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Neolithic period

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Began 10,000 bc

Agriculture begins 
Permanent settlement begins 
Domestication of animals begins 
Establishment of social classes
Trade
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Mesopotamia

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Land between the rivers (Euphrates and Tigris)

Lived by the rivers for agricultural reasons

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Characteristics of ancient civilization

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Advanced technical skills
Cities with forms of government 
Division of labor - different people preform different jobs 
Calendar based on the Luna cycle 
A system of writing
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Fertile Crescent

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Moon shaped region of Mesopotamia 
Known for agricultural advances 
Time 
Trade
Astrology 
Math and science 
Cities
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Ancient Greece (3000 bc - 476 AC)

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Came before the romans 
They introduced democracy 
Start of the Olympic Games 
Great philosophers like Socrates and Plato 
Homers writing of the odyssey and Iliad 
War between Athens and Sparta 
Alexander the Great rise and death
Architecture, philosophy, alphabet
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Medieval age (476ac - 1492ac)

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Rome 
Feudalism 
Rise of religion - Christianity and Islam v 
Black Plague
Magna carter 
Be wolf
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Athenian democracy vs modern democracy

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Athenian democracy
Rich males
Someone who help a high position

Modern democracy
Broaden range of social groups are allowed to participate

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Feudalism

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In medieval ages
A hierarchy of social classes
Listed as
King - owned all the land - gave it to rich lords
Lords - gave land to professional knights
Knights - in return they fought for nobles
And peasants - worked the land for nobles and in return they offered them protection

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Magna carter

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First document forced into the king of England to limit his powers

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Renaissance period

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Nicolas Copernicus -heliocentric model that the plants orbited the sun
Galileo Galilei - created first modern telescope, the moon had crators, no life on the moon

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Ancient Rome known for

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Advancements in law

Building massage structures like the colosseum

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Rise of Islam (in jersluem area)

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Most battles took place in Jerusalem because it was where countries connected to do trade
After crusade they wanted to increase trade

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Beowulf

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Written in old English (Anglo Saxon) which has developed into the language we soeak today

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Battle of Hastings 1066 - what is a significant contribution to normans made upon English society after the battle of hastings?

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French became the language of the kings court and gradually blended with the Angelo Saxon tongue
To give birth to modern English

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What was the impact of the crusades? 1100ad-1300ad

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Breakdown of feudalism
Increase interest in trade and ideas
Increase taxes led to stronger central government
Increase in papal power

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Printing press

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Made books easier and cheaper to produce
Mass production of the Bible
More European Christians could read the Bible and better understand Their religion

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Black Plague

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A pandemic that killed millions of people. Almost 1 of every 3 people got the disease and died.

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What was the goal of medieval art?

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Portray religious themes and scenes

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Leonardo Davinci

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Supreme renaissance painter, scientist, inventor, and polymath
Famous for Mona Lisa

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Michel Angelo

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Renaissance sculptor, painter, and architect

Famous for statue of David And Sistine chapel

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Raphael

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Italian painter during the Renaissance

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Donatello

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Italian painter and sculptor during the Renaissance

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Humanists during Renaissance period

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Niccalo Machiavellian - Italian - created a new branch of political science, based on humanist principles
Thomas Moore - English stateman who wrote an ideal political system, utopia, where the government was more lenient on people

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William Shakespeare

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English Play writer and poet
Took Romeo and Juliet idea from Thisbe
Took Greek and Rome ideas and modernized them
Famous for Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, merchant of Venice

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You can best understand the influence of Ancient Greece on the historical development of western civilization by examining

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The origins of the renaissance

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Protestant reformation

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16 century religious, political, intellectual, and cultural upheaval that splintered the Catholic Church, setting in place the structures and beliefs

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Elizabeth age theater mostly played which type of plays

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Classical Greek tragedy

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Martin Luter -

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Monk, Christian, history, Protestantism, war in Protestants, brought new religious political and economic trajectories to Europe

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Queen Elizabeth

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Monarch of England in the renaissance period

Tried to bring catholic way back

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The age of exploration (1450-1750)

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European global exploration in the 15th century
Take a lot of ideas from the renaissance
Boats, compass, weapons, and printing press
Wave of exploration for Portuguese and Spanish
Conquistadors such as
Majelin - circum navigated the globe
pezaro - Incan empire and Peru
Cortez - Mexico

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Christopher Columbus

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Discovered the America’s
Exploration made possible by the Spanish
Violent leader

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Transatlantic

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Transported 10 million enslaved African Americans across the Atlantic Oceans from 16th century to 19th century
Also transported sugar and coffee from America to Europe

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The middle passage

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The state of the Atlantic slave trade in which of millions of enslaved Africans were transported to americas as part of the triangle slave trade

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Triangle trade

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Trade of Slaves sugar and rum

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Mercantilism

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Economic policy designed to maximize the exports and minimize imports for an economy

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Raw material during the age of exploration

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Gold silver tobacco sugar cotton were traded

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What factors led to the age of exploration?

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1. Changes in world view (by Copernicus)
Wide spread of information through the printing press 
Advanced Technology 
2. Economics 
Faster trade routes to Asia
  1. Religion
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Francis bacon

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Created the scientific method

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Issac Newton

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Created the laws of physics

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Longitude

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Coordinate from east coast to west coast on earths surface

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Latitude

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Coordinate from North to south on earths surface

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7 continents

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North America
South America
Antarctic 
Europe 
Asia
Africa 
Australia
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Oceans

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Atlantic Ocean - between North America and Europe
Pacific Ocean - between America and Asia
Indian Ocean - right of Africa but under Asia

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5 major biomes

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Aquatic 
Grassland 
Forest 
Desert 
And tundra
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Biome

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Distinct bio geographical unit consisting of a biological community that has Formed in response to a shared regional climate

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Exploration and impact on indigenous people

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  1. 90 percent Of indigenous people died from diseases from Europe
  2. Loss of land and resources (wood fur gold and silver)
  3. Live stock (cattle horses and pigs)
  4. Cultural assimilation - New culture, language, and religion

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