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CSET World History
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1. 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
Arabs
Reasons for the Reformation
Contributions of the Greek World
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
2. Salvation through faith rather than sacraments - 'Ninety - five Theses' served as a catalyst in starting the Reformation - Luther's excommunication initiated the Reformation; Lutheranism developed its own following - Lutheranism decentralized religio
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3. 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
Spinning mule
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
The Magna Carta
4. 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
Charles Martel
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Indus River
The Viking (Norse) invaders
5. 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
Laissez faire
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
The Magna Carta
6. (460-429 B.C.) Represented the zenith of Athenian society and the height of its democracy
The Persians
The Sumerians
The Age of Pericles
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
7. The Phoenicians - The Lydians - The Israelites
The (Protestant) Reformation
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Coke smelting
Division of the Muslim Empire
8. 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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9. 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
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Classical Greece
The Renaissance
France during the later Middle Ages
10. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
Mesopotamia: developments
Indus River
The Olmec
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
11. 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
English Parliament
Ganges River
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Social Darwinism
12. Influenced its history - Japanese culture reflects a reverence for nature - Mountains - forests - and coastal areas determined cultural growth
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13. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Adam Smith
Myths
Water frame
Capitalism
14. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Alexander the Great
Rome's political problems
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
15. 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
Division of the Muslim Empire
'The Communist Manifesto'
The Renaissance
16. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
Martin Luther's beliefs
The Olmec
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Mesopotamia
17. Four rivers (Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambezi) were important to Africa's economic history - Egyptian civilization developed in the Nile Valley - Africa above the Sahara (Northern Africa) is often associated with Arab influence - The irregular coas
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18. 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
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
India: developments
Four key beliefs of Hindus
19. Political outcomes: stability - leading lords emerged as kings - foundation for nation - states - Economic outcomes: self - sufficiency - foundation for urbanization - Productive surpluses and specialization of skills would lead to trade - Trade woul
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Jesus of Nazareth
The Incas
Feudalism: outcomes
20. 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
Pepin the Short
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
The ziggurat
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
21. 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 (Protestant) Reformation
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
The Magna Carta
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
22. 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
North American Indians
John Locke
The Babylonians
Background to the French Revolution
23. 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
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Watt steam engine
Pepin the Short
North American Indians
24. The Olmec - The Mayas - The Aztecs - The Incas
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
The Renaissance
The Napoleonic Code
25. 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
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Minoan civilization
Four key beliefs of Hindus
John Locke
26. Conquered much of Asia Minor and Northern Mesopotamia (2000-1200 B.C.) - A major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Iona
The Hittites
The Incas
27. 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 Early Middle Ages
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Absolutism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
28. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Charles Martel
The Napoleonic Code
Islam in Africa
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
29. Law - rule of law/equality before the law - civil and contract law codes
Spinning mule
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
River Valley Civilizations
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
30. 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
Muslim contributions
Mongul rule in China
The English Reformation
Neolithic or New Stone Age
31. 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
Mohammed
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Punic Wars with Carthage
Adam Smith
32. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
The Hellenistic Age
John Locke
Watt steam engine
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
33. 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
The Lydians
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Athens and Sparta
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
34. 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
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
The Counter Reformation
The Mayas
35. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
The Fall of Rome
Grooved rollers
Division of the Muslim Empire
Cotton gin
36. 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
Muslim contributions
Hinduism
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
37. 146 B.C. After which Rome emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean - Rome incorporated Greek culture into its empire - Roman expansion resulted in a world republic
The Punic Wars with Carthage
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Martin Luther's beliefs
38. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
John Calvin
Capitalism
Constantine
Contributions of the Greek World
39. 1483-1546 - Northern Germany - Rejection of hierarchical priesthood and papal authority - Questioned the right of the pope to grant indulgences (full or partial remission of temporal punishment due for sins which have already been forgiven)
Johannes Kepler
Zoroastrianism
Martin Luther
Confucius
40. 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
Martin Luther
The Franks
The feudal system
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
41. 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
Martin Luther's beliefs
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
The Viking (Norse) invaders
The Fall of Rome
42. 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
John Locke
The Lydians
The Later Middle Ages
The (Protestant) Reformation
43. 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
Feudalism: political
Turk Dominance
The Chaldeans
Islamic civilization: government and religion
44. (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
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Ibn Battuta
Charles Martel
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
45. The center of Sumerian community life and served as a temple - storehouse - and treasury
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
North American Indians
The ziggurat
The French Revolution
46. 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
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
The Assyrians
Mycenaean civilization
Greece: geography
47. Astronomer - Challenged the Church doctrine of a geocentric (earth - centered) theory of the universe (Ptolemy's theory; was the prevailing thought for more than 1000 years) - Believed that the sun was the center of the solar system - and the earth m
Nicolaus Copernicus
Contributions of the Greek World
The 'continental system'
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
48. 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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49. Established a civilization in the Nile Valley (3000 B.C.) - Natural barriers (desert and sea) - as well as its isolation from other civilizations - greatly hindered foreign invaders; spared Egypt from the repeated political disruptions characteristic
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
The Aztecs
Cotton gin
Egypt
50. Writing (cuneiform) - Organized government - Written law code (Hammurabi's Code) - Systematized religion (Zoroastrianism) - Astronomy; astrology
Power loom
Mesopotamia: developments
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The Later Middle Ages