Midterm: Civilizations

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Those who worship in the Islamic religion and believe in Allah

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Muslims

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Mecca

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The holy city for Islamic people, the city of the prophet, the place where people go on pilgrimage, a busy trading center and oasis town

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Homer

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Wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

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Minoan civilization

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Reached its peak between 1600 and 1500 BC
Located on the island of Crete
Great sailors
Success based off of trading
Had a capital at Knossos
Had running water and colorful frescoes in their palace at Knossos

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Geography of Greece

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Mediterranean and Aegean Sea were central in the development of Greek civilization
On the Balkan Peninsula
Mountains isolated and divided city-states
Farmed the valleys
Geography big reason why Greece was never unified under one ruler

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Greek religion

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Greek mythology- polytheistic gods and goddesses
Processions and ceremonies, feasts and festivals honored their gods
Consulted oracles through whom the gods were thought to speak
Most thought universe was regulated by the gods, tho others thought natural laws governed

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Greek art

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Ceramic jars with images on them
Sculpture were carved in rigid poses, tho later they became more lifelike and idealistic, depicting humans in their most perfect and graceful form

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Greek drama

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Plays- Tragedies and comedies
Tragedies- purpose was to make feelings of pity and fear, then release the emotions
Comedies- humorous plays that mocked people or customs
Plays first evolved out of religious festivals
Outdoor theaters, no scenery, elaborate costumes and stylized masks
Based on popular myths or legends
Discussed moral and social issues or relationships

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Greek philosophy

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Philosophers were lovers of wisdom
Used logic and rhetoric 
Questioned things
Syllogism
Socratic method

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Sparta

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Located on the lower part of the Peloponnesus
From childhood taught to be warlike and military
Sickly newborns were abandoned
Totalitarian society
Purpose of the government was to prepare for war
Became warlike at first because they wanted to make sure the helots didn’t revolt
Girls also excessive and strengthened
Isolated themselves
Agricultural economy

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Athens

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Located in Attica on the coast
Trading economy
Democracy-more people got a say
Flourished in the arts and as a center of learning
Encouraged young men to delve into the intellectual side of life

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Golden Age of Greece

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During the reign of Pericles in Athens
Economy thrived and the government became more democratic
Direct democracy- citizens directly take part
Acropolis was rebuilt

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Parthenon

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A temple that was dedicated to Athena
Perfect balance, reflecting dignity and grace
Order, harmony, proportion
Pericles oversaw its construction

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Hellenistic civilization

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Hellenistic= like the Greeks
Begun by Alexander the Great when he conquered lands to the east, spreading Greek culture as he went
Alexandria in Egypt the center of the Hellenistic world
Great universities and breakthroughs in science engineering medicine astronomy, etc.

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Roman republic

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509 was its birth
Romulus and Remus- Mars and Reya parents
Republic gov because wanted to avoid any one person from having too much power
Family basic unit of society- pater familias
Children educated
Polytheistic
Grand well trained army
Trade and travel increased
Republic ended with the Punic wars and empowers being out into power after that

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Gaul

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The area around France

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Virgil

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Wrote the Aeneid, about Rome’s past

Lived during the Roman Empire

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Huns

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Italy
Attila the Hun
Nomadic
Fierce fighters

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Saxons

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England

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Goths

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Visigoths- Western Europe

Ostrogoths- Eastern Europe

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Franks

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France

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Angles

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England

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Vandals

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Spain predominantly

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Byzantine civilization

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Eastern surviving part of the Roman Empire
Constantinople it’s capital- trade center, harbor protected
Justinian heir to Rome
Christians rejected pope authority
Greek Orthodox

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The great schism

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The splitting of the east and west Roman Empire

Split over popes authority, priest marrying rights, icons

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Roman Catholic Church

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Western Europe
Catholic=universal
Rome
Pope
Roman was language
Separate from state
Clergy-priests- could not marry

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Eastern Orthodox Church

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Eastern Europe (Byzantine)
Orthodox =correct or right belief 
Constantinople
Patriarch was the ruler of church and state
Local languages and Greek
One with the state
Clergy could marry

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Islam

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The religion of Muslims
Muhammad
Allah
Quran

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Dark Ages

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No government 
no law and order 
no towns or cities 
No trade 
no education 
low population
Feudal economy

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Vikings

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Master sailors

Raided in France region

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Manga carta

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Crucial document
Barons forced King John to sign the Magna Carta also known as the great charter
It asserted that the nobles had certain rights and made it clear that monarchs must obey the law
The rights of the individual against the power of the state

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Parliament

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Bicameral
House of Lords- nobility; inherited the position
House of Commons- elected people

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Holy Roman Empire

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Both the church and the monarchs became powerful
Holy Roman empire ruled from Germany to Italy
Called holy because the ruler was crowned by the pope
Called roman because the line of emperors was seen as heirs to the emperors of ancient Rome
Feud between the pope and the emperor
Papel supremacy, then decline
Crusades took place

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Centralized government

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Growth of towns trade and nations
The Crusades gave people a taste for luxuries and started a growth of money economy
Trade increased and serfs were able to buy their freedom
Manors deteriorated and towns grew
Universities began
Power under one ruler