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CSET World History
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1. Egyptian life was dominated by concerns for the afterlife - religion - and the pharaoh - Medical advances and specialized surgery were major contributions - The Egyptians invented a hieroglyphic writing system - Commerce flourished throughout Arabia
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Galileo Galilei
Iona
Mesopotamia: developments
2. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Islam in Africa
Spinning jenny
Muslim contributions
Alfred the Great
3. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
The Napoleonic Code
Capitalism
Arabs
Rome's political problems
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
Napoleon and the First Empire
Mythology
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Steam locomotive
5. 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
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Counter Reformation
The Roman Empire
The Carolingians
6. 1807 - Built by American inventor Robert Fulton - The steam engine was used to build it
Steamboat
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
The Napoleonic Code
7. 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 Renaissance
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
The ziggurat
Modern influence of Magna Carta
8. Manor estates - Owned by lords - Peasant serfs given land to work in exchange for percentage of crop - Free peasants worked as skilled laborers - Dues and fees charged for tenancy - use of roads - bridges - etc.
Feudalism: economic
Japan's geography
Constantine
Ibn Battuta
9. 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
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
The English Reformation
Social Darwinism
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
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
Contributions of the Greek World
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
The Phoenicians
11. A.D. 1325-1521 - Central Mexico - Conquered much of central Mexico - The Toltecs preceded them - built a great city (Tenochtitlan) and ruled an empire - Religion and war dominated life - Rich mythological and religious traditions - Architecturally ac
Adam Smith
The Aztecs
Flying shuttle
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
12. 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
Contributions of the Greek World
The (Protestant) Reformation
Jesus of Nazareth
Greece: geography
13. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
Key provisions of Magna Carta
China: developments
General characteristics of the Renaissance
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
14. 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 Viking (Norse) invaders
Spinning mule
The Incas
English Parliament
15. 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
The feudal system
The Aztecs
Hindus
Sumeria
16. A collection of myths or stories - usually about the gods and their relationships to human beings; the study of myths
Egypt
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Mythology
The Franks
17. Considered one of the world's major religions and has influenced religious - political - and social thought for over 4000 years - Originated in the Indus River Valley of India and primarily spread to and throughout southeast Asia
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Hinduism
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
The Magna Carta
18. 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
The English Reformation
Reasons for the Reformation
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Mohammed
19. The pope was dominant in religious matters and the monarch in secular matters - A continuing power struggle evolved between the papacy and the secular ruler during the late Middle Ages
Spinning jenny
Early Japanese civilization
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Mongul rule in China
20. c. 1000-1500
General characteristics of the Renaissance
River Valley Civilizations
Ibn Battuta
The Later Middle Ages
21. 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
Coke smelting
The Incas
Minoan civilization
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
22. (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
Charles Martel
Japan's geography
Mesoamerica
China: developments
23. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Mohammed
Christianity: basic doctrines
Water frame
Martin Luther's beliefs
24. 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
Athens and Sparta
Development of the Renaissance
North American Indians
France during the later Middle Ages
25. Developed over many centuries - The first American Indians originated from Asia - Agriculture changed some Indian culture from a nomadic existence to farming communities
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
American Indian culture
Constantinople
Zoroastrianism
26. 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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27. (Islamic scholar - A.D. 1305-1368) spread Islamic culture by traveling widely
The Renaissance
The Magna Carta
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Ibn Battuta
28. 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
The Hittites
Arabs
Cotton gin
The English Reformation
29. 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)
Laissez faire
Manorialism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
30. 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
Islam
The Babylonians
The Israelites
Muslim contributions
31. 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
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
The topography of Africa
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
32. 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
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
India: developments
The Age of Pericles
The Magna Carta
33. 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 Carolingians
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Feudalism: political
34. 1733 - Increased the speed of weavers
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Rome's economic problems
Flying shuttle
35. Developed their own language and sophisticated system of writing - developed literature and poetry - developed the Shinto religion - placed great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Sumeria
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Effects of the Reformation
36. 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.
Christianity: basic doctrines
Minoan civilization
Mongul rule in China
Persian War
37. The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads
Ganges River
India under Muslim rule
Mongul rule in China
Division of the Muslim Empire
38. 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
Classical Greece
Egypt: developments
The Sumerians
The East African Coast
39. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
John Calvin
The English Reformation
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Steam locomotive
40. The center of Sumerian community life and served as a temple - storehouse - and treasury
Spartan way of life
The ziggurat
Napoleon and the First Empire
The Carolingians
41. The ancient Near East comprised the Tigris and Euphrates Valley - the Fertile Crescent - and the Nile Valley.
The ancient Near East: geography
The Age of Pericles
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Spinning jenny
42. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
Greece: geography
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
American Indian culture
Zoroastrianism
43. Established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.)
The Aztecs
Saul
The Fall of Rome
John Locke
44. Conquered the Peloponnesus (peninsula of southern Greece) and ushered in a 'dark age' characterized by violence and instability
The Israelites
The Dorians
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Spartan way of life
45. 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 Viking (Norse) invaders
Ibn Battuta
The Persians
The Roman Empire
46. 1200-400 B.C. - South - central Mexico - Developed one of the first civilizations in Mesoamerica - Developed an agricultural community - Developed the first calendar in America - Noted artwork in many media (jade - clay - basalt - and greenstone) - M
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Neoclassicism
The Olmec
47. 1792 - Made it possible to meet increased demand for cotton by mechanizing the process for separating seeds from cotton fiber
Mesopotamian civilizations
Cotton gin
The English Reformation
Galileo Galilei
48. 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
Steam locomotive
The Early Middle Ages
Laissez faire
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
49. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
The Counter Reformation
Constantine
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
John Calvin
50. Individual conviction in one's beliefs (solidarity) - The efficiency and organization of the early church administration - - Doctrines that stressed equality and immortality - Teachings and doctrines developed by 'Church Fathers' such as Augustine we
Constantinople
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Four key beliefs of Hindus