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| What were the Punic Wars? |
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| A series of wars between Rome and Carthage; the outcome was Rome became the dominant power in the Mediterranean. |
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| Summerize the major events of the Persian War |
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- Persia attacked Greece
- Greece (Athens) won
- After it started the Golden Age
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| Summarize the major events of the Peloponesian War. |
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- Greek city states fought against eachother
- Each city state sided with either Sparta or Athens
- Sparta defeated Athens
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- England and France fought
- The longbow was introduced in this war
- The English King claimed the French throne
- The French King wanted control of the provinces in France that Englad controled
- French and English wanted more land and food as well
- Land and honor were at stake
- The Outcome
- The French won
- England lost of its territory in Europe especially
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| Describe some things about the Crusades. |
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- How It Started
- Muslims attacked the Byzantine Empire
- The Byzantine emperor asked the pope for help
- Muslims, Christians. and Jews all wanted the Holy Land
- The pope feared Selijuk Turks might keep Christians from visiting the Holy Land
- The Results After The War
- The Holy Land was in Muslim control
- Muslims and Christians blamed eachother for the war
- People in Europe learned about science, medicine, and math from the Islamic world
- The trade with Muslims increased
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- The goverment was an oligraphy (small group held power)
- Dislike new ideas, dissagreeing could lead to death
- Boy = warrior, girl = mother
- Men lived in barracks till age 30
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- Goverment was a democracy
- Freedom to debate politics and ideas
- Wealthy girls = head of household, poor girls = servants
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| Under the rule of Julius Caeser key changes. |
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- Julius Caeser was referred to as a god
- Administration became better organized
- The power of the Roman Senate decreased
- The goverment helped the poor
- Low taxes
- 200 years of peace
- Citizens had to pay taxes and serve in the army if needed
- Good roads increased travel
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| Describe the Roman Republic key things. |
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- Legend hold that Romulus founded Rome on the Tiber River
- Citizens elected representitives and leaders
- The empire grew after the Punic Wars
- Code of law was the Twelve Tables
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| Describe how the decline of Rome came to be. |
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- The Roman Empire became too large to rule
- Roman emperors fought eachother for land and power
- Barbarian tribes invaded
- Empire was split in 2
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| Desribe how the fall of Rome affacted the culture. |
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- With no goverment over the people, laws faded
- Laws faded, crime increased
- Roads were ruined, travel became very difficult
- Farmer were afraid of taking crops to maket = no food
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| Describe Greek Architecture |
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- Is symmertrical and balanced
- often includes ordered columns
- often includes sculptured figures
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- Huge columns
- Round arches
- Thick walls
- Few windows
- Resembles castles
- Safe place
- Worship place
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- Airy
- Spacious
- Tall spires
- Lofty towers
- Pointed arches
- Flying buttresses
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- The Golden Age
- Trade on the Silk Road reached its peak
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- Northern China and Southern China were reunited
- 6th-century
- Building the waterways of the Grand Canal
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- Lasted more than 300 years
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- Reduced the population of Europe by alot
- People moved off manors
- Farmers experienced more prosperity
- Scholars became interested in medicine and science
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- Supporters of Abu
- Believers in "Muslim leadership should go to who is most capable"
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- Belivers in "Islamic leadership should stay in Muhammad's family blood line"
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- The special religous duty instruction guide for Muslims
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- The marked beginning of the Islamic Era
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- The title of a Muslim Ruler
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- A painting created by applying pigments to damp plaster walls
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| How does geography play a significant role in the rise and fall of civilizations? |
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- Early civilizations developed in river valleys.
- People used the rivers for irrigation
- The Greek civilization developed after the Egyptian civilization because the land of Greece has rocky soil, ountainous terrain, and unreliable streams.
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| How did civilization and goverment develop simultaneously and afffect eachother? |
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- Mesopotamian and Egyptian rulers clamied to be gods
- Early civilizations gave power and wealth to only a select few.
- Classical civilizations ushered in the idea of "goverment by the people"
- Greece introduced democracy and Rome introduced republicanism.
- Civiizations advanced when laws were written down for all to know.
- Laws offered protection from the whims of royals.
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| How have powerful ideas and beliefs helped shame the development of civilizations? |
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- In ancient civilizations, people saw themselves as little more than slaves of the gods.
- The ancient Hebrews introduced the idea of one God.
- Christianity sprang from the Jewish community and Islam drew on many of the ideas found in Judiasm and Christianity.
- Hinduism and Buddhism stressed compassion and detachment from worldly things.
- Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were devoted to using power of reason to discover truth.
- Ideas have inspired great writing, painting, poetry, and music.
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| Who are people who have made a big difference as individuals? |
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- Pericles
- Socrates
- Alexander the Great
- Julius Caesar
- Theodora
- Genghis Khan
- King John
- Joan of Arc
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| How has creativity allowed people to solve problems? |
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- Harnessing river floodwaters
- Developing technology to build roads in ancient Rome
- Digging canals
- Building ships
- Creating cave paintings, rose windows, lifelike Greek sculpture, and elegant Muslim calligraphy
- Erecting ziggurats, pyramids, & sphinxes
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