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Architecture, Lauguage, Religion
A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage (264-146 B.C.); resulted in the destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean.
A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180.
Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
true Muslims were expected to follow (principle of Salvation): belief in Allah, pray 5 times a day, giving of alms, fasting during Ramadan, pilgrimage to Mecca once in a lifetime
a mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, and a simple life
a school for the study of Muslim law and religious science
Tang Dynasty (618-907) Civil service examinations. They were supported by large Confucian scholars. They were a competitive procedure designed to draw best talents into govt. There were two types of exams: knowledge of Confucian classics & Literary ability.
a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378-1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office
Hinduism, decimals/numerals, the concept of zero, chess, literature, culture, and technique
a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme beingof many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a
Attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolute Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army.
Doctrine that the popes are the direct successors to the Apostle Peter and as such heads of the church.
The trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, businesses, and organizations throughout the world.
(960 - 1279 AD); this dynasty was started by Tai Zu; by 1000, a million people were living there; started feet binding; had a magnetic compass; had a navy; traded with india and persia (brought pepper and cotton); first to have paper money, explosive gun powder; *landscape black and white paintings
dumpling (with vegetable and meat stuffing)
Under the Song the Scholar-gentry class was established. The aristocrats felt their power was undetermined by this new class. THe Scholar-gentry establishment was a result of the civil service exams to pick civil servants by merit to fill government positions.
1. Compass
2. Gunpowder
3. Paper
4. Printing
practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier to confine women to the household
The social, political, military, and economic system that prevailed in the Middle Ages and beyond in some parts of Europe.