Major Classical Empires
time of wealth prosperity and stabilty
golden age
Scientists used the _________________ to test their hypotheses.
Scientific method
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, humanism, 800 page notebook, Sistine Chapel, Machiavelli, Dante
The Renaissance
What were the groups that can determine employment and control trade and labor?
Guilds
Confucianism
n 1632, he wrote a book about his study of the stars and planets. He was placed under house arrest by the church.
Galileo
Gunpowder, mechanical clock, paper currency, porcelain, magnetic compass, Grand Canal
Tang and Song Dynasty
Second Rome
Which Indian empire got the title "Golden Age of India"?
Gupta Empire
He developed the idea the universe is heliocentric.
Copernicus
House of Wisdom, Scientific Method, Practice of separating Religion from Science
Islamic Empires
What is the practice in China reserved for women which demonstrated higher status?
foot binding
network of trade that connected classical empires
Silk Road
This church was opposed to new scientific discoveries.
Catholic Church
Concept of Zero, Middle Man on the Silk Road
Gupta Empire
Reinvigoration of the Silk road, Religious Tolerance, excellent cavalry (horseman) nomads
Mongols
Meritocracy, filial piety, Confucianism
Han Dynasty
He proved the law of gravity using an apple.
Newton
Aqueducts, Coliseum, Forums, Roads
Pax Romana
Barbarian Invasions, over taxation, political corruption are all reasons for what major event that ended the classical era
Fall of Rome