Western Civilization I CLEP Study Guide
Western Civilization CLEP Study Guide
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- What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
- The Nile
- Paris became famous for
- University and education
- Italian Renaissance Discoveries
- Linear Perspective, human anatomy and oil painting
- Patricians
- Upper class landlords, aristocrats, etc.
- Punic Wars
- Rome vs. Cathage
- Sophist
- A group that opposed slavery and racial discrimination
- Pierre Lescot
- French architect
- Pieta
- A piece of art with Christ upon his mother's lap
- Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
- Byzantine, Islam, Western Christian
- Byzantines were famous for?
- Ivory paintings, jewelry making and mosaics
- Petrarch believed in
- Simple life and meditation
- Sir Thomas Moore wrote
- Utopia
- Ramses III
- Last great Pharaoh of Egypt
- Francis Petrarch
- First Renaissance scholar in Italy
- Thomas Becket
- Archbishop of Canterbury - later became a saint
- Carolingian Renaissance
- A cultural and legal revival led by Charlemagne
- Islamic Philosophy
- Based on Aristotle and Napoleon
- Hammurabi
- Gave law to mankind
- Milan became famous for
- Garment production
- Charlemagne
- Emperor of the Roman, King of the Franks
- Capitalism
- An economic system where good and services are echanges
- Six Eras of Egyptian History
- The archaic or early dynastic period, the Old Kingdom, the 1st Intermediate peroid, Middle Kingdom, 2nd Intermediate period, the New Kingdom
- Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
- Between two rivers
- Church of Santa Sophia
- Byzantine piece of architecture
- Book of Kells
- Irish book of art/calligraphy
- Leonardo da Vinci
- A "true" renaissance man
- Important Farming Tools
- Heavy plow, horse shoes, horse collars
- Democritus
- Denied existence of spiritual world
- Venice became famous for
- Outside trade
- Muhammad
- Founder of Islam
- Mosaic
- A picture made up from small pieces of glass or stone
- Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
- Marcus Aurelius
- Faylasufs
- Islamic Philosophers
- Beowulf
- Epic poem
- What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
- Agriculture
- Atomists
- Philosophers
- Two achievements of Athens
- Vineyards and Olive Yards
- Pericles
- Formed the first true democracy in Athens
- Michelangelo sculpted
- David
- Islamic Inventions
- Paper making, distillation of alcohol
- Law of Retaliation
- Eye for an Eye, etc.
- Julius Caesar
- Ruled Rome - was assassinated by peers in 44 BC
- Magna Carta
- A series of promises made by King John regarding how to treat his subjects
- Michelangelo painted
- Sistine ceiling
- Zoser
- Founder of the old kingdom
- Areopagus
- Council of Nobles
- Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
- No
- Plebeians
- Small businessmen, farmers