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CSET World History
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1. 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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2. Education stressed the liberal arts. - Theology influenced both religion and politics - Universities were created in Paris - Oxford - and Cambridge during the 11th and 12th centuries - Latin was the language of intellectual Europe; vernacular was use
Isaac Newton
Reasons for the Reformation
Water frame
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
3. 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
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Renaissance
Enlightened despotism
Constantinople
4. 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
John Locke
Constantine
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Napoleon and the First Empire
5. 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
Four key beliefs of Hindus
North American Indians
Egypt: developments
General characteristics of the Renaissance
6. 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.
Mongul rule in China
Capitalism
Constantinople
The Phoenicians
7. Became the dominant Germanic tribe - Clovis - king of the Franks (A.D. 481-511) - was converted to Christianity - Domestic feuds and civil war broke out among the Merovingians (A.D. 561) - Political power shifted away from the monarchy
The Franks
China: developments
Effects of the Reformation
John Locke
8. 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)
Turk Dominance
Mesopotamia: developments
English Parliament
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
9. A collection of myths or stories - usually about the gods and their relationships to human beings; the study of myths
The Hittites
Mythology
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Christianity: basic doctrines
10. A.D. 1200-1533 Northwest coastal region and inland region of South America (Peru) - Controlled a vast empire in South America - The Tiahuanaco culture developed in the Andes Mountains - unified an extensive empire - Developed a sophisticated record -
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
The ancient Near East: geography
The Incas
Minoan civilization
11. Conquered the Peloponnesus (peninsula of southern Greece) and ushered in a 'dark age' characterized by violence and instability
Myths
The Renaissance
The Aztecs
The Dorians
12. A failed French attempt to close the continent to British trade in hopes of destroying the British economy
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13. 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
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Mesopotamia
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
14. The center of Sumerian community life and served as a temple - storehouse - and treasury
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The ziggurat
Watt steam engine
Alfred the Great
15. 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
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Muslim contributions
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
France during the later Middle Ages
16. Established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.)
Saul
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Christianity: basic doctrines
17. Geneva - Switzerland - The Doctrine of Predestination (God willed eternal damnation for some people and salvation for others) was central to Calvinistic belief - Rejection of all forms of worship and practice not traced to Biblical tradition
'The Communist Manifesto'
John Calvin
Capitalism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
18. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Greece: geography
Neoclassicism
The Lydians
19. 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.
Egypt
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Persian War
20. 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
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
Islam in Africa
Africa's geological diversity
General characteristics of the Renaissance
21. 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
Turk Dominance
The Assyrians
Contributions of the Greek World
The Chaldeans
22. 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
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Origins of people in America
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Water frame
23. The earliest Indian civilization - the Harappa culture - developed around the Indus River Valley in 2500 B.C.
Indus River
Napoleon and the First Empire
North American Indians
Division of the Muslim Empire
24. 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
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
25. 431-404 B.C. - Devastated Sparta - Athens - and their Greek city - state allies - Sparta was victorious but unable to unite the Greek city - states - Greek individualism was a catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliances
Water frame
The Peloponnesian War
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
26. 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 Hellenistic Age
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Charles Martel
The Olmec
27. The region that is now Mexico - Central America - and the western coast of South America
John Locke
Mesoamerica
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
The Hellenistic Age
28. International relations placed France against Europe. Napoleon won territory from the Holy Roman Empire and forced Spain to cede the Louisiana territory to France
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Background to the French Revolution
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
29. 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
Flying shuttle
Grooved rollers
Four key beliefs of Hindus
The Viking (Norse) invaders
30. Works of Greeks and Romans reconnected Europeans with their ancient heritage
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Greece: geography
The Aztecs
Renaissance
31. 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 -
Muslim contributions
Steam locomotive
The Roman Republic
The Napoleonic Code
32. 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
The Hellenistic Age
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
The Viking (Norse) invaders
33. 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 ancient Near East: geography
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
The Roman Empire
Galileo Galilei
34. 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 ancient Near East: geography
Isaac Newton
India under Muslim rule
France during the later Middle Ages
35. 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
Ibn Battuta
Steam locomotive
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Saul
36. 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)
India under Muslim rule
The Persians
Indus River
Background to the French Revolution
37. Immediate cause: continuous barbaric invasion - Internal factors included political instability - decreasing farm production - inflation - excessive taxation - and the decline of the military - including the use of mercenaries - The rise of Christian
Japan's geography
The Fall of Rome
The ziggurat
Turk Dominance
38. 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
Ganges River
Athens and Sparta
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Mesopotamia: developments
39. 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
The Magna Carta
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Persian War
40. 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
Neoclassicism
The feudal system
Ibn Battuta
The English Reformation
41. Writing (cuneiform) - Organized government - Written law code (Hammurabi's Code) - Systematized religion (Zoroastrianism) - Astronomy; astrology
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Mesopotamia: developments
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
The Franks
42. 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
Effects of the Reformation
Alexander the Great
The Roman Republic
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
43. 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 -
Mythology
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Myths
Adam Smith
44. The decline of feudalism and manorialism was evident by the 12th century and complete by the 16th century
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Spinning mule
45. His teachings influenced Chinese culture - Wanted to improve society - Taught that certain virtues are guidelines to happy life
Confucius
Feudalism: outcomes
The Scientific Revolution
Greece: geography
46. 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
Christianity: basic doctrines
Early Japanese civilization
The Chaldeans
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
47. Influenced its history - Japanese culture reflects a reverence for nature - Mountains - forests - and coastal areas determined cultural growth
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48. 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 Aztecs
The Counter Reformation
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
49. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
Feudalism: economic
The caste system
The ancient Near East: geography
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
50. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Contributions of the Greek World
Iona
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Manorialism
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