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World Civ. Leforgee Exam 2
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10/26/2008

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Torah
Definition
Gods law
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Pentateuch
Definition
1st 5 books of the Bible
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Sanhedrin
Definition
assisted high priest, enforsed law
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synagogue
Definition
Jewish temple
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Herod the Great
Definition
1/2 Jewish 1/2 Arab, ruled part of empire, tool of empire, violent
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Pontius Pilate
Definition
Procurator, avoided jewish revolt
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Zealots
Definition
Nationalist proactive group that led revolts to over throw rome and attacked roman garison
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Josephus
Definition
Contemporary Jewish Historian
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Titus
Definition
Roman General, crushed Jeruselum in responce to roman garison revolt
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Wailing Wall
Definition
Only remaning part of temple
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Masada
Definition
fortress on a Hill over looking dead sea where Jews kept refuge for 2yrs against romans
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Sadducees
Definition
Aristocratic Jews, overseers, controlled office of high priest, strict, no interpreting torah, no afterlife
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Pharisees
Definition
larger group of aristocratic Jews, teachers,  belived in modifying Torah with divine guidence, afterlife
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Dead Sea Scrolls
Definition
1st century  scripture
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Essenes
Definition
pious group, considered outsiders, cleanliness, wated for Lords return to crush evil, dead sea scrolls?
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Saul of Tarsus
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became Paul, persecuted christians then became great church planger who fought crorruption
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Constantine
Definition
Roman Emperor of East, Edict of Milan, Council of Nicaea
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Galerius
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Roman Emporor who tolorated christianity-made llegal
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Theodosis
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Roman Emporer issued Eddict of Milan- Christianity = to other religions
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Presbyters
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earliest church officials
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Bishops
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outgrowth of Prespyters, answered to archbishops
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Priests
Definition
lived in villages, (local bishops)
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Diocese
Definition
area of priests
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Petrine Theory
Definition
Popes came from peter
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Arianism
Definition
Christ not equal to God
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Council of Nicaea

 

Definition
Araianism deemed heresy
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St. Jerome
Definition
Translated latin volgate Bible-used by RCC
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St. Ambrose
Definition
church was supperior to state in spiritual matters
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St. Augustine
Definition
wrote 100+ religious works, helped define church theology
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"Dominaten"
Definition
Dictatorship
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Diocletian
Definition

Roman Emporor desided to divide rome Temperairily

 

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Huns
Definition
warring, namadic tribe from Asia minor
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Visogoths, Ostrogoths, Jutes, Saxons, Angles, Franks, Burgundians, Lombards
Definition
germanic tribes, nomadic, lived on N borders of Roman Empire
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Battle of Adrianople
Definition
478 1st Roman loss vs. germanic tribes
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Edward Gibbon
Definition

"Decline and Fall of Roman Empire"

Religion & Barbarians

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Constantinople
Definition

capital of Byzantine Empire (New Rome)

10000yrs

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Justinian
Definition
Ruler, Roman Law-Revision of Romen law
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Church of Hagia Sophia
Definition
built by Justinian GOC
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Heraclius
Definition
took over by force and fought arabs
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Leo III
Definition

pope emporor

greek fire, land for service

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"Greek Fire"
Definition
answer to caterpults of arabs
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Macedonian Dynasty
Definition
Bysanine rulers, very effective, regained territory
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Basil II
Definition

Macedonian Dynasty,

Trade increased, friends with Kiev and shared his faith

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Vladimir of Kiev
Definition
prince of modern S. russia
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Suljuk Turks
Definition
Nomadic, Islamic, New Invaders
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Normans
Definition
Vikings, Germanic, new invadors
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Alexius Comnenus
Definition
Byz. Military ruler, fought saljuk turks
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Ottoman Turks
Definition

New Conversts to Islam , Tried to conquore Constantantopil, slowed by Mongles,

 

Conquored rome in 1453 fall of byz. empire

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Adranople
Definition
base of Ottoman Empire
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Greek Orthodox Church
Definition
church of Byz. Empire
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Iconoclasm
Definition
Breaking of Images, reason for East West chruch spit
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Norsemen
Definition
namatic people who settled in Kiev Russia
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"Rus"
Definition
seafarer-russia
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Muhammad
Definition
Rounder of Islam, had treams to write Koran
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Islam
Definition
grew in Arab Empire
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Koran
Definition
holy book of Islam means Recite
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Mecca
Definition
birthplace of Islam
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Allah
Definition
god of Islam
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Medina
Definition
trade city that muhammed and followers fled to when oligarchy ran them out of mecca
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Pillars of Faith
Definition

say there is one God and Muhammad is his prophet

5x a day pray towards mecca

Alms to poor

Fasting on holy days

pilgramage to mecca once in life

 

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Jihad
Definition
Islamic holy war
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Caliphs
Definition
successor to muhammed
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Umayyad Dynasty
Definition
Dimascus capt. 1st well known Dynasty of Arab Empire
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Damascus
Definition
Captal of Umayyad Dynasty
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Syria
Definition
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Shia
Definition
Supporters of Ali as next prophet
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Shi'ites
Definition
thought Imam (community leaders should select next rulers)
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Sunnites
Definition
thought Ulamas (group of religious scholars) should choose next ruler. larger group
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Abbasid Dynasty
Definition
took over after Umayyad Dynasty
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Baghdad
Definition
capital of Abbasid dynasty
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Harun al-Rashid
Definition
noted ruler of Abbasid Dynasty
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"alkuyhl"
Definition
ditalation process (alchol)
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Mosques
Definition
Islamic temples
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Omar Khayyam
Definition
"Arabian Nights"
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Umma
Definition
Muslim Community
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Imam
Definition
Group of Religous scholars
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Emirs
Definition
muslim governer
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Madrasa
Definition
muslim religious school
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Kingdoms of Western Sudan
Definition
clan based midland polytheistic trade city-state
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Trans-Saharan Trade
Definition
North South trade across saharah based on camels
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Berbers
Definition

Natives along the Mediteranean, intergrated

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ghana
Definition

war cheif
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Kingdom of Ghana
Definition

western city state, great rulers

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Kumbi
Definition
city where king of Ghana held his court
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Mogadishu
Definition
capital of Simalia, port city founded by muslim
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Kingdom of Mali
Definition
Strong agriculture and 2 great leaders
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Mansa Musa
Definition
Early Africas most famous ruler of Mali
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Timbuktu
Definition
origionaly a nomad camp site, became an important trade center and place of learning during Mansa Malis rule
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Axum
Definition
North West sizeable trade state
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Kingdom of Ethiopia
Definition
Christain, Jewish, Islamic trade state
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Queen Makeda
Definition
Sheba of Jewish tradision, learned from solomon
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Swahili
Definition
East African culture, language, Asian, African, Islamic
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Great Zimbabwe
Definition

Ruins found, powerful political/ religoious capital
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