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five pillars of islam |
1. the declaration of faith 2. daily prayer 3. giving charity to the poor 4. fast on Romidon 5. the hajj (journey) |
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4 noble truths |
1. life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow 2. the cause of suffering is the desire for things 3. only one cure for suffering is to overcome desire 4. only way to overcome desire is the eightfold path |
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8 fold path |
right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration |
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kharma |
actions in persons life affects their fate |
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dharma |
religious moral duties of an individual |
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brahaman |
a member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood. |
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shinto |
japan trad. religion. kami spirits in all living & nonliving. things, are worshipped. Those spirits control nature. shrines |
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daoism/taoism |
china. 500s Bc - laozi. harmony w/ nature. contemplate the toa, "the way" of the universe yin / yang - harmony for well-being of the universe. |
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galilei |
Galileo Galilei, was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance. He is widely heralded as one of the greatest scientists of all time. |
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neolithic revolution |
the starting of growing crops. |
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japanease fudal system |
emporor, shogun, daimyo, samuria, peasents & artisans, merchants |
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who were the renesaunce against |
the seljuk turks |
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neolithic revolution |
late middle stone age c. 8000 B.C. in middle east - people began to farm a.k.a. agrarian revolution stopped hunting and gathering, surplus |
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judaism |
monotheistic, abraham in israel, ca. 1025 Bc united under their first king saul. torah, 10 commandments - laws for behaviour towards god & one another. temple - synagogue |
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christianity |
mono. Jesus in palestine ca. AD 30. Official religion of Roman Emp. by 392 AD. Bible 10 commandments, Jesus savior Church |
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Eastern Orthodox |
Mono. 1034 Great schism. Constantinople to E. Europe. Patriarch @ nead. christianity |
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Islam |
mono - Allah. Muhammad, Mecca, b. 570, hijra 622 AD. Five Pillars. Mosque. Quaran Laws: Sharia. fastest growing |
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Sharia |
is the Islamic legal system derived from the religious precepts of Islam, particularly the Quran and the Hadith. |
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buddism |
500s B.C. India. Siddhartha Guatama. 4 noble truths. 8 fold path w/ goal of nircana... living the right way. karma, dharma, reincarnation. rejection of hindu gods & caste system. China, Japan, Korea, SEA today. Teachings the Tripitaka |
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Hinduism |
polytheistic one of the oldest. no single founder - developed starting w/ nomadic tryans who entered India ca. 1500 B.C. Brahaman. one unifying spirit, & worship of gods that give concrete form to it. reincarnation caste system. Karma - deeds, dharma - moral / religious duties upanishads, rig vedas |
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upanishads |
each of a series of Hindu sacred treatises written in Sanskrit circa 800–200 BC, expounding the Vedas in predominantly mystical and monistic terms. |
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shinto |
Japan. trad. religion. kami - spirits in all living & non-1. Things, are worshipped. those spirits control nature. shrines. |
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daoism / taoism |
china. 500s B.C. Laozi. Harmony w/ nature - contemplate the tao, "the way" of the universe yin/yang - harmony for well being of the universe |
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legalism |
china. 200s B.C. rlanteizi. man is evil, strict laws needed. many emperors used - e.g. qin (cheeng) Dynasty |
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copernicus |
heliocentric theory 1500s. |
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galilei |
support for heliocentric theory - put on trial by church - had to recant due to death threat |
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Newton |
gravity |
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descartes |
human reasoning for descovering truth |
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hammurabi |
ruler of babylonian empire who codified laws. |
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bartolome de las casas |
C. priest who wrote Destructions of the indies to publicize inhuman treatment of indig: by Sp: on encomiendas. Resulted in ending enslavement of N.A. but importation of Africans for same purpose. |
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caste system |
India. Origins. Aryan times. One's karma (+ & - things done in life) determines one's caste or social place. Static - cannot change caste in 1 lifetime - must be reincarnated into a higher (can be lower though) caste by fufilling dharma. basic castes - (born into - cannot move out of) -Brahmins - priests -Kshatriyas - warriors -Caisyas - herders, farmers, artisans, merchs. -Sudras - farmworkers, servants, untouchables |
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extended family |
some traditional african cultures: several generations in one household or near; group emphasized over the individual... clans formed from extended families w/ a common ancestor. |
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confucionism |
china 500's B.C. Live ideal life. Teaching 'the analects' 5 relationships, filial piety education, place & responsibility in society |
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animism |
earliest ppls. living & nonliving thins in nature have a spirit. Often combined w/ ancestor worship. offerings. |
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12 tables of roman law |
450 B.C. plebeians demanded written laws. displayed in market places. |
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Justinians code |
r. from 527-565 organized ancient R. laws. Displayed in market places. |
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absolute monarchy |
monarch has complete power of ppl. & gov't. Russia - Peter, Catherine, Ivans Britain - James I, II, charles I, II France - Louis XIV |
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limited monarchy |
Representative body puts limits on the monarchy - e.g. England w/ Eng. Bill of rights, Wm. & Mary |
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english bill of rights |
1688, eng. made wm & mary sign b4 taking the throne. creating a limited monarchy w/ parliments superiority over the throne e rt of c. power of the purse |
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characteristics of civilization |
-cities and surplus food -central government -traditional economy -organized religion -social classes -art & architecture -roads, bridges, public works -writing system -job specialization |
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ancient roman social classes |
patricians, plebians, elected assembly, senate, tribunes (to rep. plebians) |
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africa - mali, Ghana . Songhai |
gold / salt trade |
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Byzantine |
E. Orth. cyrillic Alph. > to russia const. continued / preserved Greco - Roman culture & learning while W. Europe "dark" |
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European Renaissance |
"Rebirth" due to renewed interest in classic cultures. 14th - 16th cent. Began in Italy. Patrons helped to fuel interest & accomplishments in the arts. the medicis. Instead of being hired by the church (like M.A. artists) they were hired by the wealthy... se dealt w/ more "worldly" or secular themes. Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dante, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Machiavelli, end justifies the means. Humanism movement in lit - study the classics, secular interests, individuals. Move away from 'church - centered. |
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Islams Golden Age |
advances in math - algebra, "0" medians. |
