exam 3 Flashcards
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Justinian
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- Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Rome)
- Created Body of Civil Law in 529 CE
- Wife was Theodora, a former actress and prostitute
- Shaped church policy, staunch Christian orthodox
- Rebuilt Hagia Sophia, the most prominent church in the empire
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Serfdom
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1.Legal and economic system in feudal society
2. Worked as farmers, were bound to the land they worked
Serfs were not slaves, but had far less rights than freemen
3. Emerged when people gave up rights for security
4. Declined when feudal system was replaced by centralized government
5. Wage labour allowed for serfs to be converted to soldiers and peasants
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Charlemagne
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- was illiterate, yet he was fluent in latin
- Slaughtered 4,500 Saxons at the Battle of Verden
- Encouraged emphasis on scholarship and culture
- Driving force of the standardized writing system called the Carolingian miniscule
- Palace in Aachen included a school with the best teachers of the time
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Shi’a
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- A form of the Islamic religion
- 10-15% of Muslims follow this form of the religion
- Believe that blood relative to Muhammad should be the successor
- Split from the Sunni in 680 CE in the Battle of Karbala
- Approximately 120 million Shi’ite muslims
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dome of the rock
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- Islamic shrine located in Jerusalem
- Built on top of a Roman temple and Jewish temple
- Muslims believe the site to be the area of Muhammad’s night journey to Heaven
- Muslims believe the Dome connects to the creation of the world
- Jews believe that Abraham attempted to sacrifice his son at the site
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mayas
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- Small, independent city-states
No king - Hieroglyphic language
- Largest city-states had up 100,000 population
- Important figure named named Kukulcan who was a god-king
- Were not conquered by the Spanish, it fell on its own.
- Playing arena was center of political, religious and social life. Played a ballgame called pitz similar to basketball and soccer
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prophet muhammed
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- Founder of Islam
- Was an orphan raised by his uncle
Name means to praise, to glorify - In his teens worked as a shepherd and merchant
- Married a woman fifteen years older than him, and had six children
- At first message was received with hatred from Mecca tribal groups
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teotihuacan
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1. Largest urban area in central Mexico Flourishing around 300 B.C.E. Declined in 800 C.E. 2. Practiced human sacrifices Pyramid of the Sun largest Polytheistic Quetzalcoatl was important god 3. Cannot read their language 4. Large trading network, traded rubber, feathers, cacao Created alcohol called pulque Named for city because locals name not known UNESCO World Heritage Sight
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umayyads
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- Moved capital to Damascus
- Also known as the Arab kingdom
- Traditional muslims did not approve of the secular nature of the dynasty
- Rule was divided between the Sufyanids and the Marwanids
- Sufyanids were descendants of Abu Sufyan
