Ancient Stuff
The city once thought to contain the site of the oldest-known farming village
Jericho
The most powerful body in the Roman Republic was:
Senate
the “rebirth” of human creativity
Renaissance
successors of Muhammad who exercised political authority
caliphs
Non-Greeks
Barbarians
The archaeological principle that material from upper layers must be more recent than that from lower layers:
stratigraphy
The hallmark of the Persian government system was the use of governors called:
satraps
the basic core of curriculum in European universities:
Liberal Arts
Islam is a ____, not a _____
Political system; religion
The Roman lawyer and official famous for his descriptive letters, especially about the eruption of Vesuvius:
Pliny
The general term referring to all humans and their ancestors:
People who developed stone tools and cultivated crops.
hominins
neolithic peoples
The hallmark of the Persian government system was the use of governors called:
Son of Darius I
satraps
Xerxes
was the primary method of instruction in Europe between 1100 and 1500; encouraged students to use reasoning and research to arrive at answers
Gutenberg Bible year printed
Firstborn males inherit the entire estate
scholasticism
1456
primogeniture
Explain the difference between the Sunnis and the Shi’ites.
Declared himself emperor of Rome; murdered by his Senators
The Roman emperor who issued the Edict of Milan, allowing freedom of worship:
made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Julius Caesar
Constantine
Theodosius I
Ashurbanipal & what he created
Phoenicians & what they created
the last great Assyrian king; created one of the world’s earliest libraries
sea-traders who gave away their most valuable possession, their alphabet, for free
Feudalism, serfs, lords, knights
legal and social system (1000-1400);
serfs worked the land,
lords managed the land;
knights performed military service for the lords
The reformers within Protestantism that wanted to cleanse the English church of wrong doctrine and practices were
a special court established by the church to hear charges against those accused of _________(speaking out against church doctrine)
Puritans
Inquisition
Heresy
Six articles of faith (Islam)
Angels, God, Holy books, Prophets, Predestination, Day of Judgment
List three reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire.
List the FIVE characteristics of a civilization.
Contrast the justice in Hammurabi’s code with that of the Mosaic Law.
Identify Cyrus and explain his importance in the fulfillment of biblical prophecy.
Hammurabi’s code gave different punishments based on wealth and status. Mosaic law applied to all citizens equally.
Isaiah 44:28: who says of Cyrus, “He is my shepherd,
and he shall carry out all my purpose”;
and who says of Jerusalem, “It shall be rebuilt,”
and of the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.”
Discuss how the Black Death contributed to social, economic, and political change during the Middle Ages.
When a person claims to be a prophet, what questions must the historian ask about his/her prophecies? Was Muhammad a true prophet? Explain.
Briefly describe what happened during the Islamic invasion of India, over a period of 800 years. Give your opinion as to why this story is primarily not told in textbooks or taught in schools and universities today
Describe the series of wars that Rome fought between 264 and 146 B.C. Include such details as: the names of the wars, dates, situations, key people, and results. (10 points)