semester test<3 Flashcards
(25 cards)
neolithic revolution
-cultures started domesticating animals and starting settlements
-around 4300 BC down to 2000 BC
-started because there was a gradual warming (end of the ice age)
patriarchy
-system of government where a man is the leader and women are typically fully excluded
-began because men were generally stronger than men
-could argue that it was started for religious reasons
-they wanted women to focus on having kids and raising them up
-most ancient civilizations were patriarchal
cuneiform
-logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Middle East
-early bronze age to begininning of the common era
civil service exam
-used in ancient china to see who would be a good leader/political candidate
-tested on the 4 books and 5 classics
filial piety
-confucian practice
-a set of moral norms, values, and practices of respect and caring for one’s parents
monasticism
-also known as monkhood
-religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work
-they would pray, sleep, and do work
-self disciplined and isolated from others
hindu caste system
-deeply rooted in karma and reincarnation beliefs
-divides people into 4 categories based on who they were in their past life, their karma, and family lineage
genghis khan
-former leader of the mongols
-established the largest land empire in history
-conquered huge chunks of central Asia and China
-ruled from 1206 until his death in 1227
feudalism
-social system in medieval europe
-hierarchy of people based off of wealth
-the system had its roots in the Roman manorial system
“people of the book”
-used in the quran to designate people who had books (religious text)
-christians and jews
-zoroastrians
-hindus later on
ibn battuta
-wrote of the world’s most famous travel logs, the rihlah
-went on a 75,000 mile journey
-traveled through asia, africa, and europe
silk roads
-network of paths connecting civilizations in the East and West that was well traveled for approximately 1,400 years
-silk, spices, metals, architecture, paintings, but ALSO culture like music and art
black death
-bubonic plague pandemic
-western eurasia and north africa
-in 1347 a ship came and brought lots of rats
-its speculated that europes population halved
mandate of heaven
-Chinese political philosophy that was used in ancient and imperial China to legitimize the rule of the King or Emperor of China
-leaders were “ordained by God”
pax romana
-latin for roman peace
-a 200 year period where Rome was very peaceful and it’s seen as their “golden age”
-economic prosperity
pax mongolica
-a period of relative stability in Eurasia under the Mongol Empire during the 13th and 14th centuries
-trade routes became safe for merchants
hellenism
-polytheistic worship
-greek
-worshipped greek gods (each had a niche talent)
-spread of greek culture after the conquers of alexander the great
qanats
-underground tunnel systems that bring infiltrated groundwater to the surface by using gravity
-used for irrigation and drinking water in the middle east and north africa
aristotle
-greek philosopher
-there must be a higher being that creates all other things
-socrates taught plato who taught aristotle
monotheism
-having one god
-Zoroastrianism, yahwism, ancient chinese religions, jadaism, christianity, islam
sharia law
-islamic
-body of religious law
-punishments were stoning and beheading
-islam’s legal system
-protection of sound religious practice, life, sanity, the family, and personal and communal wealth
Scholasticism
-the system of theology and philosophy taught in medieval European universities
-based on Aristotellian teaching
-reconciled theology with philosophy
hammurabis code
-282 rules
-written by a babylonian king
-set of rules for everyone to follow inscribed into a pillar
mansa musa
-ruler of the kingdom of mali
-extremely rich, said to be $415 billion in todays USD
-he changed the economy everywhere he went because he had so much money
-was very well known for gold
