World History Review sheet Foundations of Civilization (Prehistory–3000 B.C.): Summary A key to understanding history is studying the five themes of geography: location‚ place‚ ____ ____ ____‚ movement‚ and region. With the help of modern science‚ archaeologists analyze early human remains and reconstruct how early people lived. Historians learn about the past by examining and evaluating written evidence and other records. The earliest period of human history is called the____ ____ ____. Paleolithic
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John Moore AP world history Chapter 5:The classical period; directions‚diversions and decline by 500 C.E. Thesis: Picture: A picture of a painting of Christ with his head surrounded by a halo. Timeline: 1000B.C. 1000 Polynesians reach Fiji‚ Samoa 1000 independent kingdom of Kush
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Unit Two Test (Chapters 7‚8‚9‚10‚12‚13) 1) What was the fictional account of life at the court of the Caliph al-Rashid? A) B) C) D) E) 2) What accounts for the disruption of the agricultural economy of the Abbasid Empire? A) The government ordered regions of the empire populated by Shi’as abandoned. B) The decline of the cities led to a fall in the demand for food supplies and consequent drops
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In the Hosios Loukas‚ Saint Irene (fig. 1) is shown in conjecture with other saints. The narthex at Hosios Lukas shows a collection of female saints in mosaic‚ who are arranged in groups of six and occupy space in the arched recess and lunette. These saints appear as both standing figures and as busts in roundels‚ arranged in two registers that are separated by red lines. The upper registers allow for standing
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Lippman‚ Nitai Patel‚ Jordan St. Rose Chapter 9--- Christian Societies Emerge in Europe‚ 600-1200 Block 7 1Q: How did the decline of the Byzantine Empire correlate with the growth in the power and prestige of the Holy Roman Empire in Western Europe? A: The decline of the Byzantine Empire correlated with the growth and prestige of the Holy Roman Empire as the Byzantine Empire lost the grandeur‚ pomp‚ military might‚ and legal supremacy of the imperial office while the growth of the Holy Roman Empire
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BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE The Byzantine Empire is generally associated with the foundation of Constantinople by Constantine the Great between 334-340‚ an event that signaled the continuation of the Roman Empire as an officially Christian entity. The Architecture developed from the fifth century A.D. in the Byzantine Empire‚ characterized especially by massive domes with square bases and rounded arches and spires and much use of glass mosaics. With the rise of the Islamic empire in former Byzantine
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succeeded in conquering the western capital in Rome. In 476‚ the western Emperor Romulus Augustulus was finally overthrown at the substitute capital set up in Ravenna‚ and in 529 the eastern Emperor Justinian declared that the pagan religions of ancient Rome were illegal. All of these events caused the end of the western Roman Empire‚ although the eastern Empire continued to flourish throughout the Middle Ages as the Byzantine Empire. The fall of the western Roman Empire was very significant. Ancient
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Mosaics were created by: COLORED GLASS Madonna refers to: THE VIRGIN MARY At one time Ravenna was an important outpost for the Byzantine Roman Empire: TRUE Pendentives are found around which of the following: HAGIA SOPHIA What did Paul the Silentiary say about Hagia’s Sophia’s dome? IT LOOKED AS IF IT WERE SUSPENDED FROM HEAVEN What does Hagia Sophia mean? HOLY WISDOM Iconoclasm refers to which of the following? DESCTRUCTION OF IMAGES Byzantine churches were mostly centrally
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IN WHAT WAYS WERE THE ROMANS HEIRS TO GREEK AND HELLENISTIC CIVILIZATION? The Hellenistic civilization marked an important time in Greek culture. This was the period between 323 and 31 BC‚ at one point the Greek society changed from being withdrawn and localized to an aggressive multinational‚ unprotected‚ and eager culture that infused together southwest Asia and eastern Mediterranean. The Hellenistic world involved many different people but the Greeks’ thinking and way of life influenced
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Tanya Bastian Art 181: Ancient and Medieval Art Essay: Early Christian and Byzantine Art Chapter 8 & 9 The form and function of the Early Christian basilica By the beginning of the fourth century Christianity was growing in the Roman world. Greco-Roman style and culture influenced Christian art and ideology‚ but the main catalyst in the Christianity movement was Constantine. The Emperor Constantine defeated his rival‚ Maxentius‚ in battle and became the principal patron of Christianity
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