Key guiding concepts
Ancient Civilizations
Developments in 6th Century BC
Roman Empire
Grab Bag
100
The writing of history
What is historiography?
100
Name two of the five major ancient civilizations we've discussed.
What is Mesopotamia, Nile Valley/Egypt, Indus River Valley, Yellow River Region, or Mesoamerica?
100
Greek city-state best known for its form of limited democracy
What is Athens?
100
Roman emperor who made Christianity legal & created a second capital for the Roman Empire
Who is Constantine (the Great)?
100
Early form of capitalism characterized by increased international trade
What is protocapitalism?
200
A bias/belief that one’s own culture is superior
What is ethnocentrism?
200
Major crop in early cultivation in Mesoamerica
What is corn/maize?
200
Empire that developed a major road system and promoted religious tolerance
What is the Persian Empire?
200
Second capital of the Roman Empire
What is Constantinople?
200
Ocean that was key to trade under protocapitalism
What is the Indian Ocean?
300
A bias/belief that European cultures and peoples are superior
What is Eurocentrism?
300
Major crop in early cultivation in Mesopotamia
What is wheat?
300
Monotheistic religion that spread in the 6th century BC
What is Zoroastrianism?
300
Event involving Germanic invaders in 476 AD
What is the Fall of Rome?
300
Egyptian caliph who burnt down the Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem in 1009
Who is Al-Hakim?
400
A way of thinking that claims that everything great in the world came from the West
What is the European Miracle view?
400
Name of ancient city in the Indus Valley from film
What is Dholavira?
400
Leader of Jainism in India
Who is Mahavira?
400
The Eastern half of the Roman Empire that continued to exist after the "Fall of Rome"
What is the Byzantine Empire?
400
One of the primary goods being traded during Middle Ages, mentioned by Prof Douglas
What is textiles?
500
A way of thinking that claim that good things initially came from parts of the world outside of Europe, but then Europe made them better.
What is the Orient Express view?
500
Major infrastructure excavated in Dholavira to channel water
What is irrigation?
500
Religious leader in China who emphasized the duties and responsibilities that rulers had for their subjects and vice-versa.
Who is Confucius?
500
How Europeans refer to the period in western Europe after the fall of Rome
What are the Dark Ages?
500
Islamic ruler who took back Jerusalem in 1187 & showed religious tolerance
Who is Saladin?
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