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Topics for Questions 6-10

Topics for Questions 6-10. Greeks and Romans Byzantine Empire Religion Mongols Ancient India Ancient China Ancient Africa The Crusades and Cultural Diffusion. Ancient Greeks City-States = Polis Athens and Sparta Athens = Golden Age/ Writers/Philosophers/Culture

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Topics for Questions 6-10

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  1. Topics for Questions 6-10 • Greeks and Romans • Byzantine Empire • Religion • Mongols • Ancient India • Ancient China • Ancient Africa • The Crusades and Cultural Diffusion

  2. Ancient Greeks City-States = Polis Athens and Sparta Athens = Golden Age/ Writers/Philosophers/Culture Sparta = Warriors, Women’s Rights Direct Democracy Architecture Alexander the Great: (Hellenistic Culture = Greek + Egypt + Persia + India) Ancient Romans ***Republic*** Elected officials Architecture Laws = 12 Tables Caesar Roads (Compare: Incas) Aqueducts (Compare: Importance of Water) PaxRomana – Peace of Rome Golden Age Ancient Greece and Rome

  3. SPARTA ATHENS

  4. Alexander The Great &Hellenistic Culture

  5. Roman Republic Representative Democracy 12 Tables = Printed Law

  6. Roman Architecture Aqueduct = Carry Water Coliseum = Arches and Grandeur

  7. Review Questions • How were Athens and Sparta Culturally different? Use some examples • List 5 things that prove Rome was advanced for the time period in which its people lived. • How did ordinary Roman citizens know what laws they needed to follow?

  8. Review Questions • What geographic areas of the world did Alexander the Great’s Hellenistic Culture draw it ideas from? • How were these areas added to the Eastern Roman empire?

  9. Byzantine Empire • Preserved Greek and Roman culture • Orthodox Christians (no worship of idols) • Stretched European culture into E. Europe and S. Russia • Justinian Code (COMPARE: 12 Tables)

  10. Byzantine Empire

  11. Orthodox Church Justinian Code

  12. Review Questions • What cultures did the Byzantine Empire preserve after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (Italy) to the Huns and Goths? • How does an Eastern Orthodox Church avoid the creation of idols that might contain spirits? • Describe the similarity between the Roman 12 Tables and the Justinian Code

  13. Polytheism- Many Gods Animism / Shintoism Hinduism Buddhism Monotheism – One God Judaism (Jews) Christianity (Christians) Islam (Muslims) Religions Hammurabi’s Code vs Golden Rule

  14. Animism and ShintoismBoth = Natural Things Have Spirits

  15. Hinduism

  16. Buddhism 4 Noble Truths

  17. Review Questions • Develop 2 questions for each Polytheistic Religion: Animism, Hinduism, and Buddhism

  18. The Mongols • Warrior tribe from north of China • “The Khans” – Genghis and Kubli Khan • United nearly all of Asia at one point • Kept Russia isolated from European influence

  19. Mongols

  20. Review Questions • How did the Mongols spread their empire? • What effect did the Mongolian invasion have on early Russian civilization? 3. What family name did the Rulers of the Mongols all carry?

  21. Ancient India • Mauryans and Gupta • Isolated by Himalayan Mountains • Religion = Hindu • River Valley = Indus Valley

  22. Mauryans and Gupta

  23. Himalaya Range = Isolates the sub-continent

  24. Review Questions • Explain why early Indian civilizations were so isolated • Describe how geography effected the lives of people in India

  25. Ancient China • Confucianism = “Fortune Cookie” Scholar • Filial Piety = 5 Relationships of Respect • Wife  Husband • Son  Father • Brother  Older Brother • People  Government • Young  Elderly • The Silk Road = Trade Route / Cultural Diffusion • Middle Kingdom = Chinese thought they were central and best culture in the world (ethnocentrism) COMPARE to British Imperialism in Africa (White Man’s Burden)

  26. Confucius Confucius Filial Piety = Proper Respect of Parents, Intelligence, Elderly

  27. Review Questions • How is the concept of “Middle Kingdom” similar to “Ethnocentrism” • Use your knowledge of Filial Piety to describe why Chicks dig Mao • What was the impact of the Silk Road on Chinese culture • What neighboring country was heavily influenced by Chinese trade and culture?

  28. Mali and Ghana West African Empires Gold and Salt Trade Cultural Diffusion Timbuktu West Africa Cultural Center Trade Mansa Musa Spread of Islam into N. and W. Africa along trade routes Ancient Africa

  29. Mali and Ghana = Gold and SaltAxim and Songhai and Timbuktu = W. African Kingdoms

  30. Mansa Musa = Spread of Islam

  31. Review Questions • What is the historical significance of Mansa Musa? • What two trade items are most closely associated with Ghana and Mali?

  32. Christians in Europe attempt to spread Christianity back into the Middle East Failure  Middle East is still Muslim today Cultural Diffusion Soldiers from Europe bring back Middle Eastern goods in between the several Crusades The Crusades

  33. Review Questions • Describe how the Crusades caused Cultural Diffusion between the Middle East and Europe. • Explain how we can know for certain that the Crusades were a failure

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