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Mid term Flashcards

1
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In what ways is history subjective

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Historians must have value judgements
Historians are more than Croniclers
Different historians have different perspectives

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2
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In what ways is history objective

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real events happened by real causes and motives
The god over all history had immediate knowledge
Gods verbal revelation

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3
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What rescues christianity from absolute subjectivity

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God’s verbal revelation gives an objective metanarrative

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4
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Elements of a christian approach to history

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incorporate elements from other approaches to history
orientation around a biblical timeline
scriptual value system
special attention to God’s people in history.

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5
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Sargon of akkadian

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First military dictator

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6
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Significance of hammarabi’s code

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Rule of law coming together

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7
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Details of the contribution of the hebrews

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Monotheism
law
kingship and government
politics
view of man
private property
history

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8
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Hebrew law

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equal justice for all
Sin against God and others must be punished
compassion for the poor and needy

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9
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Hebrew view of politics

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Publicly elected magistracies
Popular consent of the governed

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Hebrew view ofhistory

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LDF
Linear view of history
design and purpose is history
Future orientation of Jesus

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11
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babylonians in biblical history

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Conquerors of the southern kingdom

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12
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Contributions of the persians

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roads and postal services, popularized coin making, satraps

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13
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minoan accomplishments and culture

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First to build a sea empire to trade
technologically advanced
Linear A language
Artistic

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14
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The greek alphabet and the writings of homer

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Writings disapear
population declines
alphabet developed
Homer’s writings mark the end of the dark ages

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15
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Politics and life in Archiac Greek city states

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Polis: Establishment of colonies in order to support the population in the harsh climate of soil

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16
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presocratic

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concerned with the nature of the universe

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17
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Hellenic identity

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Common identity, language, religion, and enjoyment of things

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18
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Life in athens

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democratic state with flourishing population

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19
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Draco Athens

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Coded law

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20
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Solon Athens

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removed Hereditary restrictions

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21
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Pisistratus Athens

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Centralized power for self

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22
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Clesthenes athens

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Finalized Greek Democracy

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23
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Ostrasism Athens

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Election for voting, if they were not elected, they were sent to exile

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24
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Community in sparta

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Militaristic absolute state

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25
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Family life in sparta

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Marriage was only for the purpose of repopulatizatoin

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27
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What begins the classical age

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The persian war

28
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Battles of Marathos and thermopoly

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Greeks won the marathon
300 brave spartans fought in thermopoly

29
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age of pericles

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Rebuilt athens after destruction and sparta became jelous

30
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Peloponnesian war

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sparta vs athens athens looses their independence

31
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philip of macedon

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Takes control over athens

32
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Alexandar the great

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takes control of athens later

33
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Hellenistic period

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division into 4 different kingdoms
period of decline
period of diffusion
remains a greek world

34
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Political contributions of Greek

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Addressing population issues
new system of affairs to the state
Plato believed that tyranny naturallu rises out of democracy

35
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American founders assesments of greek politics

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thomas jefferson thought is was onsense
john adams was dissapointed and discusted

36
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Sophists

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Skeptisism, believed debates were foolish, man is the measure of all things

37
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Socrates

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Sophists were foolish, plato was his biggest student

38
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Archaic period writers

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HOmer and hesiod

39
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Classical period writers and writings

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Aeschylus: Answered philisophical questions
Aristophanes: Western comedic theater

40
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Greek Historians

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Herodotus: Father of history
Thucydides: Pelopanisean war authorship

41
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Contributions of pythagoras

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Pythagorean theory

42
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Contributions of Eulicid

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Geometry

43
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Archimedes

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Calculated the value for pie, physics and other developments

44
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Aristarchus

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Sun is at the center of the universe

45
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Eratosthenes

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Calculated the circumference of the earth

46
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hippocrates

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Father of western medicine.

47
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Founding of rome before the republic

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Etruscans ruled over the romans

48
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Three punic wars

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First: Over sicily control, lasted 20 years, rome won against carthage
second: Hannibal and carthage hannibal and his elephants
three: Carthage is burned to the ground

49
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BAttle of Cannae

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Up and down the italian peninsula hannibal is defeated by Scipio

50
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ScipioAfricanus

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Attacks carthage directly and defeats them

51
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The greek influence on the romans

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Literature
Greek widely spoken
Greek religion

52
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Grancchi

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Senate had them killed, then the fall happened

53
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Marius

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Changed military to non social class

54
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Sulla

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Traditional limits on dictorial power were removed

55
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Pompey

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General who moved the army to rome and demanded to become council

56
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The first triumvirate

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Uniting political support, they granted caesar as council in order to get land or money

57
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Brutus/ Death of caesar

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Octavius accused him of being disloyal
Seized caesar and killed him

58
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Agustus’ accomplishments and the pax romana

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  • Sucessful centralization of power
  • Peace and stability
  • roman peace
59
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Early emerors in roman republic

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Tiberius, claudius and nero

60
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Diocletian

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Divides the empire into two administrative states

61
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The sack of rome

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First time rome lost power to foreign empires in 800 years

62
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Polybuis and the government of the roman empire

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Mixed republican givernment
sepparation of powers
checks and balacnes

63
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Cicero

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Development of natural law theory

64
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Justinian

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Body of law

65
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Romans historians, statesmen, and poets

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Historians: Polybuis, Livy, tactitus
states men: cicero: natural law theorist

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