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| reason for cave paintings |
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kept records
told stories
showed aquiring food and valuble things |
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HUMANS
origin- the rift valley in Africa |
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| end of last ice age and its relationship to the agricultural revolution |
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| created a warmer, more stable climate |
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| spread of maize in americas |
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North-South orientation
couldn't spread west because of geography (Andes and Rocky mtns.) |
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| consequences of the lack of large domesticated animals in Meso- and North America |
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slower technology
didn't farm as early
no plow technology
relied more on hunting** |
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| commonalities between chiefdoms and agricultural village societes |
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settled around permanent agricultural villages
a lot of social/economic inequalities |
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| cities, states, government, religion (development of formalized belief system) , settled, farming evolves, economic system |
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| Features of the Egyptian Empire |
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Nile River, predictable floods = bountiful harvest
Pharaoh=divine powers
(god personified in human body/flesh) |
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| Mesopotamia- modern boundaries |
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| IRAQ- Tigres and Euphrates |
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| features of Chinese dynastic rule |
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- mandate of heaven=god given right to rule
- guaranteed a ruler that would ensure happiness for the people
- passed down from one dynasty to another
- natural disasters were seen as poor ruler, which meant...new ruler
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| classical empire, classical period, classical religion- What are they? |
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Greece, Persia, China, Rome
- footprints of long lasting literature, architecture, philosophy
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Alexander the Great- from Macedonia
-united Greek city states into one country- Greece (Hellas)
-spread greek culture as far east as India... barrier = Indus River
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| Why did India have less outstanding empires? |
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| very culturally diverse = hard to unite people under one power/beliefs |
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| Features of Buddhism/ How it spread |
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- Enlightenment: meditating & following the Four Noble Truths and 8 Fold Path
- Purification of soul... reaching Nirvana (ultimate state of purity)
- Spread from India>China>Korea>Japan
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philosophy not religion- focuses on here and now
superior:inferior..
husband:wife, older bro:younger bro, ruler: subject, friend = friend
FILIALPIETY= respect for parents |
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ultimate state of purity= Moksha
reincarnation
caste system: born into it
*if born a street sweeper, you stay a street sweeper (determined by heredity) |
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first emperor of China
Qin Dynasty
Legalism= strong laws with harsh punishments (iron fist) |
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| Chronology of world religions and philosopies |
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zoroastrianism, hindu, buddhism, judaism, christianity, islam
zoroastrianism= light/dark |
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| features of christianity after the death of jesus |
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women had no leadership roles or role in hierarchy
missionaries sent all over to convert people |
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| roman empire's conversion to christianity |
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constantine- roman empire who converted rome to christianity (323 C.E.)
capital named after him - constantinpole
Byzantine empire followed after his death |
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| features of sparta- women and helots |
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women had fewest restrictions and closely equal to men
helots- semi-slaves
majority of pop. enslaved, not payed, but had rights |
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chinese society:
"three obediences"
class with highest status |
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scholars- highest class
3 OB...
women are subordinate to husband, father, son
not subordinate to government |
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| reasons for the collapse of Mayan civilization |
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over population, drought, warfare
NOT BECAUSE OF INVASION |
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| location (present day chaco canyon culture |
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| features of ancestral pueblo culture |
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| no written language, but still considered civilized |
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IRON IRON IRON
trading long distance- trans saharan and red sea
axum- center city
coptic christianity
argiculture |
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things always changing
bantu (largest ethnic group in africa)
aministic |
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| silk and why it was key along the silk roads |
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symbol of luxury
considered sacret
silk = currency
very valuble/high status/wealth |
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| zoroastrianism and its relationship to the spread of buddhism |
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light/dark - good/evil
stood in the way of buddhism spreading because zoro ideas ENTRENCHED in people
china was isolated |
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| where islam can be found (in large numbers) |
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| middle east, INDONESIA, africa |
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| features of west african states |
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| monarchies, wealth, urban (cities), trade |
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| 'tribute system' and what it gained from its association with china |
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states paying taxes = tributaties
gained gifts from china
guaranteed trade
political legitamacy |
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| korea's capital and it's design |
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Kumsong
modeled after Chinese capital (Xian/ Chang'an)
used and modified chinese alphabet |
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who adopted china's written script w/o modification?
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NO ONE.
NO ONE EVER ADOPTED THEIR SCRIPT W/O CHANGING IT |
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| features of tang and song china |
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technological inovations
stable and prosperous
adopted buddhism (where it reached all time height) |
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| forms of christianity outside of europe |
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nestotorism
ethiopian = coptic
armenian (Leo Turpan) |
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| ottoman turks came and took over constantinople |
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| factors that caused the split between RCC AND EOC |
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authority of the pope
RCC= statues, EOC= icons (cross)
political rivalry between east and west |
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cyrillic alphabet to translate bible into russian
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| features of pre-islamic arabia |
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jesus, christian, zoroast all live peacefully together w/ jewish population (islam)
mecca- polytheistic, trading city |
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jihad= holy wars
jizya = tax |
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| mongol empire- leader, regional expansion |
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genghis khan (temudjin)
trade expansion
spread to china, not japan |
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| aztec capital; features of its religion |
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very closely bonded
china influenced korea because theyre NEIGHBORS. |
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