Chap. 6 Test World History I
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- early religion
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nature spirits
etruscan influence -> deities
adopted greek religion
worship freely - Christianity originally
- sect of Judaism
- messiah
- deliverer sedt by God, help regain freedom, fortold by prophets
- 1st Jewish rebellion
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believed God would intervene on ther behalf
rebelled
overwealmed army in Jeruselem
Romans took back city
destroyed temple
killed 1000s of Jews - 2nd jewish rebellion
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unsucessful
Jews banned from living in Jeruselem - accademies to promote study of Torah
- yashivas
- rabbis
- scholars trained in yesivas
- Talmund
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interpritaoins of Torah
by rabbis - Jesus traveled
- Judea & Galilee - preeched
- Jesus from
- nazareth
- disciples
- followers of Jesus
- parables
- symbolic stories
- folowers of Jesus
- disciples
- Pontius Pilate
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Roman gov.
arrested Jesus
political rebel
crucified - Jesus & messiah
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disciples - was
Jews - wasn't - disciples said after Jesus' death
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risen from dead
son of God
way of salvation - churches for
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worship
fellowship
instruction - Paul
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apostle
spread christianity
letters - part of New Testement - apostles
- christian missionaries
- christian missionaries
- apostles
- Peter
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leader of apostles
founded church in Rome - why Romans didn't like christians
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criticizes way of life
not accept emperor as god
would bring divine punnishment
wouldn't serve in army - die rather than give up beliefs
- martyrs
- martyrs did
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kept people from being christians
also inspiered - christianity competed w/
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polytheism
mystery religions
Judaism - christianity more common in
- cities
- Constantine & christianity
- battle - cross in sky - w/ this as your standard you shall have victory - paint cross on shields - won - Edict of Milan - convertd on deathbed
- Edict of Milan
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constantine
religios freedom - Theodosius
- christiantiy official religion - banned all others
- Confessions
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Augutine
1 of 1st great autobiographies - City of God
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Augustine
1st history from Christian veiw - church hierarchy
- priest -> bishop -> archbishop -> pope
- bishops of 5 main cities
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patriarchs
Rome, Constantinople
Alexandria, Antioch, Jeruselem - doctrine
- exepted beliefs
- pope
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bishop of Rome said had authority over other bishops - recognized in W not E - churches separated
Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox - Comodus
- state money on pleasures - bankrupted empire - killed by own troops
- "barracks emperors"
- 28 installed by military (AD 192-284) & killed off all but 1
- disrupted trade
- pirates, war, Germanic tribes
- economic decline caused by
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trade disrupted
upperclass spend money
inflation
bad harvest - inflaton (def.)
- drop in coin value & raise in prices
- more coins
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less resources - less value
gov. raised taxes
raised prices - poor harvest
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b/c war
farmers lost lands
food shortage
pop. decline - Germanic tribes (names)
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VAVBOFS
Visigoths
Angles
Vandals
Burgundians
Ostrogoths
Franks
Saxons - persian threat
- captured Syria, Anatolia
- decline - army
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loyal to commanders
who fought among selves for throne - mercenaries
- no loyalty, cheeper
- loyalty & patriotism
- lost - indiferent to fate of empire - few people want to be in gov. - cost more & dangerous
- Diocletian
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absolute rular
limited personal freedom
divided empire
increased prestiege of emperor - reforms
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Diocletian & Constantine
preserved gov. in E
delayed invasion in W - Diocletian reforms
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rased # of legions
divided empire
Edict of Prices
stop farmers from leaving lands
jobs hereditary - Constantine reforms
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moved capital
Edict of Milan - Theodosus
- 2 separate empires
- reaqsons for invasions
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good grazing land
good climate
wanted part of Rome's wealth
fleeing huns - Visigoth chief
- Aleric
- Huns
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nomadic group
firece warriers
invaded Gaul
plundered Itlay - chief of huns
- Attila - "scourge of God" - punishment for being bad
- Odoacer
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siezed control of Rome
killed emperor Romulus Augustus
named self king of Italy - "Fall" of empire
- AD 476
- devision of empire
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2 administrative units
Diocletan - E
Maximian - W - Edict of Prices
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froze prices & wages
penalty death
created black market - increase of presteige of emperor
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son of Jupitor
cerimonis
so not assasinated - location of Byzantium
- trade, defence, bosporus straight
- assasinators of Ceasar
- Bruts & Cassius
- Augustus' reforms
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rebuilt city
roads
civil service
census
praetorian guard
low coat grain
citizenship in provences - Flavian emperors
- Vespasian, Titus, Domitian
- Good emperors
- Marcus Aurelius, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius
- mediation by
- Marcus Aurelius
- Aneaid by
- virgil
- architechtural schievements of Rome
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aqueducts
baths
Pantheon
Circus Maximus
Coleseum
Hadrian's Wall
roads
concrete
arch
dome