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Western Civilization
Western Culture
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The History of Western Civilizations extends back to approximately, to the Neolithic Revolution | 8000 B.C.E |
| Before 11,000 B.C.E., virtually all human societies were | Nomadic, moving incessantly in search of limited food |
| Since human beings in the Paleolithic Period had no domestic animals... | People had no significant wealth beyond the possessions they could carry |
| Culture | Ideas, Customs, Beliefs, values, religion, ethnicity, race, clothing art |
| Civilization | form of human culture in which people have urban centers and have specialized written reports |
| Primary source document | inside view produced during the time |
| Secondary source documents | provides interpretation of primary sources and are one step removed |
| Homosapiens | modern human species |
| Ubaid | early group of people settled in Mesopotamia(fertile cresent) |
| Epic Of Gilgamesh | norms, beliefs, values, traditions |
| Hammurabi | Leader of Babylon, developed code of law called Hammurbai Code |
| Sargon the great | Leader of Sumeria |
| Dynastic Cycle | one leader looses power another arisis |
| Stone Age | 11,000 B.C.E |
| Neolthic Revolution | 8,000 B.C.E |
| Mesopotamia | 6,000 B.C.E |
| Sumeria | 2,000 B.C.E |
| Babylon | 1700 B.C.E |
| Egypt | 10,000-1,000 B.C.E |
| Religion | Set of beliefs, focused on the after life |
| Monotheism | Belief in one god |
| Polytheism | Belief in many gods |
| Zoroastrianism | Heaven and Hell idea. Founded by Zorast |
| Laws | set of standards codified practices to resulate behavior |
| Deism | belief in one god human form |
| Animism | belief in many forms nature, rivers, objects, animals |
| Philosophy | to acquire wisdom, or the love of wisdom |
| Athens | Region along the Mediterranean sea, center of western world |
| Classical Era | 500 B.C.E-500 C.E |
| Sparta | very strict, rules, militaristic, no creativity, slave society |
| Art and Architecture | The Parthenon Arcopolis |
| Socrates | "The unexaminded life is not worth living" Philospher of the market place. Charged with corrupting the youth. |
| Plato | "The republic" |
| Epicureanism | how the achieve the good life by pleasing all your senses. " The highest good is pleasure" |
| Stoicism | all contradictions are resolved for ultimate good |
| Aristotle | "Nicomaghean Ethics" |
| The Middle Ages | 500 C.E. 1300 C.E. |
| Dark Ages | Coined by Petarach |
| Medieval Era | economic system/feudal system, self sufficent manors, lords owned the manors |
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