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SDSU Hist 105 Study Guide 1
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01/24/2011

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What is a government headed or immediately directed by god or gods is known as what?
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Theocracy
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Deportations and the use of terror were tactics of control used by which early civilization?
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Assyria
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Which empire was characterized by policies of terror of deportations?
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Assyria
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The "leading man" or city govenor of a Sumerian city-State during its repeatedly (quasi-) democratic phase was called what?
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Ensi
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What technological innovation led to the transformation of the Phoenician trade and shipping system?
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The Keel
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What technological advance enabled Phoenician commercial expansion after 1200 B.C.?
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Keel
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The Keel was a technological innovation that transformed the trade and shipping which state circa 1200 B.C.?
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Phoenicia
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Who ended Tyre's isolation and independence in 332 B.C.?
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Alexander the Great
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Give the name of the Egyptian administrative subdivision, approximating a county?
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Nome
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Give the name of the Egyptian administrative subdivision, approximating a county?
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Nome
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The owrship of what monotheistic god is associated with the 18th Dynasty of Egypt?
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Aton/Aten
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In Egyptian history, an interlocking administrative and religous elite was characteristic of which Kingdom?
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The concept of the hektemoroi or one-sixth men was based on the accumulation of debt by the poor. What was the collateral for these loans i.e., if the loan was called in, what did the hektemoroi lose?
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Personal freedom- (these were laws put in lace in Athens by Solon)
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Who authored the first code of Athenians laws, noted for its harshness, in 621 B.C.?
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Draco
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Name the civilization that overwhelmed the Minoan civilization between 1500 and 1400 B.C.?
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Mycenaeans
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The Ionian were linked ethnically, socially, and commercially with what other Greeks?
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Athenians
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Which Athenian reformer was associated with the outlawing of loans guaranteed or based on one's personal liberty?
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Solon
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In his reforms, Solon created a new Council to act as a steering committee for the Assembly.
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???either the Council of 400 or Council of Aeropagus
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The Council has how many members?
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400
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Who was the first Athenian reformer to introduce public works and national cults and festivals as part of a policy to diminish noble and clan power?
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Peisistratus
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Who was the first Athenian reformer to introduce public works and national cults and festivals as part of a policy to diminish noble and clan power?
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Peisistratus
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What was the basic political unit introduced by Cleisthenes?
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Deme
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The emergence of hoplite policy in Spartan foreign affairs was demonstrated in the 560-550 B.C. wars against what state?
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Tegea
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name the "outdwellers" of Spartan society, charged for example, with commercial activities believed beneath Spartan dignity?
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perioeci (or lower class)
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List three climatic characteristics of alluvial cultivation.
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mild climate, Natural flooding, and dry climate
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Define Theocracy
Definition
A Theocracy is a government in which the god/ godess is the head of state
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The first three cultures studies this semester (i.e., before the discussion of Egypt) were a diverse lot: an alluvial sociery; a large landed empire; and a sea-based commercial culture. Identify and match those three states to the characteristics listed above.
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Phoeniecian=sea based commercial culture, Sumeria=an alluvial society, Assyria=a large landed empire
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Cite two factors that made the cult of Osiris more popular than other Egyptian cults.
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individual immortality and salvation if one lives without sin
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In Chronological order, list the four men associated with the four stages of Athenian democratization and reform discussed in lecture.
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Solon, Peisistratus, Cleisthenes, Pericles
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List three prime export products of the Minoan civilization.
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(only list three) Olive Oil, Wine, Metalware, Magnificent Pottery
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Define arete
Definition
excellence or virtue as in " to fight ever in the forefront and outvie my peers" and gain the imperishable fame that was its reward
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It has been suggested that the Athenians and Spartans descended from two different ancestor civilizations. Name and match the ancestor and descentant
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Dorian=Spartan
Mycenaeans=Athenian/Ionian
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In Chronological order, list the four men associated with the four stages of Athenian democratization and reform discussed in lecture.
Definition
Solon, Peisistratus, Cleisthenes, Pericles
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