Unit One Flashcards
What was known as hunters and foragers era
Palaeolithic
How did the change of new agriculture start
Began to learn about new grains, learned they didn’t have to chase their food could start herding
Why could herding not happen everywhere
Because not all animals were able to be domesticated
Mesopotamia was located in:
The Fertile Crescent (between Tigris and Euphrates river)
What kind of infrastructure flourished during the Mesopotamian time period
Ziggurats
Ziggurats were used for
Worshiping the Gods
What were some inventions (mathematical and scientific)
Base 60 system (60 seconds per minute ext.)
The Babylon people of Mesopotamia used their math system to
Study the stars
One of the first forms of writing…
Was developed on slabs of clay and developed into first form of writing 32,000 BCE
Greece developed:
Eastern Mediterranean
The two powerful city states were:
Sparta and Athens
Greece spread to the
Italian peninsula
Geography like mountains and rivers separated…
Multiple city states
All city states had a gov that was
Independent and local to their group
Greece became competition with the Persian empire due to
Access of sea and trade
What does the word Polis mean
City states(different groups)
Greece was ruled by
Men(patriarchy)
Spartas main goal
To have the most powerful military base
Young boys were
Taken away to train for military (starved and abused)
Women in Sparta could
Own land have education
Sparta relied on slaves too
Feed everyone in the group
Helots definition
captured slaves
Sparta was run by a
Oligarchy (rich land owners)
Athenian democracy was known for their
Intellectual and political achievements
Athens were ruled by a
Monarchy
Athenians slowly fell into being ruled by tyrants because
Rich land owners believed they had a say and gov and when there demands were not fulfilled they turned to small farmers to support tyrants
Tyrants meaning
Leaders who seize power with the support of their people
Athens became a
Democracy
Who was Socrates
A man who question Athenian gov and religion was put to death for it
Who was Plato
Kept the idea of Socrates alive studies literature
Greeks believed in
Multiple Gods
Greeks created the
Olympics ode to Gods
Who were leaders of Persian empire over time
Cyrus the great
Darius (522-436 BCE)
About the reign of Darius
He was a man who ruled a large empire he created the idea of local leaders (Sartrap)
Sartraps duty was too
Report back to Darius about issues with local gov
Royal road was
A road expanded across the empire brought trade and goods people rode on camels
The Persian empire believed in
One God (monotheistic)
Persian empire brought the concept of
Haven and hell belief
This belief was followed by the richer class
Persian empire owned slaves so
So they didn’t have to do there own farming
Persian empire let women
Have rights
Persian empire created
Irrigation systems
Persia and Greece went too
War
The Athens and Sparta came together
To defeat Persia
The polonesian war was between
Spartans Athens against the Persian empire
What did Alexander the Great do
He extended Greece into Asia, spread world wide culture,
Death of Alexander the Great lead to
The fall of Greece and Rome taking over
Ancient Rome started as a small village
Bear the Tiber river
How was Rome divided
Regal/republican/imperial
The regal democracy consisted of
A-bunch of kings, was the beginning of Rome
The republican democracy was
A time were people were ruled into power ( Julius Caesar’s time or rule)
The imperial democracy’s was
The first emperor was elected his name being Octavian (Pax Romana)
Rome created infrastructure like
Aqueducts road systems coliseums
Why did Rome flourish with expanding
Because they didn’t force religion on the people they conquered
Romans were heavily influenced by
The Greek culture
As the rise of Christianity began to arise
Rome started to slowly decline
Jews under Rome were captured (530-79 BCE) did Roman’s use Christianity?
Romans accepted it but had no intent of practicing Christianity, when Jews rebelled it led to the destruction and persecution of Jews
Jesus emerged to challenge
The belief of Roman’s
Christianity was most popular amongst
Poor people slaves and women in need of answer about hardness of life and after life
Petter and Paul what did they do
Peter and Paul spread the word of Christianity around Rome both who became catholic priest in Rome inspired preachers from then on
Who was the Roman Empire that believed in Christianity and changed tomes religion
Constantine was the emperor who changed Rome and created it into being Constantine
Why did Christianity fall when Jesus died
Because Rome began to kill Jews who still believed in him and went back to the belief of multiple gods
When do we begin to see major issues with Rome
300 CE such as plague revolting attacks and threats
When was Jesus killed
29 CE
What was the caste system
Was a social class formed around jobs in ancient India
What was the order highest class to lowest
Brahmins-Kshatriyas-vaishyas-Dalits
If you weren’t in the same class
You couldn’t marry love or have certain jobs
What was the idea of Jainism
Jainism was the belief that all living things have a soul (had very few followers
About Buddhism
Had four noble truths, belief in reincarnation, doing good in life till you achieve enlightenment (nirvana)
Where was Buddhism started
Northern India
Mauryan empire was more focused on the religions rather than form of gov
Guapta dynasty began and ended in
3-4 century to 6th century
Guapta dynasty was called the
Golden age
Some of quaptas dynasty achievements were
The building of hospitals and new surgeries and skills and the development of 0-9 numbers
About Mauryan empire
Had provinces and spy’s, thete leader Ashoka also known as Buddha
Buddhism spread through
The Silk Road
After budha dies there was a
Division of his people (skism)
