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8470458771 | Features of a civilization, reasons they are a patriarchal. | -cities -complex institutions: government (priest kings), religion, economy. -record keeping -public works -specialized workers: leads to social class -art and monument architecture -trade Patriarchy: men ruled. Women were used as farmers ,pottery making, spinning and weaving. The ability to produce life gave Women respect. | 0 | |
8470458772 | Mandate of Heaven | -Created by Zhou -The belief that Heaven appoints a ruler to be Emperor, according to the virtue and meritorious behavior of that ruler. A ruler who was wicked and cruel to his subjects could lose the Mandate of Heaven. -Mandate of heaven was lost when a dynasty failed to provide economical balance among the people | 1 | |
8470458773 | Qin Dynasty influence and accomplishments | -reunified China after waring states period -extended empire northeast to Korea, and northwest pushing back nomadic people of the steppes -Qin Shihuangdi imposed a uniformal system of weights, measures, currency, standardized the length of acres for carts and written form of the Chinese language. -terracotta warriors | 2 | |
8470458774 | Persians- reactions to different cultural traditions | -Accepting towards non-persians. - Cyrus won gratitude from Jews, when in 592 he allowed those exiled in Babylon, Persia to return to their homeland and rebuild their temple in Jerusalem | 3 | |
8470458775 | Ancient Greece- political set up | direct democracy. -women, slaves, and foreigners, together far more than half of the population, were wholly excluded from political participation. | 4 | |
8470458776 | City-states- examples of areas that were | -Greece (athens, sparta) -mesopotamia -west african coast | 5 | |
8470458777 | How did Confucian ideas influence China? | -China's examination system -practice of ancestor veneration -only young wealthy men could afford an education -Filial piety - respect for family -Scholars - peasants - merchants | 6 | |
8470458778 | How did Christianity change from foundation to about 500 years out | Saint Paul began the transformation of Christianity into a world religion by taking mission trips to the Eastern Roman Empire. -Christianity developed a hierarchical organization as it spread. | 7 | |
8470458779 | Korea and Japan similar with regards to China | Korea generally maintained its political independence while participating in China's tribute system. | 8 | |
8470458780 | Golden Age of China during Tang and Song- why | -golden age of: arts and literature, setting standards of excellence in pottery, landscape, painting, and ceramics. -why? rapid population growth | 9 | |
8470458781 | Tang and Song- what happened during these dynasties and why | -established patterns of Chinese life that endured into the 20th century. -fastest-ripening and drought resistant strain of rice from Vietnam. -expanded Sui's water canal system; | 10 | |
8470458782 | Japan, Korea, Vietnam combine their traditions with Chinese cultures in what ways | 11 | ||
8470458783 | What replaced unfree labor after Rome's fall | Rome turned into early Europe with kings and a monarchy. | 12 | |
8470458784 | Long term effect of Byzantine expansion while Justinian ruled | -Great Schism in 1054 -eastern orthodox, roman catholic | 13 | |
8470458785 | Long term effects on the Crusades | -The political system was changed from Feudalism to Monarchy in Europe. | 14 | |
8470458786 | Sufism features | -mystical Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of God. - Sufism derives is inspiration from Islam. While the orthodox Muslims depend upon external conduct and blind observance of religious rituals, the Sufi saints seek inner purity. - The Sufis think that love and devotion are the only means of reaching God. -Devotion is more important than fast or prayer | 15 | |
8470458787 | During High middle ages, what showed expansion (growth) | -long-term rise in population -technological innovations- used for agriculture (horses to pull, and a new large plow, water mills, - new three field system of land -improved roads allowed for better commerce and trade. | 16 | |
8470458788 | Describe western Europe after Rome fell | Split into wester hemisphere and byzantium. Byzantium lived on because it was at the wealthier half of rome. | 17 | |
8470458789 | Christian in Axum came from which church | Egyptian coptic church | 18 | |
8470458790 | Mongol rule in Russia- how were they affected | Mongols did not invade Russia because it was not a developed civilization. Instead resided north of Russia and extracted resources and tribute. | 19 | |
8470458791 | Historical reinterpretation of pastoral societies | 20 | ||
8470458792 | Areas that had pastoral societies and did not, why | -not in americas because of the absence of large animals that could be domesticated precluded a herding economy. -vast grasslands of Inner Eurasia and sub-Saharan Africa, in the Arabian and Saharan desert, in the subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and in the high plateau of Tibet. | 21 | |
8470458793 | Mongols contribution to globalization | Came into control of silk road and allowed for trade to flourish; eventually leading to the spread of the bubonic plague into the eurasian world | 22 | |
8470458794 | Pastoral societies and ability to create empire | 23 | ||
8470458795 | Characteristics of pastoral societies | -Nomadic. -Domesticated animals were key to the success of their societies. -Required some goods from developed civilizations | 24 | |
8470458796 | Mongols in Russia, Persia, and China | Russia- Mongols did not live in. -did not occupy it as they had in Persia and China. Instead, Russian princes received appointment from the khan and were required to send substantial tribute to the Mongol capital at Sarai. Persia- Total destruction and havoc upon Persian societies. -Heavy taxation pushed Persian peasants off their land, while Mongol herds of sheep and goats, and Mongol neglect of fragile underground water channels, did extensive damage to Persian agricultural land. China- Destroyed northern half and invaded southern half; facilitated south china's government but did not assimilate into the chinas people's culture. Saw Chinese as a lesser people which eventually led to the revolution of china and the fall go mongol rule. - moved their capital from Karakorum in Mongolia to a new capital city known as Khanbalik, (present-day Beijing) the -Mongols forbade intermarriage and prohibited Chinese scholars from learning the Mongol script. | 25 | |
8470458797 | Who gained technology and ideas because of the Mongols | Europe; gunpowder | 26 | |
8470458798 | Bantu migration | -was not a conquest or invasion but rather a slow movement of people. -spread to eastern and southern Africa, taking their life ways with them. | 27 | |
8470458799 | Features of a centralized government | -Qin dynasty -In a more contemporary version, a central government is characterized by a variety of centralized functions with legislators being responsible for the laws that govern a particular country, yet the power is in the hands of the central government or, in the cases of dictatorship, of a single person. | 28 | |
8470458800 | Ancient Mesopotamia- features of Civilization/ urbanization | -Mesopotamian civilizations formed on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is today Iraq and Kuwait. -cradle of civilization because some of the most influential early city-states and empires first emerged there -had a code of laws, called the Code of Hammurabi | 29 | |
8470458801 | Rome's relationship with Mediterranean basin | -vital trade link to other parts of the empire, especially the middle east and north africa -punic war: Rome vs Carthage for control of the island Sicily | 30 | |
8470458802 | Roman trade | -The main trading partners were in Spain, France, the Middle East and North Africa. Britain exported lead, woollen products and tin. In return, it imported from Rome wine, olive oil, pottery and papyrus. British traders relied on the Romans to provide security within the Empire. | 31 | |
8470458803 | Hinduism-cultural belifs, influence | -Evolved over time; no "founder" -Have dharma - moral duty leads to good karma -Reincarnated until moksha is reached -Caste System - Brahmins at the top and untouchables at the bottom - no mixture of castes | 32 | |
8470458804 | Silk Road trade and Abbasid Culture | -relay trade -linked pastoral and agricultural peoples -indirect trading connections linked the classical civilizations in an network of transcontinental exchange -prospered when large and powerful states provided security for merchants and travelers -flourished during the Byzantine Empire, the Muslim Abbasid Dynasty, and China Tang Dynasty -The Mongol Empire briefly encompassed almost the entire route of the Silk Road -The volume of trade on the silk roads were small (focused on luxury goods) - Abbasid oversaw the golden age of Islamic culture. | 33 | |
8470458805 | Islamic cross-cultural interactions | 34 | ||
8470458806 | Black Death (bubonic plague) | -Originating in Central Asia -Carried by rodents and transmitted by fleas to humans -Swelling of lymph nodes, high fever, and internal bleeding -claimed enormous numbers of human victims causing sharp contraction own Eurasian population for a century of more. | 35 | |
8470458807 | mesoamerica | Maya 300 - 900 CE - very advanced; agricultural economy; temples; polytheism; urban areas; trade; maize and beans; astronomy; written language • Aztecs 1400 - 1521 CE; militant warriors; conquered many; priestly class; human sacrifice; polytheistic religion; urban cities; millions of people; tribute state; written language; calendars • Inca 1400 - 1540 CE - South America Andes; clans; Cuzco capital; extensive roads; urban centers; polytheistic; sun worship; no written language; calendars | 36 | |
8470458808 | What are the accomplishments of the song dynasty? | -wrote encyclopedias and histories -poetry -developed a printing press -facilitated spread of literacy in Korea and Japan -gunpowder -most urbanized region in the world -champa rice -junks | 37 |