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1
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Why is the Indus Valley different from all the other ancient civilizations

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the lack of evidence for an organized state

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Where did Hammurabi spread his law?

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in Mesopotamia

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What were the first civilizations

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Sumer, Egypt, Nubia, Olmecs, Shang Dyn. (China), Norte Chico, Oxus, and Indus Valley

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4
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Where and what was the oldest known civilization

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Sumer, in Mesopotamia (aka Fertile Crescent/Modern Iraq)

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5
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Where was the Indus Valley civilization

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Modern Pakistan

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6
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What provided the primary economic foundation for civilization

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Agriculture

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7
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What was Uruk

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Mesopotamia’s largest city

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8
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What laid at the heart of the First Civilizations

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cities

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What served as political/administrative capitals, centers of cultural productions, places of local and long-distance trade, and centers of manufacturing activities

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cities

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10
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What was the Code of Hammurabi

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a law which dictated Babylonian punishments and was dependent on class

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11
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What was the vast majority’s class in the first civilizations

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free commoners

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12
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What class was always at the bottom of class heirarchies

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slaves

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13
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Where were slaves drawn from in the first civilizations

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Prisoners of War, criminals, and debtors

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14
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What helped cause the emergence of patriarchy the most in the first civilizations

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agriculture

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15
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Did social class affect gender roles (specifically in the first civilizations)

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Yes

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16
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Where was patriarchy lighter on women in the first civilizations

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Egypt

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17
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What was central to the organization and stability of the first civilizations

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states

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18
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In the first civilizations was patriarchy a legal and/or idea

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it was legal (there were written laws on it) and ideal

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19
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What did rule by divine right do (first civilizations)

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limited needed force to coerce people

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20
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What was the largest and most impressive empire in 500 B.C.E.?

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The Persian Empire

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21
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Who expanded the Persian Empire from Egypt to India

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Cyrus and Darius

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22
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What was the religion of the Persian Empire

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Zoroastrianism

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23
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Where was advanced irrigation within the first civilizations

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Mesopotamia

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24
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Who had more population, the Persian Empire or the Greeks

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Persians

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25
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How did Classical Greece expand

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colonization

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26
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Where (which city) was the first democracy developed

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Athens

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27
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Where was the point of collision between Persia and Greece

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Ionia

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28
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Why was there collision in Ionia

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because ionian greeks revolted (supported by athens) against the Persians

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29
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When was the 50 year golden age of Greek culture

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after the Persian wars

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30
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Who was the feature of the Hellenistic era and created a massive greek empire stretching form Egypt to Afghanistan/India

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Alexander the Great

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31
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What did the Egyptians regard/anoint Alexander the Great as

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the pharaoh and “son of the gods”

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32
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What happened to Alexander’s Greek empire after he died

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it was divided into 3

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33
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How did Rome start

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as a small and unimportant city-state

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34
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What did Rome form after it overthrew monarchy

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a republic

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35
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What was special about the Roman army

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their skill and brutality

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36
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What were upper-class men defined as in the Roman Empire

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soldiers and land owners

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37
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What did pax romana bring to the Roman Empire

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security and relative prosperity

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38
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What is Legalism

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clear rules and harsh punishments

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39
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What dynasty unified China after the age of warring states

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the Qin

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40
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What followed the Qin dynasty

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the Han dynasty

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41
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How did Roman and Chinese emperors claim supernatural sanctions?

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dead Roman emperors were regarded as gods and Chinese emperor was considered the Son of Heaven

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42
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What foreign religion did the Roman Empire absorb

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Christianity

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43
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What foreign religion did the Chinese absorb from traders

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Buddhism

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44
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Which of the two was more culturally fragmented? China or the Roman Empire

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the Roman Empire

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45
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Where was bureaucracy more elaborate? China or the Roman Empire

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China

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46
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Why did the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire fall

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the empire was too big, expensive, tax evasion, instability, and disease (5)

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47
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What is the most important difference between Chinese and Roman empires fall

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what happened after their downfall

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48
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What happened after the Han fell

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300 years of disorder but later reunification on a similar scale

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49
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What happened after the Roman Empire fell

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fragmentation and no successful large-scale imperial system again

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50
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Why was China more successful in restoration than the Roman Empire

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Romans were a minority, had weaker bureaucratic tradition, and less productive agriculture (3)

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51
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Who were the two important figures in China

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Confucius and Laozi

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52
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What is the principle of Confucianism

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the moral example of superiors is the solution to disorder

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53
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Who collected Confucius’ teachings and where were they put

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his student collected them and put them in the Analects

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54
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What became the ideology of China after the discrediting of Legalism

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Confucianism

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55
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What did Confucius believe the key to human improvement is

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education

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56
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What are the Confucian virtues for ideal men called

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wen and wu (physical abilities)

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57
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How was Daoism the opposite of Confucianism

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education as mostly useless and encouragement of withdrawal to nature

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58
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What is dao

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the way of nature

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59
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How did elite Chinese often regard Daoism compared to Confucianism

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They regarded it as a complement to Confucianism

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60
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How did Hinduism develop

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it developed along with Indian civilization

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61
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To what religion did the Vedas belong

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Hinduism

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62
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By who were the Vedas compiled

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the Hindu Brahmins (priests)

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63
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What was developed in response to dissatisfaction with the brahmins

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the Upanshids

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64
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What is the ultimate goal according to the Upanishads

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moksha- unity of atman (human soul) and brahman (the world soul/ultimate reality)

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65
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what is samsara

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Hindu reincarnation

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66
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What legitimated and expressed
India’s gender system

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Hinduism

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67
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What is was a legitimate goal for men and women according to the kamasutra

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sex

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68
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Who was the Buddha

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Siddhartha Gautama

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69
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What is the central Buddhist teaching

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life is suffering

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70
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What other religion did Buddhism have elements from

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Hinduism

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71
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Did Buddhism challenge Hinduism

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yes

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72
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What was the rigid hierarchy in India called

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the caste system

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73
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To who did Buddhism appeal

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lower castes

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74
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Which Buddhism thinks of Buddha as god

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Mahayanna

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75
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Who is the god of Zoroastrianism

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Ahura Mazda

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76
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What was the foundation for both Christianity and Islam

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Judaism

77
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What was the key element of the Greek way of knowing

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the way questions were asked (argument, logic, questioning of
received wisdom)

78
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What were some Greek thinkers

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Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates

79
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Did Greek rationalism spread

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it spread widely

80
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What was Siddhartha Gautama’s life like (his class)

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he was royalty

81
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What was Jesus’ class

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he was from a lower-class family

82
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Who were wisdom teachers that challenged conventional ideas?

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Buddha and Jesus

83
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Were both Jesus and Buddha spiritual seekers?

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yes

84
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What was different about Jesus’ teachings and Buddha’s

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Jesus’ teaching was more social than political and he was active for much shorter than Buddha

85
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What was different about Jesus’ death and Buddha’s

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Jesus was executed and Buddha died of old age

86
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Who spread Chrisitanity

A

Paul

87
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How did the Roman Empire use Christianity

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like a “social glue”

88
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What did Buddhists clash over

A

interpretation of the Buddha’s teachings

89
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What do the Jews believe is a covenant

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a relationship with Yahweh (God)

90
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What did Buddhists who clashed over interpretation have a weaker sense of than Christians

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“right” and “wrong”

91
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Did the Agricultural Revolution happen all together

A

no it happened independently in several distinct areas

92
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What did the Americas lack

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nearly all animals
suitable for domestication

93
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Where was metallurgy less developed

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the Americas

94
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Where was the most highly developed writing system in the first civilizations

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the Mayans (in Mesoamerica)

95
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who was cut from the rest of the world and had no outside interaction

A

Americas

96
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Which was the most tropical of the worlds supercontinents

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Africa

97
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Who ruled Meroë

A

an all-powerful sacred monarch

98
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What was the source
of much of wealth and military power in Meroë

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major long-distance trade

99
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When did Meroë decline

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after 100 C.E.

100
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Who conquered Meroë

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Axum

101
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Where was Axum located

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in present-day Eritrea
and northern Ethiopia

102
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What was Axum’s economic foundation

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highly productive agriculture due to plows (most of Africa didn’t use plows)

103
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What was the religion in Axum after the 4th century

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Coptic Christianity

104
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What capital city of Axum was a center of monumental building

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Axum (in the interior)

105
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Was there evidence of a state structure at the cities along the Niger River

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No

106
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Where there important civilizations before the Aztec and Inca empires in Mesoamerica

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yes

107
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Were Mesoamerican civilizations diverse

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yes, they were very diverse

108
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Did the Mesoamerican civilizations have interaction

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Yes, they had frequent interactions

109
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What cultural achievements did the Mayans have

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development of advanced math system, elaborate calendars, creation of the most elaborate writing system in the Americas, and monumental architecture (4)

110
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What was special about Mayan agriculture

A

it had large scale human engineering

111
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How united was the Mayans

A

the city-states and regional
kingdoms were highly fragmented

112
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Why did the Mayan civilization collapse

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lack of resources, political disunity, and frequent war (3)

113
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What was the America’s greatest city

A

Teotihuacán

114
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Did Teotihuacán have an influence on Mesoamerica

A

they had a deep influence

115
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Do we know much about Teotihuacán

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much is unknown

116
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“The historical processes of Africa and the Americas during the second-wave era (ca. 600 B.C.E. — 600 C.E.) largely resembled those of Eurasia in the same era.” To what extent is this statement accurate?

A

Similarities: trade networks, emergence of more complex societies, and cultural exchange (religion [Eurasia and Africa] and tech innovations [all])
Differences: writing systems and scale of empires

117
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What form one of world’s most
extensive and sustained networks of exchange

A

The Silk Roads

118
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What did the Silk Road provide to Eurasia

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unity and cohearance

119
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What did states in the last 5 centuries B.C.E. and second wave civilizations attempt to control

A

pastoral peoples

120
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What benefits did large states provide for trade networks

A

security for trade

121
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Why were luxury goods the main transport on the Silk Road

A

Because of high transport costs

122
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Who was first to have a monopoly on silk

A

China

123
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What symbolized the Eurasian exchange system, was used as currency in Central Asia, and was known as a symbol of high status

A

silk

124
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What was more important than the exchange of goods on the silk road

A

the exchange of cultures

125
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How did unfamiliar diseases spread

A

long-distance trade

126
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How did almost half of the population of Europe die after the unification of much of Eurasia by the Mongols

A

the Black Death/Bubonic Plague

127
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What helped Europeans when they reached the Western Hemisphere after 1500

A

disease exchange

128
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What was the most important sea road network from the age of the first civilizations until 1500

A

The Indian Ocean network

129
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What was an avenue for commerce for/since the Phoenicians

A

The Mediterranean Ocean

130
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Where was transportation cheaper, sea or silk roads?

A

by sea

131
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What made transportation of bulk goods possible

A

sea roads

132
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What was discovered about wind which helped increase the tempo of commerce by sea

A

monsoons

133
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What two things encouraged Indian Ocean trade

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the economic and political revival of China and the rise of Islam in the 7th century

134
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How did ocean commerce effect/transform Southeast Asia and East Africa

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stimulation of political change and introduction of foreign religious ideas

135
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What did Southeast Asia do to benefit from their strategic trade location

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opening an all sea trade route in the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) and made ports

136
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What Malay kingdom emerged form competition and dominated trade from 670 to 1025 C.E.

A

Srivijaya

137
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Where did elements of Chinese culture mostly spread to

A

Vietnam

138
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Other than Buddhism what other religions spread to Southeast Asia

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Hinduism (especially in Champas and Angkor) and Islam (came later)

139
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What civilization developed from a blend of Bantu and flourishing in the commercial life in the Indian Ocean and inner Africa (also developing Islamic beliefs)

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the Swahili civilization (of East Africa)

140
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What were East African products

A

gold, ivory, quartz, leopard skins, slaves, iron, and wood products (7)

141
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Where did much of the gold of East Africa come from

A

Zimbabwe

142
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Where did Sand Roads start

A

West Africa

143
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Where in Africa was there copper, salt deposits, and dates which were sold in the trans-African trade

A

in the Sahara

144
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What was the most well known civilization in the Andes

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the Incas

145
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What was a turning point in Sand Road trade for West Africa which allowed people to cross the sahrara

A

camels

146
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What did Saharan merchants especially want from West Africa

A

gold

147
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What did trade encourage near the Saharan trade routes

A

new and larger political structures

148
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What was the main religion which spread along the Sand Roads, their civilizations, as well as the Swahili civilizations

A

Islam

149
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Who extended the Chinese canal systems vastly and started the golden age

A

the Sui dynasty

150
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What exhausted the Sui’s state resources and caused the dynasty to be overthrown (state not disintegrated though)

A

their ruthlessness and failure to conquer Korea

151
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What two dynasties were built on Sui foundations

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the Tang and Song

152
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What did the Tang and Song create in their governments

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six major ministries and a Censorate (which dealt with surveillance of the government to ensure order)

153
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What happened in the Song dynasty that contributed to it’s prosperity and to the golden age

A

an economic revolution

154
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What was most production in China for

A

the market rather than local consumption

155
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Although it was the golden age what inequality was worse than before in the Song and Tang

A

gender hierarchy (ex. foot binding)

156
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With who was China’s more enduring interaction which included intrusion and pressure

A

the northern nomads

157
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Why did the Chinese need the nomads even though they thought of themselves as the center of the world

A

steppes provided horses and other goods and they controlled much of the silk road

158
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What was established in China to manage relations with non-Chinese peoples

A

the tribute system

159
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What did the tribute system require

A

non-Chinese authorities must acknowledge Chinese superiority (through a series of bows named kowtow) and present a tribute to the emperor

160
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What did a non-Chinese person gain from the Chinese tribute system

A

he would receive trading privileges and
“bestowals” in return (often worth
more than the tribute)

161
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What problems were presented with the tribute system

A

stronger nomadic states would simply extort China

162
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Which nomads adopted Chinese ways

A

nomads who ruled parts of China

163
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What was a fad among elites in the Tang dynasty that came from outside influence

A

anything connected
to “western barbarians”

164
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What did the Korean states resist even though they rivaled one another

A

Chinese political control

165
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What did Korea try to replicate from the Chinese

A

court life and administration

166
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What happened to Korea’s attempt to replicate the Chinese examination system

A

it didn’t gain prominence

167
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Where was Vietnam’s cultural heartland which was controlled by China from 111 BCE to 939 CE

A

the Red River valley

168
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What did Vietnam try to replicate from the Chinese

A

The Chinese approach to government

169
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What Tang and Song policy led to the proliferation of schools and colleges

A

the revision of the exam system

170
Q

Where did people voluntarily borrow Chinese culture without being invaded or conquered

A

Japan

171
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What was Japans writing system mixed with

A

Chinese characters with phonetic symbols

172
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Which region’s prosperity stimulated commercial life all over Eurasia

A

China

173
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What are the fundamental differences between births of Islam and Christianity

A

Islam did not grow up as persecuted minority religion and Islam didn’t separate “church” and state

174
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What did tolerated non-Islamic people living under Islamic occupation have to pay

A

a tax for not being Muslim (جِزْيَة: jizya)

175
Q

What were the first 4 islamic caliphs (the Rightly Guided
Caliphs, 632–661) relation with Muhammad

A

they were companions of
Muhammad

176
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How did Shia Muslims believe the next caliph should be chosen

A

they believed leaders should be blood relatives of Muhammad, descended from Ali and his son Husayn

177
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How did Sunni Muslims believe the next caliph should be chosen

A

they believed caliphs were rightful
political and military leaders, chosen by the Islamic community

178
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What was a driving force in the contraction of Christianity in Africa and Asia

A

Islam’s spread

179
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What is caesaropapism in the Byzantine Empire

A

the Church was closely tied to the state (emperor was head of church and state)

180
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What did the Crusades target other than the Middle East

A

Byzantium

181
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What happened to Persia after being weakened from the fight with the Byzantines

A

they were conquered by Islam

182
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Who declared itself the 3rd Rome and assumed the role of protector of Christianity after the fall of Constantinople

A

Moscow

183
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What was a major element of stability in western europe

A

the Catholic Church

184
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What was the relationship between the Church and the ruling class

A

They usually reinforced each other but also had some competition as rival centers of power

185
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What new idea replaced the original “warrior” idea of European masculinity

A

provider

186
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What did political pluralism do to Western European civilization

A

it led to frequent wars and militarization and stimulated technological development

187
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To what extent were developments in the world of Christendom from 600 to 1300 similar to those experienced in the worlds of Islam from 600 to 1450

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Religious expansion and conversion, Ties between Church and State (Caliphs, Byzantine Emperor, etc.), and divison (shia/sunni and catholic/orthodox) (3)

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World History I Honors (6 decks)

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