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CSET World History
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1. 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 Roman Republic: decline
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Four key beliefs of Hindus
2. The cultural period of the Stone Age that developed primarily in Europe between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods - beginning around 10000 years ago and lasting in various places as late as 3000 bce. The Mesolithic is marked by the appearance of
Nicolaus Copernicus
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
River Valley Civilizations
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
3. 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
Egypt: developments
Greece: geography
Alexander the Great
Watt steam engine
4. 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)
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Feudalism: outcomes
Martin Luther
Water frame
5. Writing (cuneiform) - Organized government - Written law code (Hammurabi's Code) - Systematized religion (Zoroastrianism) - Astronomy; astrology
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
John Calvin
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Mesopotamia: developments
6. 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 conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
The Later Middle Ages
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
7. 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
Arabs
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Mesoamerica
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
8. 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
Adam Smith
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
9. Lived and worked under Muslim rule - Most were self - sufficient farmers - The caste system dominated their life
Reasons for the Reformation
The Napoleonic Code
Hindus
Feudalism: economic
10. 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 Fall of Rome
John Locke
English Parliament
Hindus
11. Genghis Khan united nomadic peoples and conquered China - Kublai Khan became emperor of China - Marco Polo - the Italian explorer - opened the door to trade with China and described the Mongol Empire.
Capitalism
Mongul rule in China
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Cotton gin
12. 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 Fall of Rome
The Roman Republic: decline
Spinning jenny
The Counter Reformation
13. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Persian War
The Scientific Revolution
14. 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
Spinning jenny
Rome's political problems
The Counter Reformation
Islamic civilization: government and religion
15. International relations placed France against Europe. Napoleon won territory from the Holy Roman Empire and forced Spain to cede the Louisiana territory to France
Division of the Muslim Empire
The topography of Africa
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Islam
16. 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 Hittites
The Roman Republic: decline
Adam Smith
The topography of Africa
17. 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
Sumeria
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
The Olmec
18. 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
The Hellenistic Age
China: developments
Martin Luther
The Renaissance
19. 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.)
The Persians
India: developments
Early Japanese civilization
Spinning jenny
20. (Islamic scholar - A.D. 1305-1368) spread Islamic culture by traveling widely
The ancient Near East: geography
Ibn Battuta
The Scientific Revolution
The Olmec
21. 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
India under Muslim rule
The Dorians
Islam
Early Japanese civilization
22. 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
Egypt: developments
Mohammed
The Babylonians
Flying shuttle
23. Became a revolutionary anti - Catholic movement - Basis of 'Reformed Churches -' which spread throughout Europe; Calvinism made Protestantism an international movement
The French Revolution
The Persians
Islam
Calvinism
24. 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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25. 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 -
Feudalism: outcomes
Charlemagne
The Roman Republic
The Lydians
26. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
Watt steam engine
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Classical Greece
General characteristics of the Renaissance
27. 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
Mesoamerica
Social Darwinism
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
28. 1764 - Increased the speed and output of yarn spinners
Japan's geography
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Spinning jenny
The Punic Wars with Carthage
29. Mesopotamia (Tigris and Euphrates rivers; southwest Asia/modern - day Iraq) - floods were unpredictable and destructive; flat plains invited invasion - Egypt (banks of Nile River - Mediterranean and Red Seas; Northeastern Africa) - India (Indus and G
The Babylonians
River Valley Civilizations
Martin Luther's beliefs
Social Darwinism
30. 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
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Steam locomotive
The (Protestant) Reformation
31. 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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32. Lasted five centuries - The Pax Romana (Roman peace) was two centuries without a major war (27 B.C.- A.D. 180) - By the end of the second century A.D. - Rome was in economic and political decline - which weakened the empire
The French Revolution
India: developments
The Roman Empire
Watt steam engine
33. 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
Martin Luther's beliefs
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Mongul rule in China
The Mayas
34. (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
Ganges River
Four key beliefs of Hindus
The Israelites
Charles Martel
35. Institutions: hospitals - medical schools - libraries - universities - Agriculture: cash crops - crop rotation - Mathematics: algebra - algorithms - Arabic numerals - decimal point - Globalization: exploration - work of scholars - trade (Atlantic - M
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Muslim contributions
Hindus
36. There were three periods of feudal government
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Confucius
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Effects of the Reformation
37. Developed over many centuries - The first American Indians originated from Asia - Agriculture changed some Indian culture from a nomadic existence to farming communities
The feudal system
American Indian culture
Jesus of Nazareth
The Mayas
38. 1792 - Made it possible to meet increased demand for cotton by mechanizing the process for separating seeds from cotton fiber
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Cotton gin
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
39. 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
The Assyrians
Background to the French Revolution
Islam in Africa
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
40. 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
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
The Viking (Norse) invaders
The Olmec
41. Philosophy (Scholasticism) dealt with the consistency of faith and reason
Capitalism
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Effects of the Reformation
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
42. A traditional or legendary story - usually concerning some being or hero or event - with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation - especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice - rite -
The Dorians
Mythology
Egypt
Myths
43. Transformed society and changed the way people looked at the natural world - In doing so - science came into direct conflict with the teachings of the Church - Began in the 16th century - Important people: Nicolaus Copernicus - Galileo Galilei - Joha
The French Revolution
The Scientific Revolution
The English Reformation
Iona
44. 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
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
John Locke
Ottoman Empire
Zoroastrianism
45. (A.D. 871-99) established the English kingdom after stemming the Danish invasions
Alfred the Great
The Roman Republic
Mesopotamian civilizations
Flying shuttle
46. 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
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Sumeria
Early Japanese civilization
The Israelites
47. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
The Napoleonic Code
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Christianity: basic doctrines
Laissez faire
48. 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)
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
India under Muslim rule
Turk Dominance
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
49. Established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.)
Background to the French Revolution
Saul
Enlightened despotism
The Aztecs
50. In economics - the doctrine of '___________' (limited government intervention in business affairs) stood in opposition to regulated trade
Laissez faire
Myths
Enlightened despotism
Modern influence of Magna Carta