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Undergraduate 1
07/16/2006

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When does Romes expansion begin?
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510-31 BC Republic
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Define "Pax Romana"
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200 yr pd. of Roman tranquility and economic growth. Began at reign of Ceasar's Augustus.
*all of the above answer
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Western Roman capital for most part of the history
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Rome
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Eastern Roman Capital
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Constantinople
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How the Punic wars modified Roman farming
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modified the Roman farming system
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Shared characteristics of Golden Age literature and visual art
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propagandistic
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Rome's favorite Hellenistic philosphy
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Stoicism
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Define Roman concept of equity
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judges could over rule a concept if necessary to protect the rule of justice
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What gods perfection does in Neo-Platonic theory
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Overflows automatically and repeatedly mirrors itself through nature
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How Roman Pantheon differs from Greek Parthenon
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Pantheon presents a new concept to space
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3 major religions in which Abraham is patriarch
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Islam, Judaism, Christianity
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Jesus as Christ based on what claim
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Resurrection
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First Christian Theologian
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Paul
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Distinctive features of created world in Hebrew Genesis
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Calls it into being and says its good
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Primary contribution of Hebrews to Western civilization
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the Bible
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How Paul changed Christianity into world-wide movement.
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Non Jewish converts need not apply jewish concepts
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Elements of Platonism Paul brought into Christianity
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Jesus is a suffering servant, jesus' death atones for human sin, CHASTITY IS SUPERIOR FOR WORSHIPPERS
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General characteristics of Late Roman Empire
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Political and social systems seemed enable to correct the ills of society
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Augustines philosophy of History
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Linear view of History
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Influences evident in Ravenna's art styles
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Eastern Influences
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Roman building type Christians adopted for churches
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Basilica
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Common church floor plan shape
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Cruciform
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Describe early Christian art style
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symbolic and impressionistic
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Define Carolingian Renaissance
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the most important intellectual movement between the middle ages and...
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Define Islam
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Submission to God
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Size and growth of contemporary Islam
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Second largest and fastest growing
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Golden age of Islam
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Abassid Dynasty 8th-13th century
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Why Crusades started
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Muslims started attacking the Holy land
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Characteristics of Islamic scholarship during Golden Age
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Made significant advances in the sciences and in medicine, mathematics, law,philospy,and history
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Distinctive characteristics of Early Islamic music
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mirotonal, vocal music, played many instruments
Microtonal- an interval or distance between a sound(pitch) on a scale, that is smaller than a semi-tone. The smallest interval in mainstreamM
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