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Beyond the Classical Civilizations
Decline in China and India
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Development and Spread of World Religions
Vocab
100
These people farmed on the southern border of the Sahara desert.
Who are the Kush?
100
This is the reason that the bureaucratic class of Han China declined.
What is assassination for power?
100
These are the main reason for population decline in the large cities of the Roman Empire
What are plagues? A cycle of plagues that couldn't be prevented resulted in the death of many citizens. Lead poisoning from the pipes leading from the aqueducts was also common
100
These two religions were similar in bringing along a monastic movement and focusing on spiritual destiny and divinity
What is Buddhism and Christianity?
200
In this place, each tribe had their own gods and chief.
What is Japan?
200
This is the group that overthrew the Guptas.
Who are a Hun group from Central Asia? This group also toppled the Han Dynasty in China in previous year.
200
This basic social class became more pleasure-seeking and individualistic, while turning away from their civic duties.
What is the upper class? Rome's upper class became more enthralled with pleasure and indulgence, such as material possessions, than what was good for society. Less and less of the upper class joined the military, and they made very little contribution to all things intellectual.
200
This was a way that Christianity copied an example of the Roman empire.
What is the organization and structure?
300
Invented the stirrup.
Who is Central Asia
300
These Chinese Daoists launched a revolt in 184 c.e. in Classical China.
Who are the Yellow Turbans? They were a group of peasants that rebelled against the emperor.
300
This process led to a series of weak rulers.
What is how the next emperor was selected? There were many disputes and battles fought over the succession to the throne. Eventually, the army became involved, which complicated political life and made rule even worse.
300
This major world religion originated on the Arabian Peninsula in 610 C.E.
What is Islam? Meaning literally submission; based on prophecy of Muhammad.
400
This region of Europe had primitive agriculture and hunting.
What is Northern?
400
This is the mother goddess within Hinduism.
Who is the Goddess Devi? Hinduism spread widely after the collapse of the Guptas.
400
These invading people contributed to Rome's collapse
Who are the Huns or Germanic people (both acceptable). The Huns invaded France and moved on to Italy, while the Germanic people set took over regions with near to no resistance. Both people's reliance on hunting and use of cavalry gave them an advantage over the already weakened Roman military.
400
This is the reason Christianity spread at an opportune time.
What is that Greek and Roman religions seemed sterile?
400
This is the Chinese version of Buddhism
What is Mahayana?
500
These people created a writing system, sophisticated astronomical observations, a calendar system, and a complex religion system.
Who is the Mayans
500
This ruler's reign followed Gupta India.
Who is Harsha? Harsha briefly constructed a loose empire in Northern India between 616 and 657 C.E.
500
This empire is the eastern half of the Roman Empire following the collapse of the western half of the old empire.
What is the Byzantine Empire? This empire retained Mediterranean culture, and showed great survival power. Capital at Constantinople.
500
This is what Christianity did to classical beliefs.
What is modified the central importance of the state and political loyalties?
500
This man was one of the first Christian missionaries and used Greek as the language of Church.
Who is Paul?