World Civ Mid Term

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republic

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a form of government where power rest with the citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders

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Tarquin the proud

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was the last king of Rome - a tyrant

Question 2

Patricians

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wealthy landowners that held most of the power

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Consuls

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there were two
Commanded the army
Directed the government
One year term
Could not be elected again for 10 years 
One could always veto the others decision

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The Senate

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300 from the upper class
Both legislative - law making

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First Punic War

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Rome wins
Sicily
21 years

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Second War

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Hannibal
50,000
80

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Two brothers tried to effect reforms when they were Teibunes

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Tiberius Gracchus

Gaius Gracchus

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Julius Ceasar

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Joined forces with 
Crassus - a wealthy Roman
Pompey - a popular general 
Ceaser was elected consul in 59 B.C.
59-49 B.C. These three dominated Rome

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Marcus Brutus and Gaius Cassius

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plotted Caesars assassination

March 15th, 44 B.C. - “the ideas of March

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The second triumvirate

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Octavia
(Caesars 18 year old grandnephew and adopted son
Mark Antony
(An experienced general)
(A powerful politician
They took control of Rome in 43 B.C.
Jealousy ended union
Octavian forced Lepidus to retire
Octavian and Mark Antony became rivals
While fighting Rome’s enemies in Anatolia, mark Antony met Cleopatra
Followed her to Egypt
Octavian defeated the combined forces of Antony and cleopatra at the naval Battle of Actium - 31 B.C.
Antony and Cleopatra later committed suicide
Octavian became the unchallenged ruler of Rome
Accepted the title of Augustus - “exalted one”
Kept the title imperator
- supreme military commander
The term emperor comes from this title
From 27 B.C. - A.D. 180 peace reigned through out the Roman Empire
Known as the Pax Romana

Question 11

civil service

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this paid workers to manage the affairs of government

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Virtue of Gravitas

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the values of discipline, strength and loyalty

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Juno

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watched cover women

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Pax Romana

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began to crumble, more and more Christisnd were killed and persecuted

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Edict of Milan

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A.D. 313
Issued by Constantine
Declared Christianity one of the religions approved by the empire
A.D. 380 the emperor Theodosius made it the empires official religion
The Churches Hierarchical Structure

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Fathers of the church

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early writers and cholers

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Saint Augustine of Hippo

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Wrote the city of God

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Roman art

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Much of it was intended for public education
Developed a type
Here the sculptor shows the Roman Gods
Mosaics were pictures or designs made of small bits of glass, stone, or tile onto a surface

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Virgil

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spent 10 years writing the Anenid

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Livy

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compiled a multivolume history of Rome - tracing its origin from 9 B.C.

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The latin Language

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It remained the language of learning long after the fall of Rome
It remained the official language of the Roman Catholic Church until the 29th century
It developed into the Romance Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian

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The Colosseum

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from the Latin word colossus meaning “gigantic”

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Aryans

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Homeland was between the Caspian and Aral seas
Moved into the Indus River Valley
Left no archaeological record of their civilization
The picture of Aryan life comes from the Vedas - their sacred literature
Four collections of prayers, magical spells and instructions for performing rituals.

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Rig Vedas

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contains 1,028 hymns to Aryan gods

These were originally only in an oral tradition

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Cast system

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Brahmins - priest Academics

Kshatriyas - Warriors, Kings

Vaishyas - business community

Kshudras - servants

The Dalit - untouchable

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Krishna

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the kings chariot driver. A god in human form Instructs young warriors in the proper

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Hinduism

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is a collection of beliefs that developed slowly over a period
of time.

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moksha

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a State of perfect understanding of All things

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Atman

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the individual soul of a living being

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Brahman

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the world soul that contains and unites all atman

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reincarnation

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an individual soul or spirit is born again and again until moksha is achieved

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karma

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good or bad deeds - follow on reincarnation to another

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God personalities

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Brahma 
(The creator)
Vishnu
(The protector) 
Shiva
(The destroyer)

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Jainism

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found by Mahavira (599 B.C.- 527 B.C.)
Believed that everything in the universe had a soul
Should not be harmed

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Eight fold path

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Right view
Right intentions
Right speech
Right actions 
Right livelihood
Right effort
Right concentration
Right mindfulness

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Minoans

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dominated trade from 2000 B.C. - 14000 B.C.

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Crete

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at the southern end of the Aegean Sea

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King Minos

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owned a monster called a Minotaur that was half bull and half human