Study sets matching "western civilizations"
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Political economy
Monarchy
Absolutism
Tyranny
How economics, law, and politics affect each other
Ruled by a king or queen who comes from a family of kings and…
One person rules and he/she has complete power
One person who rules using force, fear, or limiting personal f…
Political economy
How economics, law, and politics affect each other
Monarchy
Ruled by a king or queen who comes from a family of kings and…
sophists
Thales of Miletus
Skepticism
Socrates
- "Workers of wisdom"... - teachers
- Earliest known philosopher... - believed the universe was contr…
- Root of Greek philosophy... - Constant questioning... - Support al…
- Encouraged students to think... - Popular with youth... - Annoying…
sophists
- "Workers of wisdom"... - teachers
Thales of Miletus
- Earliest known philosopher... - believed the universe was contr…
Religion
Monotheism
Polytheism
Abraham
An organized system of beliefs and practices used to worship g…
Belief in only one god
Belief in many gods
Abraham made an agreement with God: If he worships only God, G…
Religion
An organized system of beliefs and practices used to worship g…
Monotheism
Belief in only one god
Bible (New Testament)
Roman Empire during time of Emperor Aug…
Roman Empire during the time of Nero-pe…
Roman Empire during the time of Constan…
Very important Christian text.
Killed Jesus... Hoped to stop Jesus's followers from spreading hi…
Blamed Christians for things that go wrong -- starting with th…
Converted to Christianity... Christianity is now an accepted reli…
Bible (New Testament)
Very important Christian text.
Roman Empire during time of Emperor Aug…
Killed Jesus... Hoped to stop Jesus's followers from spreading hi…
Polis
Ancient Greek political structure
Sparta
Athens
A city-state in ancient Greece. Had strict requirements for ci…
Usually consisted of independent, autonomous city-states
One of 2 major poleis; often at war with Athens; focused on so…
One of 2 major poleis; A democratic society who emphasized pol…
Polis
A city-state in ancient Greece. Had strict requirements for ci…
Ancient Greek political structure
Usually consisted of independent, autonomous city-states
oracle
epic poem
arete
polis
in ancient Greece, a sacred shrine where a god or goddess was…
a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero, such as the…
in early Greece, the qualities of excellence that a hero striv…
the early Greek city-state, consisting of a city or town and i…
oracle
in ancient Greece, a sacred shrine where a god or goddess was…
epic poem
a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero, such as the…
The first international peace treaty wa…
Hammurabi's Babylonian Empire ended aro…
Ishtar Gate
The rulers of this empire were known fo…
Hittites and Egyptians
Hittites and Kassites
Neo-Babylonians
Assyrians
The first international peace treaty wa…
Hittites and Egyptians
Hammurabi's Babylonian Empire ended aro…
Hittites and Kassites
A period of Re-birth, a new way of look…
The Bible
A non-Catholic Christian
LAW THAT MADE KING HENRY VIII THE HEAD…
RENAISSANCE
_FIRST BOOK PRINTED ON THE PRINTING PRESS
PROTESTANT
Act of Supremacy
A period of Re-birth, a new way of look…
RENAISSANCE
The Bible
_FIRST BOOK PRINTED ON THE PRINTING PRESS
Reason
Faith
Some things can be based on both faith…
Philosophy
explaining something based on: ... - observation... - logic... - being…
- having confidence or trust in a higher power... - Not based on…
Having a boy baby... - Science says this happens due to the embry…
- The study of ideas about knowledge, truth, the nature and me…
Reason
explaining something based on: ... - observation... - logic... - being…
Faith
- having confidence or trust in a higher power... - Not based on…
Archaeologist
Artifact
Fossil
Prehistory
branch of anthropology: a scientist who finds/analyzed materia…
human-made objects studied by archaeologists (tools, weapons,…
remains of prehistoric organisms
time period before writing systems (no cities, governments, co…
Archaeologist
branch of anthropology: a scientist who finds/analyzed materia…
Artifact
human-made objects studied by archaeologists (tools, weapons,…
What are the problems of historians?
history
source
primary source
lack of records, gaps in the records, fragments, bias (both th…
the study and interpretation of the past; seeks to not describ…
a source is any record or artifact that can be used for the st…
a primary source is an historical source that is directly conn…
What are the problems of historians?
lack of records, gaps in the records, fragments, bias (both th…
history
the study and interpretation of the past; seeks to not describ…
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Gutenberg
Humanism
Artist of the Ceiling of Sistine Chapel, Statue of David, and…
Artist of the Mona Lisa and Last Supper.... An inventor and "Rena…
Invented the moveable type printing press
Philosphy that focuses on human potential
Michelangelo
Artist of the Ceiling of Sistine Chapel, Statue of David, and…
Leonardo da Vinci
Artist of the Mona Lisa and Last Supper.... An inventor and "Rena…
herodotus
minoans
mycenaeans
Ur III
the Father of History; traveled through Babylon, Phoenicia, an…
One of the early proto-Greek peoples from 2600 BCE to 1500 BCE…
The 'Mycenaeans' invaded the declining Minoan civilisation in…
The Summarian Kings found new empire(2112-2000BCE) after Akkad…
herodotus
the Father of History; traveled through Babylon, Phoenicia, an…
minoans
One of the early proto-Greek peoples from 2600 BCE to 1500 BCE…
Black Death
Hundred Years' War
Joan of Arc
House of Commons
The most devastating natural disaster in European history. A p…
War between the French and the English. Included Joan of Arc.…
saw a vision that said she needed to free France. French armie…
the representatives of the shires and boroughs, who were consi…
Black Death
The most devastating natural disaster in European history. A p…
Hundred Years' War
War between the French and the English. Included Joan of Arc.…
Balkin Peninsula
Ottoman Empire
World War I causes
Archduke of Austria
Also known as the "Balkan State." The Balkan Peninsula is a ge…
(c.1300-1923) During the thirteenth century, the Ottoman dynas…
- nationalism ... - internal dissent ... - militarism
Franz Ferdinand
Balkin Peninsula
Also known as the "Balkan State." The Balkan Peninsula is a ge…
Ottoman Empire
(c.1300-1923) During the thirteenth century, the Ottoman dynas…
Greek
European civilization is the same thing…
Polis
Parts of the Polis
Greece... The Hellenistic Jews spoke this language... The ancient or…
Western civilization
A city-state in ancient Greece.
"Acropolis"... -hilltop fortress (sometimes included a temple)... Ag…
Greek
Greece... The Hellenistic Jews spoke this language... The ancient or…
European civilization is the same thing…
Western civilization
Congress of Vienna
Klemens von Metternich
Edmund Burke
Greek Revolution
Meeting of the great powers of the time (Great Britain, Austri…
leader of the Congress of Vienna; an Austrian foreign minister…
wrote "Reflections of the Revolution in France"; conservative;…
The Greeks revolted against their Ottoman Turkish masters; spr…
Congress of Vienna
Meeting of the great powers of the time (Great Britain, Austri…
Klemens von Metternich
leader of the Congress of Vienna; an Austrian foreign minister…
The first international peace treaty wa…
Hammurabi's Babylonian Empire ended aro…
Ishtar Gate
The rulers of this empire were known fo…
Hittites and Egyptians
Hittites and Kassites
Neo-Babylonians
Assyrians
The first international peace treaty wa…
Hittites and Egyptians
Hammurabi's Babylonian Empire ended aro…
Hittites and Kassites
Stone Age
Paleolithic Age
Mesolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Period of time during which early humans made lasting tools an…
AKA Old Stone Age;... prehistoric era in which people are believe…
Age falling between the Old and New Stone ages.
AKA New Stone Age;... New Stone Age. A period of time in human h…
Stone Age
Period of time during which early humans made lasting tools an…
Paleolithic Age
AKA Old Stone Age;... prehistoric era in which people are believe…
Civilization
Government
Social Structure
Religion
Any type of culture or society of a specific place, time or gr…
The form or system of rule by which a state or community is go…
The relationships and roles built by people living in one grou…
A specific set of beliefs and practices agreed upon by a numbe…
Civilization
Any type of culture or society of a specific place, time or gr…
Government
The form or system of rule by which a state or community is go…
A philosophe, as the term was used in t…
A print culture began to grow significa…
According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, peo…
Although much exploration was carried o…
freethinker.
London
private property had profoundly corrupted the "social contract…
Alexander von Humboldt
A philosophe, as the term was used in t…
freethinker.
A print culture began to grow significa…
London
1. Where the first civilization did beg…
2. What is a major characteristic of ci…
3. This Mesopotamian civilization devel…
4. Sargon of Akkad (c. 2350 B.C.E.) is…
U. Mesopotamia and Fertile Crescent
Y. Organized government
GG. Sumerians
X. subdued Sumer and exerted influence from Ethiopia to the In…
1. Where the first civilization did beg…
U. Mesopotamia and Fertile Crescent
2. What is a major characteristic of ci…
Y. Organized government