Quarter 3 Exam | Golden Ages Flashcards
mesopotamia
- collapse due to constant invasion (persia absorbs empire)
- cuneiform (epic of gilgamesh)
-code of hammurabi: very harsh set of laws based on punishment and social classes
ma’at
divine order in the universe (egypt)
egypt
- polytheism
- pyramids
- pharaohs (divine)
- people are optimistic
- sun god in center
greatest egyptian emperor: ramses II
athens
- democracy (pericles)
- theatre
- literature
- polytheistic
- patriarchy
- no public women rights
- parthenon
- spread democracy to western europe and the current u.s
rome
- republic
- roads “all roads lead to rome”
- LAW
- pax romana
- twelve tables
- arches and domes
- architecture from egyptians
- poly -> christianity (latin)
- inclusive
- paterfamilias
- women HAVE property rights
byzantine empire
- orthodoxy (christianity from rome)
- code of justinian
- haiga sophia
- both secular and religious ruler
gupta empire
- vaccines
- plastic surgery
- zero, decimals, infinity
- astronomy
- caste system (HINDUISM, SANSKIRT)
hinduism was right for the gupta empire to promote peace, prosperity and trade
-medicine travelled to islamic empire and western europe
FALL: huns invaded
china (HAN DYNASTY)
ALL INVENTIONS MADE TO MAKE LIFE EASIER: -metal casting -finished great wall -stirrup -water power -seismograph -paper (test before paper) -civil service exam=confucianism FALL: nobles fighting, high taxes and poor people upset
rome and china
- BOTH organized bureaucracies
- BOTH patriarchal
differences:
ROME- paterfamilias, plebeians and patricians, tech made life more enjoyable
HAN- oldest male is leader, land owning gentry, tech to protect and help people
olmec civilization
NOT A RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATION
- squash,rice and beans
- mesoamercia = central america
- stoneheads
- terracing
hinduism
- the vedas
- caste sytem
- did not diffuse much out of india
- bhaguad gita
- moshka
- sati (example of no women’s rights)
buddhism
- eightfold path
- four noble truths (life is suffering)
- no gods
- siddhartha guatama (buddha)
- nirvana
- give up desire
- no materialism
- ENLIGHTENMENT
maurya empire
-bureaucratic design (taxable provinces)
ashoka:
- coverts to buddhism after bloody battle of kalinga
- encouraged religious tolerance (CONSTANTINE)
- edicts on rocks
FALL: after ashoka dies the empire gets partitioned into three which NEVER WORKS
indus
harappa and mohenjo-daro
-carved seals: shows property for the first time in ancient civilizations
