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291053080Between 550 and 400 BCE, classical civilizations produced what 4 seminal thinkers?Socrates, Confucius, Muhammad, and Buddha0
291053081What civilization pushed forward independent of the three classical civilizations?Japan1
291053082The decline of the three classical civilizations all were characterized by what?Outside invasions2
291053083What was one important early symptom of Rome's decline?Drop in population3
291053084The first kingdoms in Africa below the Sahara showed the influence of what civilization?Egypt and Hellenism4
291053085The end of the Gupta empire differed from the decline of Rome because it did not involve:The introduction of a new religion5
291053086Despite major differences, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism all show interest in:Life after death.6
291053087Compared with Hinduism, Christianity is more likely to:Disapprove of others beliefs7
291053088The eastern portion of the Roman empire experienced less decline than the west for all the following reasons:The east had older traditions of civilization, Much of the empire's weakness was contained in the west, the east faced less pressure from barbarian invasions and active trade.8
291053089What constitutes distinctive features of late-roman Christianity?Intolerance for competing beliefs, a weak hierarchy of church officials, an appeal to less fortunate and poor social classes, the faithful seeing themselves as part of a new religion.9
291053090By about the year 1000 BCE the independent kingdom of ___ was flourishing along the upper Nile; possessing a form of writing derived from Egyptian hieroglyphics and mastering the use of iron.Kush10
291053091Japan's religion, called ___, provided for worship of the political rulers and the spirits of nature, including the all important god of rice.Shintoism11
291053092In Central America and India groups called the ___ developed and spread an early form of civilization form about 800 until about 400 BCE.Olmecs12
291053093The attack on classical civilizations by the fierce Asiatic ___ led to the decline of many of those civilizations.Huns13
291053094During the decline of the Han dynasty in China (100 CE) the Daoist leaders, called the ___, promised a golden age that was to be brought about by divine magic.Yellow Turbans14
291053095The eastern part of the Roman Empire, centered on Constantinople, became known as ____.Byzantine Empire15
291053096The last effort to restore Mediterranean unity came under the eastern emperor:Justinian16
291053097Some centuries after Buddha's death, a doctrine of ___ developed which held that some people could gain nirvana by their own meditation while choosing to remain in the world as saints and to aid others by prayer and example.bodhisattva17
291053098The East Asian form of Buddhism, called ___, or the Greater Vehicle, retained basic Buddhist beliefs.Mahayana18
291053099The Christian institution of monasticism was first developed under ___.Benedict19

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