Quarter 2 Exam 1 | River Civilizations Flashcards
INDUS RIVER VALLEY
-CARVED SEALS
-CITY STATES W/ PLANNING
-GRID SYSTEM
HARAPPA & MOHENJO DARO
*FALL OF EMPIRE BC OF A SYSTEM FAIL FOLLOWED BY ARYAN INVASION
MESOPOTAMIA RIVER VALLEY
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: BASIC PROPERTY RIGHTS NO POLITICAL ROLE
- UNPREDICATBLE FLOOD
- CITY STATES
- ZIGGURATS
- CUNIEFORM
- GILGAMESH
- COH
*FALL OF EMPIRE BC OF CONSTANT INVASION -> PERSIAN ABORBS EMPIRE
EGYPT RIVER VALLEY
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: BEST TO WOMEN; MARRIAGE, PROPERTY AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
-DELTA
-MENES (NARMER)
-MA’AT
-PHAROAH (DIVINE)
LUXURY GOODS
CHINA (HUANG HE, YELLOW RIVER VALLEY)
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: WORST TO WOMEN; ONLY PURPOSE IS TO REPRODUCE, EVERYTHING FEMININE IS NEGATIVE
- MANDATE OF HEAVEN
- SEMI DIVINE KINGS
- WARRING STATES , THREE PHILOSOPHIES
- ORACLE BONES
- DYNASTIC CYCLE
ARYANS (FORMELEY INDUS)
- CASTE SYSTEM
- HINUDISM
- VEDAS
MINOAN CIVILIZATION
- KNOSSOS CAPITAL
- CRETE
- SEA TRADE
- BIREME (SHIP)
MYCENAEN CVIVLIZATION
- GREEK MAINLAND
- SEA TRADE
- MORE WEAPONS= UNKNOWN THREAT?
OLMEC CIVILIZATION
- MESOAMERICA (CENTRAL / LATIN AMERICA)
- STONEHEADS
- SQUASH,RICE,BEANS
CHAVIN CIVILIAZATION
- MESOAMERICA (CENTRAL / LATIN AMERICA)
- SEAFOOD
- ANDES MOUNTAIN = TERRACING
ATHENS
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: NO PUBLIC / POLITICAL ROLE
- DEMOCRACY
- PERICLES ^
- DELAIN LEAGUE
- SOLON
SPARTA
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: WOMEN WERE RESPECTED, BUT HAD NO POLITICAL ROLE
- NO DEMOCRACY
- MILLITARISTIC
- PELOPONNESIAN LEAGUE
HELLENISITC EMPIRE
- ALEXANDER THE GREAT
- CULTRAL DIFFUSION
- SPREAD FROM GREECE- INDIA (INDUS)
- PARTITION BC ALEX DIED LEAD TO FALL OF EMPIRE
FALL OF ANCIENT GREECE?
PELOPONNESIAN WAR FOLLOWED BY THE ERA OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
CODE OF HAMMURABI
(BABYLONIAN) MESOPOTAMIA’S STRICT CODE OF LAWS THAT WAS BASED ON PUNISHMENT AND SHOWED BIAS SOCIAL CLASSES
CONFUCIANISM
- *PHILOSPHY NOT RELIGION**
- 5 BASIC RELATIONSHIPS
- GOVT. SHOULD ACT MORALLY
- ANALECTS
- FOUNDATION FRO ALL CHINESE CULTURE
- CREATED TO STOP WARRING STATES
DELIAN LEAGUE
ECONOMIC & MILITARISTIC ALLIANCE OF THE ATHENIANS
GREEK GEOGRAPHY
MOUNTAINOUS TERRIAN AND PLETHORA OF ISLANDS LEADS TO CITY-STATE DEVELOPMENT
HERODOTUS
GREEK WRITER AND HISTORIAN, MOST KNOWN FOR “THE HISTORIES”
SECONDARY SOURCE, SO HIS WRITING MIGHT NOT BE RELIABLE
HITITTES
ORIGINATED IRON WEAPON USE
JUDIASM
FISRT MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION FOUNDED BY ABRAHAM
KNOSSOS
MINAON CAPTIAL
MA’AT
OVERALL BALANCE, PEACE AND ORDER IN EGYPT. NO CHAOS
MIDDLE KINGDOM IN EGYPT
“BORING PERIOD”
- LITERATURE AND ART
INTERMEDIATE PERIOD
PERIOD OF TIME IN BETWEEN KINGDOMS IN EGYPT THAT ARE TIMES OF WAR, CHAOS, AND OVERALL INSTABILITY
MIGRATION
WHEN PEOPLE MOVE FORM PLACE TO PLACE (NOMADIC)
-MIRGATE FOR MANY REASONS
FOLLOW FOOD, ESCAPE NATURAL DISASTER
**BUT NOT RELIGION**
PERICLES
ATHENIAN LEADER
- ENOCUAGRED DEMOCRACY
- REBULIT PARTHENOEN (NO ONE LIKED IT)
- FUNERAL ORATION
- CREATED DELIAN LEAGUE TO SPREAD DEMO.
-HE DID NOT DEFEAT SPARTA
RIG VEDA / VEDAS
“VEDA” - KNOWLEDGE
ARYAN CULTURE
TEN COMMADMENTS
JUDAISM, ENFORCED ETHICAL BEHAVIOR
ZOROASTRISM
MONO+POLY =PERSIA RELIGION
WHY DID GREECE FIGHT IN THE PERSIAN AND PELOPONNESIAN WAR?
PERISAN: KEEP ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY
PELO: ECOMONIC RIVALRY WITH SPARTA
HOW WAS ALEX THE GREAT ABLE TO CONQUER GREECE?
THE GREECE CITY STATES WERE WEAK BC OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
HOW WERE ATHENS AND SPARTA DIFFERENT?
SIMILARITES :
- CITY STATES
- PATRIARCHAL (MEN RUN SOCIETY)
- ENTROCENTRIC
DIFFERENCES:
- EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION
- WAY GOVERNMENT RUNS
- LEVEL OF MILITARISM
ARYAN INVASION?
WHY: FOR RESOURCES
HOW: KYHBER PASS
WHEN: 1500 B.C.E
WHAT PLACES WAS ALEXANDER THE GREAT NOT ABLE TO CONQUER?
INDIA AND MONGOLIA (ANYTHING EAST OF INDIA)
PHARAOHS LOSING POWER?
WHY: LUXURY GOOD AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE
HOW:PRIESTS TOOK OVER
WHEN: NEW KINGDOM
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HELLENISTIC EMPIRE WHEN ALEX THE GREAT DIED?
A PARTITION DIVIDED THE EMPIRE INTO 3 TO SHARE WITH 3 GENERALS, WHICH LEAD TO A FALL OF THE EMPIRE.
FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
- TRUTH OF SUFFERING
- TRUTH OF CAUSE OF SUFFERING
- TRUTH OF FREEDOM OF SUFFERING
- “EIGHTFOLD PATH” WAY TO ELIMINATE SUFFERING
MOKSHA
THE RELEASE FROM THE CYCLE OF DEATH AND REBIRTH
ACHIEVED WHEN YOU ARE FINALLY ONE WITHT THE UNIVERSE
ZEND AVESTA
SCARED TEXT OF ZOROASTRIANISM
LAO TZU
FOUNDER OF DAOISM
