World Civ. Midterm
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- What are the humanist and the Biblical Christian worldviews?
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Humanist: Man Centered
Biblical: God Centered - What is the Biblical View of History? What does Providential mean?
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"His Story"
-The care and superindendence that God has over existence-sustainers of life. -
What is uniformitarianism?
What is Catastrophism? -
-Geological processes have always occured in the same way.
-Geological processes are results of catastrophic events. -
Mesopotamian Civilizations:
-Sumer - -oldest known civilization; contained ziggurats(massive terraced tower made of rubble); pictographs; polytheistic; Gilgamesh(king, beloved, looked for immortality)
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Mesopotamian Civilizations:
-Babylonia - -Modern day Baghdad; Hammurabi (greatest king, codifying of the law); King Nebuchadrezzar (hanging gardens of Babylon, wall around city)
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Mesopotamian Civilizations:
-Phoenicia - -Merchants (sea-faring businessmen, wealthy); 26-letter alphabet; polytheistic
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Mesopotamian Civilizations:
-Hittites - -Iron (1st to use); introduced war chariots
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Mesopotamian Civilizations:
-Assyria - -"War-like" society; capital:Ninevah; reigned by terror; defeated b/c they ran out of men; King of Kings
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Mesopotamian Civilizations:
-Persia - -Reigned by reasonable treatment; location, location, location; monarchy; polythestic; Ramses II; Moses led religion revo.; King Tut; obelisk
- Isreal, kings:
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-Saul: 1st King
-David: 2nd warrior king
-Solomon: Wise King-built temple - What are city states?
- polis-Greek word for city, nation and church; Athens, Solon, etc.
- What was Ionia?
- -region, contact w/ mesopotamians
- When was the Golden Age of Greece?
- -Between the Persian Wars and the Pelloponnesian War
- What was Greek Philosophy's creed?
- "Man is the measure..."
- Who were the Sophists and what were they about?
- -No absolutes, truth is relative; Socrates-higher truth; Aristotle-Plato's student, "nothing in excess"; Stoics-"simple life"; Epicurians-Life is to enjoy
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The Republic:
-The Patricians - Contained the Senate: upper class reps. elected; Contained the Consuls (elected by Senate, 2 consuls)& dictator(1 consul, in time of war only)
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The Republic:
-Plebians - Contained the Tribunes (Plebian gov't Reps) & Veto
- Describe the Punic Wars
- Rome vs. Carthage; Cato-"Carthage must be destroyed!"; Hannibal-led army, used elephants
- What was Caesar called?
- "Father of His Country"; Pontifus Maximus; also wore the purple robe
- Describe the emperors during Pax Romana
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-Nero: when rome burned, blamed Christians
-Caligula: considered insane(senator horse)
-Hadrian-directed the building of Parthenon
-Diocletian:most wicked, lit Christians on fire
-Constantine: made Christianity legal - Describe the invasion of the Barbarians...who was involved?
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-Visigoths: wanted peace w/Rome, Rome attacked them
-Ostrogoths: last to invade Rome, took over in 476
-Vandals:destroy for no reason - Who was the last Emperor?
- Romulus Augustus
- Who wrote "The City of God"? and defended Christianity?
- Augustine
- Describe the organization of the Christian Church.
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-Decons: widows, orphans
-Elders: taught Word and provided leadership in local churches
-Bishop: overseers of local church - Who was the first Christian martyr?
- Stephen
- Decribe what the Arians taught and what they came up with (what creed?).
- Taught that Jesus was not God, 7th Day Advents; Nicaean Creed
- What is monasticism?
- Escape from society
- Sum up the Bible.
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-OT: 39 books, Hebrew, 1st 5:Pentateuch
-NT: 27, Greek (some aramaic)
-Gospels:story of Jesus'life
-Acts: history of the Early Church
-Pauline Epistles-Paul's Letters
-History to be taken literally - The Roman Church was the agency for what?
- ...rebuilding the West.
- Germanic tribes built the first what?
- Permanent States
- Describe the Franks...who, what happened?
- Clovis-leader, conquered most of western Europe. Pepsin's grandson-Charlemagne, coronated emperor
- The Feudal System-how does it work?
- Land for personal service
- England info.
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-saxons defeated Celts
-Vikings raided England continuosly
-Alfred(only "Great")defeated them. -Chivalry:courtesy, honesty, bravery
-Knights:nobles, medieval soldiers - Kings of England:
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-King William: claimed all of England as his personal property
-Henry II: made nobles tear down their castles
-King John-Magna Carta-rights to life, liberty, property
-King Edward: forced the Scots to fight the English Army - Kings of France:
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-Hugh Capet: weak, starts hereditary
-Phillip II: recaptured English, appointed beurocrates
-LouisIX: "St. Louis", avoidance with war
-Philip IX-power hungry, Knights Templar
-Pope Boniface-papal bull - Describe the Black Death.
- bubonic plague, horrifying death; spread by fleas on rats
- Describe the 100 years war.
- -fought in France, drove england from continent. france developed superior weapons
- Describe the War of Roses.
- -King w/ no heir; Duke of York plucked white rose, Lancaster red rose, civil war began. almost wiped out nobility; envoked parliament
- What events/who drove out the Muslims from Spain?
- Ferdinand of Castille marries Isabella, Queen of Aragon, forming a United Spain.
- What was the Spanish Inquisition?
- an effort to locate and persecute subjects of spain not loyal to the Catholic Church.
- Why did Italy welcome despots?
- Anarchy gave way to totalitarianism