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500
Ancient/Classical Rome BC
Architecture 1) Arch 2) Dome 3) Bridges 4) Aqueducts 5) Roads 6) Concrete Justinian Code of laws Republic- representative democracy Trial by Jury- be judged by peers equality before law- everybody has the same protection under law -
500
Ancient/Classical Greece BC
An oligarchy is when the few rule and a direct democracy is when everyone has a say in the government. Rule of law is when no one is above the law everyone must follow the law. Equality of law is when everyone has the same protection under law. Athens and Sparta. well known philosophers Archimedes a great mathematician, Pythagoras creator of the Pythagorean theorem and Eratosthenes found out the Earth was round. -
May 14, 1000
Incas BC
The people were not involved with the government. Inca's used the incon quipu as the number system. Built the best cities in ancient america. Their economy was based on trade and services. Known as the children of the sun and believed that gods could intervene when they wanted to. -
May 14, 1000
Mayans BC
Ruled themselves by city-states. Were once the only ones who understood the concept of the zero. Built pyramids for the gods. Believed in many gods and priests told them what they should do. -
May 14, 1000
Aztecs BC
Aztecs had emperors and noble families to rule over them. Aztecs were governed by city-states. Used astronomy to find the solar year, lunar month and the revolution of Venus. They had their own number system called the vigesimal. With causeways and bridges Aztecs showed their power. Believed in many gods and sacrificed humans to satisfy them. -
May 14, 1096
The Crusades AD
The crusade was the holy war where Byzantine fought the Muslims for the holy land where Jesus had been born. The pope Urban II agreed with it to get the holy land to be part of Constantinople. -
May 16, 1492
Columbian Exchange AD
Columbus wanted to go to India but went to to Central America. Cultural diffusion is exchange of culture products or ideas.
5 Columbian Exchanges
1) Food 2) Diseases 3) Animals 4) Ideas/Beliefs 5) People
The cause of the translantics slave trade because indians began to die of new diseases brought by europeans. -
May 16, 1500
Scientific Revolution AD 1500-1800
A new understanding of the world, logical thought and scientific method. Study natural world closely. Had many discoveries. Convinced many european thinkers about power of reason. -
May 16, 1500
Enlightenment AD 1500-1800
Developed new ideas about government and society. Questioned old ideas and beliefs. -
Industrial Revolution AD
Steam Power, Textile Manufacturing, Mercantilism and Population Growth were technological causes of the industrial revolution. Steamboat by Robert Fulton, Steam engine by James Watt. Some inventions flying shuttle, spinning jenny, Water Frame, Power loom. Abundance of raw material. Cities began to be urbanized and Louis Pasteur created vaccines. Negative effects - Longer hour, more repetitive, exploited children, filthy housing, diseases. -
Imperialism AD 18th-20th century
Africa, Latin America and Asia. Political policy where the goal is to extend your power by dominating economic, social, political and environmental factors of another country. -
Communism AD 1900s
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World WAr 1 AD 1914-1918
Causes; Extreme Nationalism, System of alliences, imperialism and militarism.
Dates: June 1914- Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
June 28 1914- Austria declares war
New Weapons/Technology: Submarines, Huge artillery guns, tanks, poison/nerve gas, airplanes, dirigibles
Effects: Loss of millions of lifes, destruction of millions of dollars worth of property, collapse of empires and U.S. growing world power. -
World War 2 AD 1932-1945
1939 Germany invades poland
Allies (Great Britain, France, America and Russia)
Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan)
Allies must fight with Axis for the invasions
1941 Japan attacks US navy
1944 D-day major action
1945 Japan ends war
1939- 1945 Germany established concentration camps -
Korean War 1950
Norht Korea is invaded by -
Vietnam War 1954
Fall of China Ho Chi Minh -
Early River Valley Civilization BC
A civilzation has 6 characteristics:
1) Social Structure
2) Cities
3) Religious System
4) Art
5) Government
6) Writing
Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India and Huang He make up the river valley civilization. -
Mesopotamia BC
Fertile Land and is located in the fertile crescent. Created mud bricks, temples and irrigation. Their religion is polytheistic. Code of laws was the code of hammurabi with 282 laws also had the epic of gilgamesh an epic poem and earliest work of literature. -
Ancient Egypt BC
Ancient Egypt is known as the black land and they were the first to create pyramids. They had a different way of preserving the dead by a method called mummification. They were polytheistic and wrote in hieroglyphs. -
Ancient India BC
Had many rivers and the most commonly found religions were Hinduism and Buddhism. They had a caste system. -
Ancient China (Huang He) BC
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Neolithic Agricultural Revolution BC
The Neolithic Revolution was when people stopped gathering and hunting to begin farming. They would domesticate animals and stay in one place permenantly.
