Mesopotamia (2000-1200 B.C.) - A major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare
Martin Luther's beliefs
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
The Hittites
Grooved rollers
9. 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)
Feudalism: outcomes
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
The feudal system
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
10. 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
The French Revolution
John Locke
Mesopotamia
Mohammed
11. 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)
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
India under Muslim rule
Islam
12. 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
American Indian culture
Greece: geography
Rome's economic problems
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
13. 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
Greece: geography
Flying shuttle
The Assyrians
Four key beliefs of Hindus
14. That each person is born into a caste or social group - Reincarnation: after death all people will be reborn in either human or animal form; nothing truly dies and the spirit in death passes from one living thing to another - The cow is considered sa
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Isaac Newton
Darwin
15. Law - rule of law/equality before the law - civil and contract law codes
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Martin Luther
Egypt
Manorialism
16. 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
Contributions of the Greek World
Neoclassicism
Mesopotamian civilizations
Constantinople
17. 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
North American Indians
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Napoleon and the First Empire
The Renaissance
18. 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 Chaldeans
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
19. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Background to the French Revolution
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Islam in Africa
20. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
John Calvin
Watt steam engine
Alexander the Great
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
21. 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 intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Johannes Kepler
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
22. A collection of myths or stories - usually about the gods and their relationships to human beings; the study of myths
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Manorialism
Mythology
John Calvin
23. Conquered the Peloponnesus (peninsula of southern Greece) and ushered in a 'dark age' characterized by violence and instability
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
The Chaldeans
The Dorians
Adam Smith
24. An Athenian ruler who came to power around 500 B.C.E. - an introduces further reforms that advanced democracy. He developed ten social classes based on where someone lived rather than their wealth. Established the Council of 500 and a policy where al
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Confucius
Egypt: developments
Results of the Industrial Revolution
25. 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
The Phoenicians
John Locke
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
26. 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
Division of the Muslim Empire
Laissez faire
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Ottoman Empire
27. 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
Iona
The Mayas
Flying shuttle
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
28. 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
Coke smelting
The (Protestant) Reformation
Enlightened despotism
France during the later Middle Ages
29. 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'
The Olmec
France during the later Middle Ages
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Johannes Kepler
30. 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
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Cotton gin
Turk Dominance
31. (460-429 B.C.) Represented the zenith of Athenian society and the height of its democracy
The feudal system
Mesopotamia: developments
The Age of Pericles
Japan's geography
32. 1764 - Increased the speed and output of yarn spinners
China: developments
Spinning jenny
The Persians
Steamboat
33. Developed over many centuries - The first American Indians originated from Asia - Agriculture changed some Indian culture from a nomadic existence to farming communities
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
American Indian culture
The Renaissance
English Parliament
34. 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
Renaissance
Sumeria
Ibn Battuta
The Roman Republic: decline
35. 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
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Alexander the Great
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
The Punic Wars with Carthage
36. 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
Feudalism: economic
The (Protestant) Reformation
Islam
The Counter Reformation
37. 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
Mohammed
The French Revolution
The Fall of Rome
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
38. 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
Athens and Sparta
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
The Chaldeans
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
39. 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
Spinning mule
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Neolithic or New Stone Age
The forest states
40. (A.D. 871-99) established the English kingdom after stemming the Danish invasions
Feudalism: outcomes
Alfred the Great
The Mayas
'The Communist Manifesto'
41. The Phoenicians - The Lydians - The Israelites
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Feudalism: outcomes
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Myths
42. 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
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Pepin the Short
The Sumerians
The Israelites
43. 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
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Early Japanese civilization
44. Complex religion of gods - rituals - and governance (pharaoh)- Writing (hieroglyphics) - Engineering and building (pyramids) - Mathematics
Egypt: developments
Watt steam engine
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Adam Smith
45. 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
Watt steam engine
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Arabs
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
46. The government system and basis for society in the Middle Ages - The system was based on land ownership; person who was allowed by a lord to use his land was called a vassal and the land was called a fief
Egypt: developments
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The feudal system
47. 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
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
John Calvin
The (Protestant) Reformation
The ancient Near East: geography
48. (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
Mesopotamia
Charles Martel
The caste system
Japan's geography
49. Wrote the 'Wealth of Nations' (1776) and advocated manufacturing as the true source of a nation's wealth (the laws of the market place and not government regulations dictate national economies); considered the father of modern economics
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Flying shuttle
Mesoamerica
Adam Smith
50. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
The Phoenicians
Neoclassicism
The 'continental system'