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Five Aspects of Civilization

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  1. Advance Cities
  2. Advance Technology
  3. Complex Institutions
  4. Record Keeping
  5. Specialized Jobs
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Influences to a country

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  1. Military
  2. Economic
  3. Political
  4. Social
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Effects of Germanic Invasion

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  1. Disruption of trade–Economic
  2. Downfall of cities–Political
  3. Population shift to rural areas–Social
  4. Decline of Learning–Social
  5. Wars and Invasions–Military
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Why did learning decline? Why are less people literal?

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  1. Roman families moved to rural areas
  2. Germanic tribes did not have reading or writing
  3. priests are the only groups that remain literate
  4. Greek knowledge declines
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Why did the Western Europe lost a common language?

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  1. Mix of different people
  2. Latin declines
  3. New language emerge:
    -French
    -Spanish
    -Italian
    -Portuguese
    -Romanian
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Why are monasteries created?

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Church want to adapt to rural areas since the Germanic invasions cause a big effect on the whole society.

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Who live in the monasteries? Who made the rules for them?

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Monks and Nuns (Religious guys) lived in the monasteries. Benedict and Scholastica, the twin brother and sister made the rules for them.

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What do monasteries create?

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Illuminated manuscripts

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9
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Who is Charlemagne?

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The ruler of the Roman Empire.
(additional info:
He spread Christianity through conquest, and helped the pope. This made him the Holy Roman Empire.
He also encouraged schools and learning, which increased the literate population.)

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What three aspects did Charlemagne use to unite the whole empire? (考试原题）

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  1. Heritage of Rome
  2. Roman Catholic Church
  3. Germanic Customs/Strength
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When did the Vikings invade the Western Europe?

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Around 800 A.D, invading from the north.
Purpose: Taking valuables from monasteries and towns
End around 1000 A.D.:
-Converted to Christianity
-Learned better farming techniques

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When did the Magyars invade the Western Europe?

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Late 800 A.D., invading from the east.
(Modern day Hungary)
Purpose: Taking Slaves

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13
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When did the Muslims invade the Western Europe?

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Early 600 A.D., invading from the south
Purpose: Conquering lands and settle more places

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Explain Feudalism

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-The Economic, Political, Military, Social system of the European middle ages
-land is exchanged by service and loyalty
-land was the basis of power

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13
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What is the three periods of becoming a knight?

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-Page
-Squire
-Knight

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Why did Feudalism begin?

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  1. People are frightened by multiple invasions
  2. Central rulers or kings unable to protect people
13
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What’s Chivalry?

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The code of conduct for knights, devoted mainly to the church and feudalism. (Won’t protect the country, no nationalism was present)

14
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What’s Coat of Arms?

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The pattern designed to identify soldiers on which side.
(Is it your enemy or is it your friend?)

14
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How is Calligraphy of Muslim Culture created?

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Since the god Allah cannot be represented by any drawing or pattern, the Muslims designed special letters and expressed it in a fancy way.

15
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A solid timeline of the Crusades…
(You can choose to not memorize this)

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1096-1099 First Crusades
1099 Crusaders capture Jerusalem
1144 Muslims capture Edessa
1147-1149 Second Crusade
1187 Saladin captures Jerusalem
1189-1192 Third Crusade
1202-1204 Fourth Crusade
1204 Crusaders loot Constantinople
1212 The Children’s Crusade fails
1217-1221 Fifth Crusade
1227-1229 Sixth Crusade
1248-1254 Seventh Crusade
1270-1272 Eight Crusade
1291 The last Crusader state is defeated

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What is Crusade?

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A religious battle between Christians and Muslims, which represents the battle of the authority of two main religions.

17
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What did Mongols spread as they unified large areas?

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-Ideas
-Diseases
-Beliefs
-Technology

18
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How long did the mongol empire last?

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Around 100 years since they are easily converted into other culture they occupied (LOL)

19
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Where is the Mongol Empire?

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Eastern steppe

20
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What is the effect of the Bubonic Plague?

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  1. Killed many people
  2. The loss of financial growth and trade
  3. People questioning institutions of the Middle Ages（Especially Religious ones)
  4. Writers and artists expressing new spirits and experimenting with different styles
21
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Explain what is the 100 years war

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Talk about the points below:
-France VS England
-Increase in Nationalism
-Decline of Chivalry
-Weapons allowed soldiers to kill armored nights

22
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Explain the decline of the middle ages

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Bubonic plague:
-Serfs moving to cities
-People questioning the church
100 Years war:
-Declination of Chivalries
-Nationalism
Crusades:
-National diffusion and exchange
Commercial Revolution:
-Early stages of capitalism

23
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Explain Renaissance

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-Definition: Rebirth
-New interest in Greek and Roman culture
-Used the materials saved by the Muslim Empire

24
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Explain Humanism

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-New thinkings
-Focused on people and their achievements
-Art and literature is encouraged

25
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What is a patron?

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A person who supports artists, typically the pope

26
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Explain Secular

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-Concerned with here and now
-Removing religion out of life decisions

27
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Why was Italy the best place for Renaissance?

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-It was richhhhh (MOONEI), was a busy trade center
- Italy was the heart of the old Roman empire, and many remains were beneficial for the rebirth process.
-As it is wealthy, they would think more about the artistic things

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Difference of the Northern and Italian Renaissance

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The northern renaissance was originated from the Italian Renaissance, encouraged and brought by the monarchs. Its paintings are more detailed, more focused on daily life, but possess less Greek and Roman spirits.

29
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The political cause of the reformation:

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Powerful Monarchs were unhappy about Church having that much power, and started to question them.

30
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The Social cause of the reformation:

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-The growth of Humanism and Secularism
-Printing press helped to spread more ideas

31
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The economic cause of the reformation:

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European leaders were jealous about the Church’s wealth, and people are also reluctant to pay taxes to the Church.

32
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The religious cause of the reformation:

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-Some church practices were unacceptable
-Selling indulgences

33
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What’s the date of Martin Luther distributing the 95 theses?

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1517/10/31
(Additional: Taken to a PRINTING PRESS and spreads across Europe)

34
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What are the three religious wars caused by the reformation?

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  1. Peasants revolt
    (Please Mark… this is not PEAVENT I’m sorry…)
  2. Schmalkaldic War
    (I can’t memorize this…)
  3. Peace of Ausburg

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