Ancient World (3500 BCE-500 BCE)
Politically had one ruler
What was the comparison between Egypt and Mesopotamia?
Roman Republic: Julius Ceaser was dictator and killed by his senators because he was not wanted as a dictator
Roman Empire: Augustus Caesar
Greek Polis: had city states that had various governments
How did Mediterranean run politically?
Date back to the 7th century, starting in Mecca and Spreading to the rest of the world.
What is the backstory of the religion Islam?
Peasants supported the entire feudal structure because of their labor, Charlemagne built his entire empire.
How did peasants and Charlemagne contribute to Europe?
Japan: massive increase in production and infrastructure (shipyards, iron smelters, etc.)
Germany: trade barriers were eliminated and this paved a way for more a attractive maker for producers
Great Britain: increased economic, military, and political strength.
What was the impact of industrialization on Japan, Great Britain, and Germany?
Egypt was more lenient towards women while Mesopotamia was stricter.
What was the difference on how women were treated in Egypt and Mesopotamia?
Spread through the Roman Empire Eva use of early followers who United together
How did Christianity spread?
Helped enrich the West African and the Muslim traders because it developed and widened the trans-Saharan Caravan trade.
How did Muslim trade routes impact trade economically?
The pope was given supreme power, literacy no longer became a requirement, and lmore innovations were built.
What was the Political impact of Christanity?
Self Interest, competition, and supply and demand.
What were the basic ideas Adam Smith believed in?
Mesopotamia focused on their lives before death while Egypt focused more on afterlife.
What is the diffwrench between Mesopotamians and Egyptians Religions?
Worship and believe in multiple deities (gods and goddesses)
What is Polythesism?
A dispute over who would become the first successor to lead the Muslim state.
What is the split between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims?
Trade suffered, wars were temporarily abandoned, people suffered, farmers were affected, millions died.
What was the impact of the Bubonic Plague?
Argued that history is the result of material conditions, and not ideas.
What was Karl Marx’s beliefs
China: Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism
India: Hinduism and Buddhism
What were the religions of Ancient India and China
Belived in questioning, absolute stands for truth justice, and encouraging on questioning ones own beliefs.
What was Socrates philosophy?
Christanity was born from Jewish Tradition, Islam delveoped from Christanity and Judiasim.
What are the origins of the three religions?
Towns became more important and they needed new places where people could go and buy goods from townspeople.
How did increased trade lead to the growth of new cities?
Families didn’t work together, earning men went to work while women stayed home to take care of the house and children.
How did urbanization impact women and kids?
The least understood civilization in the world. Emerged near the Gulf Of Mexico and dominated in agriculture and trading power.
What is the Rise of The Olmec?
Invasions of Barbian tribes, Economic troubles, Over expansion, and Corruption.
How did the Western Roman Empire fall?
Inventions of new scientific measurements, new formulas, and diverse education.
How did Islam contribute to science, math, and geography?
Muslim and Jewish defenders were killed, forced Islamic world into a secondary position, and conservatism started.
What was the impact of the Crusades?
A German philosopher and classical economist. Believed in theory of value to explain relative differences in the marketplace.
Who is Karl Marx?