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CSET World History
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1. 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
Division of the Muslim Empire
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
The Israelites
The Punic Wars with Carthage
2. 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
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Muslim contributions
Egypt: developments
Greece: geography
3. The Ming (native Chinese) ousted the Mongols - Ming (1368-1644) rulers limited contact with the West - The Manchus (1644-1911) overran China and followed a policy of isolationism - weakening China
Mythology
Isaac Newton
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Rome's economic problems
4. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Mesoamerica
Manorialism
Spinning mule
Feudalism: economic
5. 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
Background to the French Revolution
Persian War
Confucius
Sumeria
6. Manufacturing: flying shuttle - Birth of the factory system: spinning jenny - water frame - spinning mule - watt steam engine - power loom - cotton gin - Iron - making: coke smelting - grooved rollers - Transportation: steam locomotive - steamboat
Constantine
The caste system
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
The Peloponnesian War
7. An Aegean civilization - Minoan civilization of Crete (c. 4000-1400 B.C.) based its prosperity on extensive commerce
Division of the Muslim Empire
Minoan civilization
John Calvin
Islamic civilization: government and religion
8. 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
Hindus
The Hellenistic Age
The Sumerians
Africa's geological diversity
9. Attempted to stem the tide - The empire split into the Western and Eastern Roman Empires - Barbarian invasions by Germanic and Asiatic tribes (the Goths - Vandals - and Huns) devastated Rome - and it fell in A.D. 476 - The Eastern Roman Empire at Con
Greece: geography
Development of the Renaissance
Constantine
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
10. 1733 - Increased the speed of weavers
Persian War
Flying shuttle
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Mesoamerica
11. The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Division of the Muslim Empire
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
12. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
Origins of people in America
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Mycenaean civilization
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
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
North American Indians
The Mayas
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
14. 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
Spinning jenny
The English Reformation
The Early Middle Ages
Sumeria
15. Constitutionalism/importance of a written constitution - individual rights - due process of the law - concept of a representative government - taxation with representation - trial by jury - Would later be a significant influence on the American Const
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
The Assyrians
16. The creators of Mesopotamian civilization (3500-3000 B.C.) - Used Tigris and Euphrates rivers for trade and commerce - as well as areas surrounding the Persian Gulf - Material progress included large - scale irrigation projects - an advanced system o
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Turk Dominance
The Sumerians
Feudalism: economic
17. Established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.)
Saul
The Renaissance
The Fall of Rome
Mohammed
18. 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
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Adam Smith
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The Babylonians
19. Influenced its history - Japanese culture reflects a reverence for nature - Mountains - forests - and coastal areas determined cultural growth
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20. 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
Early Japanese civilization
Background to the French Revolution
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Ottoman Empire
21. No privileges/tax exemptions based on lineage - Government promotion was based on ability - Modernized French law (equality before the law)
The Viking (Norse) invaders
The Sumerians
The Napoleonic Code
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
22. 1764 - Increased the speed and output of yarn spinners
Four key beliefs of Hindus
The Roman Republic
The Peloponnesian War
Spinning jenny
23. Concrete - arch - roads (200000 miles of roads) - aqueducts and cisterns - monumental buildings (the Colosseum)
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Isaac Newton
24. 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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25. 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
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Steam locomotive
Christianity: basic doctrines
26. 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
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Watt steam engine
The Counter Reformation
Pepin the Short
27. 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.
The French Revolution
The Age of Pericles
The forest states
Mongul rule in China
28. A failed French attempt to close the continent to British trade in hopes of destroying the British economy
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29. 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
Myths
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
India: developments
Social Darwinism
30. 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)
Sumeria
The Babylonians
France during the later Middle Ages
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
31. Centers of Aegean civilization; depended on the Aegean Sea to develop and extend their culture - (c. 2000-1150 B.C.) developed heavily fortified cities and based prosperity on trade and warfare
Grooved rollers
Mycenaean civilization
Athens and Sparta
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
32. 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 Olmec
The Hellenistic Age
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
33. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
Hindus
Water frame
Charles Martel
Key provisions of Magna Carta
34. 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
Manorialism
Ottoman Empire
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
35. A collection of myths or stories - usually about the gods and their relationships to human beings; the study of myths
Darwin
Mythology
Effects of the Reformation
Reasons for the Reformation
36. 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
The ziggurat
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
The caste system
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
37. Hierarchical and interdependent - Church - Lords/nobles - Vassals/lesser lords - Knights - Peasants (free and serfs) - Grants of land given by lords in exchange for oaths of loyalty - Private armies of vassals and their knights protected lords and th
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Feudalism: political
38. 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
Effects of the Reformation
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
The Peloponnesian War
39. Assumed leadership of the Muslim world - The Seljuks fought with the crusaders and regained lost land - Mongols invaded the eastern Muslim Empire - The Ottoman Empire expanded territory and lasted for many centuries - Constantinople was the center of
The ancient Near East: geography
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Turk Dominance
The Age of Pericles
40. 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
India: developments
The Roman Empire
The Chaldeans
Capitalism
41. 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
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
The Sumerians
Power loom
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
42. 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
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Spinning jenny
The French Revolution
43. The cultural period of the Stone Age that began about 2.5 to 2 million years ago - marked by the earliest use of tools made of chipped stone. The Paleolithic Period ended at different times in different parts of the world - generally around 10000 yea
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
The 'continental system'
44. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Calvinism
Background to the French Revolution
The Magna Carta
45. 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
Sumeria
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Charles Martel
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
46. 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.)
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Effects of the Reformation
Spartan way of life
The Roman Republic: decline
47. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
The Lydians
Watt steam engine
Calvinism
Islam in Africa
48. Region of great cities (e.g Ur and Babylon) located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; chronologically the first urban hearth - dating to 3500 BCE - and which as founded in the Fertile Crescent.
Darwin
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Reasons for the Reformation
Mesopotamia
49. Developed over many centuries - The first American Indians originated from Asia - Agriculture changed some Indian culture from a nomadic existence to farming communities
Power loom
American Indian culture
The Assyrians
The Aztecs
50. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
Adam Smith
The Lydians
The Later Middle Ages
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)