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World History Exam 1
Jensen TMU
Question | Answer |
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When did Abram enter Canaan | c.2090 BC |
When was the Exodus? | c. 1446 BC |
When was the the Chaldean/Babylonian Empire? | c. 612-539 BC |
When was Judah’s 70 yr Babylonian captivity? | 605-536 BC |
When was the Persian empire? (Started by Cyrus, ended by Alexander) | c. 550-331 |
Howard Carter | Discovered king Tut’s tomb |
Zoroastrianism | The de-facto( not acknowledged, but actually) state religion of Persia(Iran area) |
Regal dating | Dating based off of the reigns of kings |
Mesopotamia | “Land between rivers” in modern-day Iraq and Syria |
Fertile Crescent | Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Palestine |
Far East | India and China |
“Cradle of civilization” | Name for Mesopotamia |
Civilization= | Culture that has attained a high degree of complexity, characterized by urban(city) life |
Mesopotamian home | Swampy flood plain with irregular flooding |
Tigris and Euphrates | Open to invasion- constant warfare |
City-state | Urban region and agricultural land under city control (Ur was a leader) |
Cuneiform | Mesopotamian writing system |
Widespread slavery | Almost 40-50% |
Religion of Mesopotamia | Polytheism |
Sargon I (the great) | First substantial empire- Persian gulf to Mediterranean |
Babylon | City prominent under Hammurabi |
Hammurabi | Known for his law code |
Egypt | Known as gift of the nile |
Nile river | Rose and fell with precision Left black silt behind |
One of the longest lasting civilizations | Egypt |
Pharaoh | Believed to be god and man |
Pyramid | Burial chamber for pharaohs |
Pharaohs form of burial | Mummification |
Rosetta stone | Translated Egyptian hieroglyphics |
Solar calendar | Devised by Egypt |
Old kingdom period | Age of pyramids at climax in Giza Yet lead to decline in economic because of high architecture spending |
Hyksos-invaders from Syria | Overthrown in national uprising |
Hatshepsut | 1st Female pharaoh |
Amenhotep II | Pharaoh during 1446 exodus |
Akhenaton (amenhotep IV) | Pharaoh who Attempted monotheistic reform |
Tutankhamen (king tut) | His tomb escaped looting Found mostly intact |
United Kingdom of Israel 3 first kings | Saul, David, Solomon |
Kingdom divided | Israel (10 northern- Samaria) conquered by Assyria Judah (2 Southern- Jerusalem) conquered by Babylon |
Celt (Kelt) | Western European peoples during Iron Age |
Hittites | (Asia Minor) modern turkey Alleged error in bible- Recent archaelogy Verified bible Historians practiced revisionism |
Hittites | Iron weapons Formal treaties |
Phoenicians (canaanites) | Mediterranean’s greatest traders, navigators, shipbuilders, colonizers Export cloth dyed purple |
Arameans | Dominated camel caravan trade Language (Aramaic) became international language of near east |
Assyrian | Militaristic and cruel people Ruled by terror Deported the ten tribes of Israel |
Chaldean( Babylonian) | Joins with Medes to overthrow assyrian |
Persian | Made royal highways |
Persia location | Modern Iran- massive empire |
Cyrus the great | One of the greatest conquerors in the ancient near east |
Epic of Gilgamesh | Written before Genesis |
Aegean Age:Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dorians | 2000-1200 BC |
Greek “dark ages” | 1150-750 BC |
Hellenic Age:city-states emerge-Greek “golden age” | 750-323 BC |
The Peloponnesian War(s) | 431-404 |
The Hellenistic age: “Greek-like” after Alexander to Augustus | 323-27 BC |
Demagoguery | Selfish, unprincipled appeals to popular passions and prejudices |
Parthenon | Major temple in Athens |
Aristocracy | Rule by the best |
Monarchy | Rule by a monarch, King or Queen, may involve a royal family |
Oligarchy | Rule by a few |
Republic | Rule by elected leaders |
Why are Greeks important? | Their ideas |
Size of Greece(area) | England or Alabama |
Influenced by geography | Mountains & Maritime (sea) |
Caused colonization | Few natural resources |
Polis | Major town with surrounding territory |
Minoan | Island of Crete Commercialized agriculture Prosperous trade Prosperous trade |
Mycenaean | Located at Mycenae (Greek mainland) |
Greek Dark Ages | After destruction caused by Dorian invasion |
Battle of Marathon | (Part of Persian Wars) Greeks defeated invading Persian army |
Athens | Commercial and sea-faring community |
Practiced direct democracy | Participation by all men with 2 Athenian parents(citizens) |
Ostracism | Dangerous persons could be exiled for ten years by vote |
Athenian politics | Demagoguery |
Sparta | Similar to modern totalitarian states- subordination of the individual to the state |
Slaves(helots) | Outnumbered citizens 10/1 Used for agricultural, craft, other domestic settings Spartans free for “other” pursuits |
Sparta | Isolated and agricultural |
Peloponnesian War | Who would rule Greece? Athenian Navy vs. Spartan Ground troops Sparta wins Sparta won |
The Olympic games | Warring city-states called truces during games Men only at first |
Phillip II | King of Macedonia |
Alexander the Great | Son of Phillip II |
Hellenistic Age/Period | Spread Greek culture eastward by Alexander’s conquests 300yrs from death of Alexander until Ptolemaic Greece was defeated by Augustus at Actium |
Death of Alexander divided Empire 4 into 3 kingdoms | 1. Ptolemaic-Egypt 2. Seleucid-Persian Empire 3. Antigonid-Macedonia |
Greek beliefs | Switch from myth to philosophy |
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle’s counter to Sophits(reject absolute truth) | The notion that truth is real and discoverable |
Epicureans | Finest pleasures are intellectual |
Stoics | Universe controlled by something |
Cleisthenes | Founder of Athenian democracy |
Pericles | Statesman- dominated Athens during its “Golden Age” |
Protagoras | Famous Sophist “man is the measure of all things” |
Socrates | Taught by probing and asking penetrating questions “Know Yourself” - the unexamined life is not worth living Drank hemlock-sentenced to death |
Plato | Founded Academy to train ruling class Theory of “Forms” |
Aristotle | Pupil of Plato Tutored Alexander the Great elements of deductive and inductive reasoning Elements of inductive/deductive reasoning Laid down rules for syllogisms(deductive scheme) |
When was the Roman republic? | 509 BC- 27 BC |
When was Julius Caesar assassinated? | 44BC (March 15th) |
When was the Birth and Fall of Roman Empire? | 27 BC- AD 476 |
When was the Pax Romana? | 27BC- AD 180 |
When was Jerusalem destroyed by Titus? | AD 70 |
Gaul | Ancient region of Europe Present day: France |
Proletariat | Lowest class who paid no taxes but produced children(proles) |
Roman political life transitions | Republic——dictator——empire |
Where is Rome located? | On the Tiber river, surrounded by hills for protection |
Paterfamilias | Father ruled the family unit |
Roman government | Republic with 2 consuls- ruled by advice from senate |
Makeup of Roman Society | 10%- Patricians (wealthy, controlled senate) 90%- Plebeians (commoners) |
Senate | Council of nobles (served for life) from Patrician class |
Tribal assembly | Represented plebeian concerns Had equality with senate |
Origins of Hanukkah | Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV (epiphanes) tried to destroy Judaism. Maccabean revolt-restored temple worship (feast of rededication: Hanukkah) |
Carthage’s advantage in Punic wars | Excellent navy |
Hannibal | Carthaginian General was very successful in destroying Rome for 16 years. Defeated by Roman Scipio. |
What tore Rome apart? | Deterioration of cooperation and internal dissension |
Latifundia | Large plantations |
Who attempted reform? | Gracchi brothers- Senate uncompromising |
Spartacus | Gladiator in Rome who led slave revolt |
Who led military changes? | Gaius Marius- restructure the army (loyalty to general not Roman government) |
1st Roman civil war | Cornelius Sulla v Gaius Marius Wanted military command Victor: Sulla |
Caesar’s conquest | Gained control of Legions of Gaul/ invaded Britain (Now had fortune and military followers) |
Crossing the Rubicon | “An irrevocable decision” Acted against Pompey’s order to leave army before entering Rome |
Julius Caesar was not a nice guy | Death or enslavement of over 1 million people |
Cleopatra+Julius Caesar | Met in Egypt, went back to Rome-had illegitimate son |
Calendar reform | Changed to solar- July after himself |
2nd Triumvirate (after Caesar’s death) | Mark Antony (Caesar’s lieutenant), Octavian (Caesar’s nephew), Lepidus (statesman) |
Battle of Actium | Naval battle Mark Antony v Octavian Victor: Octavian |
Fourth Emperor of Roman Empire | Claudius- Roman occupation of Britain |
Octavian (Augustus Caesar) | “First citizen” basically dictator with senate input Had near total control or army |
Octavian’s legislation | Against adultery |
Pax Romana | Roman peace |
Entertainment in Rome | Bread and circuses- (free food and entertainment) |
Emperor Diocletian | Split the empire (easier control) |
Tetrarchy | Four rulers |
Constantine’s “conversion” | Due to an unlikely victory at Milvian bridge |
Edict of Milan | Gave religious freedom |
East and west empires united by who? | Constantine |
New capital under Constantine | Byzantium- “Constantinople” |
Constantine not Christian…. | Was Pontifex Maximus- head of pagan state religious cult |
Herod the Great | Ruled over Judea (king of the Jews) appointed by Mark Antony and Octavian |
Titus | Destroyed Jerusalem and Temple |
Rome’s contributions | Military Science— Romance Languages— Architecture and Engineering— Environment for Christianity’s Birth and Expansion |
Fall of Rome | Only in west |
Reason for fall of Rome | Multiple Causation (no single explanation) Technological innovation stagnated |
Barbarians | Nickname for “All tribes” Warred against themselves and sometimes Rome |
Barbarian groups | Visigoths, Vandals, Huns |
Former Roman mercenaries | Germanic Heruli |
Who persuaded Attila the Hun to not attack Rome? | Pope Leo I |
Franks | Dominated Europe after fall of Western Roman Empire |
When was the birth of Jesus? | 5-4 BC |
When was the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus | AD 30 |
When was the Edict of Milan? | AD 313 |
When was the Council of Nicaea | AD 325 |
When did Athanasius outline his statement on the NT canon | AD 367 |
Arianism | Heretical teachings - deny deity of Jesus Say He is just a good person |
Swoon/ Semi-coma theory | Christ didn’t die…. Went unconscious |
Vision/hallucination theory | Disciples saw vision of Jesus alive/all hallucinations |
Wrong tomb | Disciples found the wrong empty tomb |
Fraud theory | Disciples or others stole the body-claim resurrection |
Christ-myth | Believe that Jesus never lived-was invented |
Ancient historical/political proof of christ | No official record has been preserved of any report which pontiff Pilate or any other Roman governor of Judea sent to Rome about anything |
Pagan source that verifies Christ | Cornelius Tacitus- “Roman Annals” talk about “Christians” -got name from Christ, who was executed by sentence of the procurator Pontius Pilate in the reign of Tiberius |
Modern secular sources | “Easy for Jewish side to question existence of Jesus, but never did” |
Why were Christians a target of Roman persecution | Viewed as disloyal subjects of empire- treasonous Thought to be atheists Lifestyle sharp contrast with Roman culture-refused to go to arena/theatres/public baths |
Emperor Decius | First Empire-wide persecution |
Emperor Diocletian | The great persecution |
Emperors Constantine and Licinius | Made religious freedom throughout Roman Empire with edict of Milan |
Theodius | Made Christianity the state religion of Rome |
What was one appeal for the spread of Christianity | Equality for slaves/women with free men |
Apologists | Sought to defend or explain Christianity |
Polemicists | Attacked heretical ideas |
One defect of the church fathers | Sacerdotalism— priest was an essential mediator between God and man |
Council of Nicaea | Held by Constantine and many bishops End of Pilgrim Church era(no longer independent of state) |
Arius | Jesus is a created being (there was a time when the son was not) |
Athanasius | Jesus has the same essence as the Father |
Eusebius | Middle position….Jesus has a similar essence |
Ambrose | Bishop of Milan— subjected the emperor to church discipline |
Jerome | Produced Latin translation of Bible (Vulgate) later became the authorized RCC Bible |
Apocrypha | 14 Books of Septuagint not part of Hebrew Bible -not accepted by Jews or Protestants |
Augustine | Bishop of Hippo, emphasized calling of the elect Christian Philosophy of History “Whole Tenor Principle” |
Monasticism | A way of life that emphasizes certain aspects: life-in-community, celibacy, poverty, worship, etc |
Aceticism | Practicing strict self-denial |
Benedict of Nursia | Focused on poverty, chastity, and obedience |
Positive elements of monasticism | Seats of learning(preservation) |
Negative elements of monasticism | False standards of holiness developed |