World History
1st Semester Review
Schill
Early Civilizations & Peoples
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Homo Erectus
Neanderthal
Homo Sapiens
Sumer
Mesopotamian Civilization
Babylon
Egypt
Impact of:
Tools
Agriculture
4 Important Religions & Philosophies
Hindu
- Atman
- Brahman
- physical material existence = impermanent/transient
- the absolute = unborn/unchanging/unknowable infinite
- samsara
- karma
- liberation
- middle path & extreme path
- dharma
- Buddha
- Mahariva
Hebrew
- monotheism
- Abraham & Isaac & Jacob
- prophets
- messiah
- messianic time
- covenant
Chinese
- Confucianism
- nature
- sage
- Taoism
- “the uncarved block” / “doing nothing” / “naturally”
- Legalism
- laws & ruling people
Greeks (covered in next section)
- reason
- philosophy
Greeks
The Polis
- development
- hoplites
Tyrants
City States
- Sparta
- Athens
Wars
- Pelopennisian Wars
- Sparta & Athens
Government
- Aristocrats
- Hoplites
- The Polis
- Politics / Oligarchy / Democracy / Idiots
Olympic games
Hellenes
Homer – Iliad & Odyssey = sacred books gave values of manliness,
gave self-consciousness, identity, history, ethics, purpose of life and so
on
Religion
- no doctrine, no clergy, no church organization
- Good fortune (make sense of life’s inconsistencies)
- Myths = come to grips with puzzles of life
- Oracles
- Greek gods are human like – maybe men can be god-like?
- Homer ordered the gods
Hubris / tragedy
Justice / balance
Moderation – too much of anything is bad
Hubris = blindness = retribution, learn through suffering, middle ground
is best
Rome
Government
Imperium
Senate
Imperialism
Dictator
Triumvirate
Consul
struggle of the orders
Augustus
Republic
Wars
Punic Wars
Hannibal
Carthage
Society
Roman hero
Latin
Client/Patron
Patrician/Plebeian
Religion
Leaders
Ceasar Agustus
Constantine
therories as to why the Roman Empire fell
economics of land ownership
Rome & Christianity
Spread of Christianity
Catholic
Orthodox
Pagan
Heretic
Prophet
Evangelism
Trinity
