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In what ways is history subjective

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Historians must have value judgements
Historians are more than Croniclers
Different historians have different perspectives

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In what ways is history objective

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real events happened by real causes and motives
The god over all history had immediate knowledge
Gods verbal revelation

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What rescues christianity from absolute subjectivity

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God’s verbal revelation gives an objective metanarrative

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Elements of a christian approach to history

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incorporate elements from other approaches to history
orientation around a biblical timeline
scriptual value system
special attention to God’s people in history.

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Sargon of akkadian

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First military dictator

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Significance of hammarabi’s code

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Rule of law coming together

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Details of the contribution of the hebrews

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Monotheism
law
kingship and government
politics
view of man
private property
history

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Hebrew law

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equal justice for all
Sin against God and others must be punished
compassion for the poor and needy

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Hebrew view of politics

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Publicly elected magistracies
Popular consent of the governed

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Hebrew view ofhistory

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LDF
Linear view of history
design and purpose is history
Future orientation of Jesus

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babylonians in biblical history

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Conquerors of the southern kingdom

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Contributions of the persians

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roads and postal services, popularized coin making, satraps

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minoan accomplishments and culture

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First to build a sea empire to trade
technologically advanced
Linear A language
Artistic

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The greek alphabet and the writings of homer

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Writings disapear
population declines
alphabet developed
Homer’s writings mark the end of the dark ages

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Politics and life in Archiac Greek city states

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Polis: Establishment of colonies in order to support the population in the harsh climate of soil

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presocratic

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concerned with the nature of the universe

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Hellenic identity

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Common identity, language, religion, and enjoyment of things

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Life in athens

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democratic state with flourishing population

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Draco Athens

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Coded law

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Solon Athens

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removed Hereditary restrictions

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Pisistratus Athens

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Centralized power for self

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Clesthenes athens

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Finalized Greek Democracy

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Ostrasism Athens

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Election for voting, if they were not elected, they were sent to exile

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Community in sparta

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Militaristic absolute state

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Family life in sparta
Marriage was only for the purpose of repopulatizatoin
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What begins the classical age
The persian war
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Battles of Marathos and thermopoly
Greeks won the marathon 300 brave spartans fought in thermopoly
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age of pericles
Rebuilt athens after destruction and sparta became jelous
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Peloponnesian war
sparta vs athens athens looses their independence
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philip of macedon
Takes control over athens
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Alexandar the great
takes control of athens later
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Hellenistic period
division into 4 different kingdoms period of decline period of diffusion remains a greek world
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Political contributions of Greek
Addressing population issues new system of affairs to the state Plato believed that tyranny naturallu rises out of democracy
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American founders assesments of greek politics
thomas jefferson thought is was onsense john adams was dissapointed and discusted
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Sophists
Skeptisism, believed debates were foolish, man is the measure of all things
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Socrates
Sophists were foolish, plato was his biggest student
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Archaic period writers
HOmer and hesiod
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Classical period writers and writings
Aeschylus: Answered philisophical questions Aristophanes: Western comedic theater
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Greek Historians
Herodotus: Father of history Thucydides: Pelopanisean war authorship
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Contributions of pythagoras
Pythagorean theory
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Contributions of Eulicid
Geometry
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Archimedes
Calculated the value for pie, physics and other developments
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Aristarchus
Sun is at the center of the universe
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Eratosthenes
Calculated the circumference of the earth
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hippocrates
Father of western medicine.
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Founding of rome before the republic
Etruscans ruled over the romans
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Three punic wars
First: Over sicily control, lasted 20 years, rome won against carthage second: Hannibal and carthage hannibal and his elephants three: Carthage is burned to the ground
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BAttle of Cannae
Up and down the italian peninsula hannibal is defeated by Scipio
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ScipioAfricanus
Attacks carthage directly and defeats them
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The greek influence on the romans
Literature Greek widely spoken Greek religion
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Grancchi
Senate had them killed, then the fall happened
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Marius
Changed military to non social class
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Sulla
Traditional limits on dictorial power were removed
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Pompey
General who moved the army to rome and demanded to become council
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The first triumvirate
Uniting political support, they granted caesar as council in order to get land or money
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Brutus/ Death of caesar
Octavius accused him of being disloyal Seized caesar and killed him
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Agustus' accomplishments and the pax romana
* Sucessful centralization of power * Peace and stability * roman peace
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Early emerors in roman republic
Tiberius, claudius and nero
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Diocletian
Divides the empire into two administrative states
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The sack of rome
First time rome lost power to foreign empires in 800 years
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Polybuis and the government of the roman empire
Mixed republican givernment sepparation of powers checks and balacnes
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Cicero
Development of natural law theory
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Justinian
Body of law
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Romans historians, statesmen, and poets
Historians: Polybuis, Livy, tactitus states men: cicero: natural law theorist

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