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Egyptian Famring Advantages: Right next to Nile river so crops get plenty of water, yearly flooding brough nutrient rich soil to use as farmland. |
Mesopotamian Farming Advantages: Right in the Fertile Cresant which housed some of the best farmland of southwest asia. |
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Hindduism: Polytheistic religion, created around 750/550 b.c, belife in Karma where you do somthing somthing happens to you that is like it, belife in reincarnation where when you die you get reborn as somthing else until Moksha is reached, |
Buddhism: Belife in no god only enlightenment, has the 4 noble truths 1. life is filled with sorrow/suffering 2. the cause is peoples selfish deisre for temporary pleasures in the world 3. th way to end all suffering is to end all desires 4. way to overcome desires and atain enlightenment is to follow eightfold path , created by Siddartha Gutamaaround 500 b.c, |
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What do pyramids reveal about old kingdom of Egypt? |
Possibly alot more of a dictatorship because of how long it would have taken to actually build such a large place. Rule was possibly down a family since it would take so long to build |
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Phoenican contrabutions to civilization |
1. gave us base for the modern alphabet 2. better designed ships tha allowed for more cargo to be carried |
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Describe cities of Indus Vallys |
FArmign was only possble for people right next to the river itself becasue it was mostly desert in that area, cities made of brick began popping up all along the Indus River, citie were a jumbly maze of windign streets, had some plumbing around,and some built on mud platforms to help from flooding. |
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Define Ethical monotheism |
Emphisis on right conduct and worship of one god. |
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How did Mandate of Heaven affect early China's government? |
A wicked of foolish ruler could lose his own right to rule entirly. A justification of conquest that over time developed into the right to rule came from heaven. |
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Main reasson for decline of Egyptian Empire |
Pharaoh Ramses 3rd tried to conquer Syria, the war was extremely costly and drained the empire of alot of what they had built up. |
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Describe social/caste system in India |
Consisted of The Mouth. Brahmans or preists The Arms. Kshatriyas or rulers/warriors The Legs. Vaishyas or peasants and traders The Feet. or the laborers. The untouchables: PEople such as butchers, gravediggers, or collecters of trash, called so becasue of how impure the jobs were that even a touch would endanger the ritual purity When you were born you would normally stay in whichever you were in with little to no hope of raising up. |
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Discus Philosophies of Confucious |
Ethical system, Stresses social/civic responsibility, gave the yin yang symbol which represesnts opposite forces in the world working together in harmony. |
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difficulties in uniting ancient greeks under one government. |
Alot of their city-states were massivly different like Athens and Sparta, Athens was a somewhat "civilised cultre" with plays and such with little millitary prowess, while sparta was more into millitaristic ways and since it costed so much to maintain and make an army sparta practiced very little of the arts, liturature, or other intellectual pursuits |
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Why did roman rulers oppoise christianity. |
Because the rulers saw themselves as the god, some rome coins say the son of god with a picture of the leader at that time/didnt want a poor crazy man to become the most powerful. |
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Who/why of the peloponisian war |
war between both sparta and athens, becasue athens was growing in wealth pristige and power and other city-states began to see it as a threat, athens and sparta eventually got on rough ground and a war started, sparta declared war first, and sparta won the war becasue even though athes had the best navy the war was fought on land. |
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Casues of the decline of Roman empire. |
Weak economy: romans lacked new sources of gold/silver, gov raised taxes, enebitaly suffered from inflation Millitary/political turmoil: soliders became less loyal to gov and more so to commanders who may turn on them, People just lost loyalty and didnt care what happend to the empire. |
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result of 207 Pax Romana |
more than 3 million square miles and a pop of between 60-80 mill people. rome itself had 1 mill people. |
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Causeof athens going twords democract |
casue came when a man bu\y the name of Draco came to power, made a law that all romans rich/poor had equal power under the law another law from another man was that one man cant own another Another passed a law that some citizains can submit laws for suggestions . |
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importance of alexander the great being student of aristotle |
He learned from one of the smartest people at the time so he had a great view coming into power, |
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casue of athens declinign golden age/end of democracy |
lossing to the spartans and emebitably surrendering to them losing the wealth power and empire |
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power struggles in roman republic |
between plebians and partasains, Plebs were the commoners people whodidnt have alot of money but had their ancestry in rome and belived they should be able to make ome laws, bu they were cun off by law from holiding most gov positions Partisains were the rich few who held a majority of the power |
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explain how the roman gov became a republic after driving out etruscans |
Crazy etruscan king was so bad that they declared that they wouldnt hav another king so they created a republic which is were the power is in the hands of the citizains |
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explain code of laws known as 12 tables |
code made so people couldnt tweek laws to support themselves, laws were carved on 12 tablets and became basis for later rome law |
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reassons why christianity spread throughout rome empire |
people were strenghtened by conviction that he had triumphed over death, his many man many followers spread it around well after his death, very influential people, kings began switching which influenced the people as well |
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evaluate attraction of buddhism belifes |
people want to be happy especially those who have been hurt, enlightenment sounds prety good to those who are in turmoil and pain. |
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evaluate chinas monopoly on silk trade |
the government had complete control over most of the silk mills and kept the silk weaving ways a complete secret. |
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india modern contrabution to civilisation |
some basis on astronamy mathmactics and medicine, also gave us the caste system which is still somewhat of a thing, |
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push pull factors? |
conditions that casue people to leave their homeland or factors that draw people to another place. |
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how/why do historians trace patterns of migration |
one way they can trace is viewing the the spread of languages, if two languages have similer words for similer things its likly those people were close at one time, becasue we want to know why people left an area or what used to be there |
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Discuss meaning of Islam in Arabic |
The meaning of Islam is "submission to the will of allah" |
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discuss importance of muhammed |
Muhammed was the islamic prophet, convinced he was the last of the prophets, created migration of Hijah which was a move from mecca to Yathrib |
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Evaluate importance of Mecca |
Important because that is where Muhammad was born/lived. And once in every muslims life they should make the journey to mecca if they are able. |
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5 pillars of islam? |
Faith:Must testify "no god but allah, and muhammed is the messenger of god" Prayer:five times a day, must face twords mecca to pray, must assymble at a mosque or wherever they find themselves Alms: giveing alms to the poor through a religious tax. Fasting: During rahmadan fast between sunrise and sunset and a simple meal is eaten at end of the day, fasting reminds that spiritual needs are more than physical. Pilgramage: All muslims who are able must make the journey to mecca called hajj, pilgrams wear similer clothing to be equals to be allah |
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importance of Shari'ia |
a body of law from the Qur'an that regulates family life, moral conduct, and business and community life of muslims |
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Difference between Sunni and Shi'a sects of islam |
Shi'a: belive that ali, prophets son-in-law, should have succeeded Muhammad, believe that muslim rulers should be decended from Muhammad, claim sunni have the meaning of various passages in the qur'an Sunni:Belive that the first 4 caliphs were rightfully guided, belive m |
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internal conflicts of Islam after death of muhammed |
Who was supposed to rule after muhammed. Umayyids? Sunni? Shi'a? a couple of people were assasinated and power became vague |
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How did Russia achieve liberation from Mongol rule? |
created moscow next to 3 main rivers where they could rule alot of the surrounding area, then a list of 3 dif rulers did just that. a war was fought around1480 and the russians won.
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orthodooxed christianity origin/location |
Originated in byzantine empire, around 1054, originated becasue of political conflicts and conflicts in their own belifes. |
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Evaluate civil service examination’s role in creating an intelligent, capable governing class in China |
Began with Han dynasty, those who could pass rigorus exames could become a part of elite group of scholars, open to all men but only few could afford the education needed,intellegence talant and education became a large part of in the noble birth of a winning power |
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What helped both China and the Khmer Empire prosper? |
Ocean trade sinc both are extreamly in not right next to the oceans |
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Evaluate the contributions that lead to the fall of the TangDynasty |
They imployed a large amount of heavy taxes, these didnt only bring hardships on the people but it also failed to cover building expences, after a while rebels sacked the tang capital and murdered last emporer |
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mongol: Discuss the results from the interaction of nomads and settled societies |
mostly peaceful trade, but some settlers often feared raids by others |
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How did Genghis Khan succeed as a conqueror? |
He was able to unite the mongles and gained more soliders, brilliant orginiser, followed modle of chinese military, gifted strategist, used crualty as a weapon. |
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Evaluate the Mongol Empire’s interaction with conqueredpeoples |
Usually nothing would change, religions would stay, as well as the language, mongoles sometimes asimilated into the people they conqoured, except for the chinese who the mongoles seperated from. |
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What did the kamikaze , or divine wind, do for Japan? |
Created a typhoon to stop the invading mongoles in their tracks. |
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What was an enduring characteristic of Japanese government? |
Empoere who was a figurehead and an actual rulign power from behind the throne. |
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Why did learning decline during the last years of Roman Empire? |
People left for more and more rual areas to live so they lost the ability to find someone who could actually teach. |
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What did the development of various languages in Western Europe demonstrate? |
becasue people mixed and so did the languages, latin changed when germanic tribes mixed with the roman population |
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What led to the development of the code of chivalry? |
Knights were supposed to display courage in battle/loyalty to their lord. and to promote that the code was made |
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Discuss elements of the code of chivalry |
said that "a knight must fight bravely in defence of three masters. Devouted himself to his earthly feudal lord, heavenly lord, and his chosen lady."
Must be religious, and loyal to those who are above him in the feudalism pyramid, and to be loyal to his wife. |
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Evaluate the relationship between a lord and a vassal was |
Loards would grant land to a vassal in exchange for military protection/other services. |
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How were feudalism and the manor system related? |
Both had a hierarchy with a lord being at the top of one and workers below him, and in the other a king with workers below him. |
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Evaluate the relationship between the king and the pole and the role of theinterdict |
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Evaluate the relationship between Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII |
Hatred, Greg banned lay investiture, henery had greg stand down, greg excommunicated henry. |
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What were the forces holding feudal society together? |
an exchange of use of land in exchange for loyalty and military service. |
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What was the chief goal of the Crusades? |
To gain control of the Holy Land/palastine |
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Discuss the negative effects of the Crusades that has continued to the present |
legacy of hatred between muslims and christians, |
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During the later Middle Ages, where were most serfs likely to search for freedom? |
the church |
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Discuss the effects of the three-field system |
using this system farmers could farm on 2/3 of their land a year. not just half |
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discuss nature of a guild |
orginization of individuals in the same buisness or occupation working to improve the economic/social conditions of its members |
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What issue led to both of the Magna Carta and the establishment of Parliament? |
a legislative group. a cruel king trying to squeese all the money he could out of his subjects. |
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What did the Magna Carta guarantee? |
document guaranteed certain basic poltical rights to all. |
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Whose rights did the Magna Carta originally intend todefend? |
the nobles wanted to safeguard their own feudal rights |
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What did the decisions of the English royal courts of justice create? |
Created common law |
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What was the name of the legislative body of medievalEngland? |
parliament |
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England?Major causes of the Great Schism |
split of the church in 1414 |
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Evaluate challenges/problem faced by the Church |
internal fights, scholars challenging the churchs athority, the pope and king collied against one another, just a huge mess |
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What was the purpose of the Reconquista? |
to drive muslims out of spain |
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Effect of the Hundred Years’ War |
feeling of nationalism for England and France, power/prestige of french monarch increased, English suffered internal wars etc |
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In what kind of language did Dante Alighieri and Geoffrey Chaucer write? |
Italian/english |
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Evaluate the effects/devastation caused by the bubonic plague |
Trade declined, inflation occured, workers left manors to find better wages, increased revolts, jews being blamed, church lost prestige when prayers didnt work(what a suprise it didnt work!) |
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Evaluate the effects of the Commercial Revolution |
trade and buisness expanded greatly, more foreign goods became avalible, |
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Evaluate the accomplishments of Sundiata and MansaMusa of the Mali Empire |
reestablished gold salt trade, niani became large place of trade and commerce, appointed governers created timbuktu which had amazing mosques and universities |
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Evaluate the accomplishments of the Songhai Empire and Kingdom of Benin |
captured city of timbuktu, set up an efficiant tax system, created an allround well governed empire. |
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Evaluate the accomplishments of Great Zimbabwe and theMutapa Empire |
got rich off of gold and ivory, settled into a fertile region asn well as a very economic region as it stood next to alot of the more important trade routs which they gained control of. taxed traders as well as less powerful cheifs giving them incredable wealth, the , mutapa was able to mine gold which they sent around the world in exchange for luxuries. |
