World History Fall Final Prep

What are the commonalities between Rome and the Han dynasty?

Territories large, diverse populations; influence beyond their borders; ability to integrate diverse populations into their empires

What are the differences between Rome and the Han dynasty?

Types of ruling systems; how they ruled

What was the Qin Dynasty Warring states period?

472-221 BCE

Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?

First emperor of China (August Emperor)

What did Qin Shi Haungdi do during his reign?

Gained control of the rice fields, launching war campaigns to end the warring states period

What was one of the major accomplishments of the Qin Dynasty?

-standardized weights and measures used throughout the empire
-built canals and roads

What was another set of accomplishment of the Qin Dynasty?

-melted unnecessary weapons to prevent rebellions
-simplified a standard pictogram writing and language for 2000 years

What was a final set of accomplishments of the Qin Dynasty?

-Great Wall of China that kept the steppe raiders and barbarians away
-unified China and expanded in barbarian areas

What was the Qin Dynasty's ideology?

Legalism
-didn't like confucianism
-used out of worry that the empire would fall before he die
-most practical; believing in law and reason unlike confucianism

Who were the Terracotta Warriors?

Sculptures that were made out of Terracotta(clay) that protected Emperor Qin's tomb in order to protect the emperor in the afterlife.
-various stone chariots and horses
-not one was the same, very lifelike

Why were Terracotta Warriors buried along with Emperor Qin?

To protect him in the afterlife

How long did the Han Dynasty Last?

206 BCE – 221 CE

What was the Han Dynasty's ruling system?

-civil magistrates and bureaucrats
-followed past dynasties
-brought back confucian doctrine

Who is Sima Qian?

An astronomer, calendar expert, and the first great Chinese historian. Most noted for his authorship of the Shiji (“Historical Records”), which is considered to be the most important history of China down to the end of the 2nd century.

What did Sima Qian write?

-wrote The Records of the Grand Historian in 91 BC
-wrote works that had more worth at this time; analytical and narrative, with motives for social work

What was different about Sima Qian from the rest of China?

-had a firmer sense of the Han Dynasty than anyone else in East Asia

Who is Emperor Wu? (Han Wudi)

-the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty of ancient China, ruling from 141 to 87 BC

What did Han Wudi do?

-organized the military forces and stabilized the Han Dynasty
-pushed borders to the same borders of today’s China
-rebuilt the empire after the fall of the Qin, laying groundwork of India connection

Han Dynasty's Life facts

roughly 25% of the world’s population(57M), from oldest census in existence
-relative peace compared to other dynasties
-thrived for 1500 years

What did the Han Dynasty Trade?

-swapped grain and crafts for horses and hides of pastoralists

What was the Han Dynasty's role in the Silk Road

-Silk Road: China to Mediterranean Sea through maritime trade(study of human interaction with and activity at sea)
-gold and silk across Afro-Eurasia, keeping people employed + funded dynasty’s wars and roads that helped them expand and fight border wars

Government monopolies of the Han Dynasty

-exclusive possession of trade in a service/commodity
-salt, iron, bronze, alcohol kept prices stable (paper +porcelain privately)
-benefitted state treasury and population
-required taxes in the form of money in 5CE, minting 200 million coins annually

What was the Han Dynasty's State Ideology?

Confucianism
-brought back Confucian doctrine: ethics, morality, obedience

What was the Scholar-bureaucrat tradition?

-started employing based off mastery of Confucianism instead of family
-imperial bureaucracy made of humanistic scholars

What was the Confucian social Hierarchy?

1. Gentlemen Scholars
2. Peasants
3. Artisans
4. Merchants

What was Confucian social Hierarchy based on?

-like the caste system but not organized by money made
-producers were more important than non producers
-merchants made up around 1% of the population and usually had more money than the rest
-women weren’t included

What was the Treatment & role of Women in Han society

-Three Obediences
-women acquired power through men, having no rights or education
-silk production gave women opportunities to do work through weaving silk

What were the three obediences in the Han Society for Women?

Father, Husband, Sons
-They had to obey all of the three above

What were Eunuchs?

a man who has been castrated(cannot have babies anymore)

What were the purpose of Eunuchs?

as guards and servants in harems or other women's quarters, and as chamberlains to kings
-had individual influence in the government
-men were castrated to avoid any sons that may overthrow empire

What type of ruling system did the Romans use?

Empire

- 7 kings -> Birth of Republic -> Emperors (Julio-Claudian Dynasty, Flavian Dynasty)

A. Cursus honorum: 2 consuls, senate, plebs (common ppl) and patricians (aristocrats)

B. The tribunes were the backbone of the senate

What was the Treatment of religion in Rome?

-Tolerated all religions
-Hated Christians then became the Christians

What role did the Etruscans play?

-people who temporarily ruled Rome; traded with them
-Many features of Etruscans adopted by the Romans

What was Roman Citizenship like?

BEGINNING: full rights only for actual Romans
LATER: Rome extended citizenship rights to conquered

Who was Romulus (and Remus)?

-1st king of Rome, killed brother Remus
-Founder of Rome, built Rome on the Palatine Hill

What was the Roman Republic (cursus honorum) like?

- 2 consuls and a senate; citizens get to vote for ppl in the senate (sort of)
- SPQR: plebians win equality, citizens are (mostly) equal

How did the Roman Empire begin?

-Starts with Augustus (Caesar’s adopted son)

Who was apart of the Julio Claudian Dynasty?

Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero

Who was apart of the Flavian Dynasty?

Vespasian, Titus, Domitian
- Vespasian created the colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

Who were the 5 good emperors?

Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonious Pious, Marcus Aurelius

What did Trajan do?

Trajan built the forum (trajan’s forum)

What did Hadrian do?

Hadrian built the wall that’s in Britain (Hadrian’s Wall)

What did Marcus Aurelius do?

known for stoicism and expanded military

What is Pax Romana?

Roman Peace
-Created by Augustus, economic upswing & growth of city

Who was Cicero?

-Was THE Roman orator; wrote many controversial speeches and eventually got beheaded by Mark Antony

Who was Julius Caesar?

Julius Caesar, was a Roman general and statesman
- A member of the First Triumvirate

What did Julius Caesar do?

-led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war
-Had 1 kid w/ Cleopatra
-Declared himself dictator for life -> Senate murdered him

-Caesar left his will to Octavius (adopted son)

Who was Octavian Augustus Caesar?

- Julius Caesar's son
- 1st Emperor (v good, ruling time: 43 yrs); had absolute power, princeps (1st senator)

What did Octavian do?

-Adopted son of Caesar, first emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
Created Pax Romana under his rule

Who was Romulus Augustulus?

-Last emperor; child emperor, not good ruler

-Overthrown by Odacer the barbarian

Who was Odoacer?

-Germanic king who overthrew Romulus in 476

What is Zoroastrianism?

An Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil within the framework of a monotheistic ontology and an eschatology which predicts the ultimate conquest of evil by good.

Avesta

sacred text of Zoroastrianism

Manichaeism

teaches an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness.

Details of Manichaeism

-rivaled Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Buddhism; blend of all three
-code of conduct: restraint and non-violence
-struggle b/w good(spiritual and abstract) and evil(material and worldy)
-Asasanid Charpeur the 1st made this state religion
-flourished along silk road to china
-underground, overshadowed by zoro, but left huge imprint

Who is Mani?

-founder of Manichaeism

Christianity

-200 CE
-eternal salvation for the faithful
-provided hope: praised poor, wrong, “sinners”, frowned on wealthy
-scattered around cities->rickety organization, 1% of population
-persecuted and killed like the Jews, treated as a cult
-Christian apathy and kindness appealed to non-christians, especially during the 160 epidemics and political chaos; resistance and martyrdom appeal

Who is Mary?

-virgin mother of Jesus
-ascended in body + spirit

Who is Jeus?

-son of god
-represented as ordinary man, died for salvation of Christians

Who was Diocletian?

-last of emperors to persecute Christians
-object of worship as an emperor

What did Constantine do?

-converted suddenly; ending persecution of all religions bc of a vision
-changed the rickety minority faith to a solid state religion
-supported an imperial massive religion, supporting communities outside of Roman empire
-structure, control tied with government
-ethical monotheism borrowed from other religions
-converted people ‘top down’ through higher elites

What were Bishops?

-spread across territories to preside over different people
-acts as leaders of the communities

Who was the Pope?

-bishop of rome, leader of faith
-top of hierarchy and primary leader over Church’s personnel

Monasticism

- "dwelling alone”
-appeared in Egypt, act of self exiling to monasteries with like-minded people
-religious vows subject to fixed rule: poverty, chastity, obedience

Schism

-caused from disagreements over doctrine->Christianity divides
-Byzantine Empire discussed it to avoid political division->Nicean Creed created in 325 CE

Saint

-devoted to faith and made sacrifices for Christianity
-mediants b/w God and the people, elevated to the role posthumous
-revered by Christians

What are Monks?

-grew in small monasteries on Mt Sinai cohesive and small, then broke
-under religious vows; simple life (see monasticism)

Islam

-570-632CE
-2nd monotheistic religion
-oral poetry
-located in Arabia and Medina, where most people are polytheistic and surviving through raiding. Hard to make a living

Muslims

-islamic people^

Muhammad

-respected, married man that often traded
-hears voice that he is a messenger of God while he is under solitary confinement
-elite harasses him, sending away his followers, and his loved ones die:(

Khadija

-muhammad’s wife who had 6 children with him at 25
-died

Medina

-had a reputation of good judgment in medina
-sets up a ‘mosque’, a community of muslim followers
-set up a “year of flight to Medina”, the 1st yr of their calendar in 622 CE
-dies in a Medina mosque in 632 after going on a mecca pilgrimage again

Mecca

-did not like him, tried to kill him
-muhammad won 3 battles against them, winning the mecca population in 630
-political power extended out of Arabia, after inviting elite to join faith

Qur’an

-“recitation”, Islamic sacred text

People of the Book

-Jews, Christians, muslims that follow the sacred texts of the subregional story; prophets of God

Shari’a

-”the path” divinely sanctioned law and ethics in Islamic faith

Shi’a Muslims

-minority population of the faith
-regarded as heretics

Sunni Muslims

-majority population in the faith

Pillars of Islam

1.profess one god: allah and his messenger muhammad
2. Pray 5 times a day
3. Give alms to the needy
4. Fast during the day during the Ramandan month
5. Make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a life time if possible

Women in Christianity & Islam

-provides new opportunities for women
-figures like Mary and Fatimah that are respected
-marriage is consensual, wives treated well->they obey their husband
-women could inherit property, land, or wealth
-monasteries for women: nuns with religious authority
-improved role of orphans, increased childcare and textiles

Caliph (The Arab Conquests)

-Deputy of God=successor to Muhamad
-Didn’t know if next one should be from Muhamad’s family
-Ali becomes the 4th Caliph; winners of war beat Ali

Caliphate(Arab Conquest)

Area ruled by a cliph (need to check)

Umayyad Caliphate

-Allowed ppl to have own religions but couldn’t question their power
-Did tax muslims at higher rate than others
-Relied on Arab tribes to spread what they want’ over time ppl started to leave, so they needed a new reason to stay powerful

Dome of the Rock

-Built in 681 by Greek architects
-In Jerusalem

Baghdad

Where the Umayyad set up base

Al-Andulus

-Muslim area of Spain; an Ummayad that survived the Abasid makes caliphate there
-Called the Cordoba Caliphate
-Got money from trade and irrigation agriculture

Reconquista

-The restoration of Christian rule to Iberian Peninsula
-They were finding ways to get rid of caliphate which was fragmented by politics
-The Muslims were pushed to Ganda— South of Spain

Roman Catholic

-Decrease in agriculture development
-Had large trade deficit and was in debt to the East
-Military transformed into mercenaries who had no loyalty to the Rome
-Roman cities all created walls to try keeping invaders out
-Civil violence begins to spike

Eastern Orthodox
Byzantine Empire
Constantine

-Roman emperor in 313
-ended persecution of all religions and made christianity the state religion
-undermined its own religion; considered one god->weakened state credibility
-splits Rome in 330

Constantinople

-capital of the Byzantine Empire

Córdoba Caliphate

an Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 929 to 1031

Dissolution of Western Roman Empire

-decrease of agricultural production->traded w East but couldn’t return anything->increased coinage->reduced reliability->inflation->corruption

Germanic tribes

-military contained unloyal mercenaries that were paid defending Rome against own germanic tribes

Sack of Rome - Germanic Tribes

-Sack of Rome: looted, killed, raped by Germanic tribes

People the Germanic Tribes attacked

-Visigoths(Spain), Saxons(Britain), Franks(France), Huns (China steppes), Vandals(Mediterranean Sea), Angles (Britain), and Ostrogoths(Spain)

Aftermath of Germanic Tribes

-Romulus Augustulus overthrown by Odaecer in 476
-increased walls and fortifications
-collapsed in 370->civil violence->lowered populations
-simplified economic life. Dark Ages. elites serve no purpose and production lowers

Slavery in the Caliphates

-needed slave labor
-People of the Book were spared from slavery, but pagans suited slavery
-near the 6th to 8th centuries there was a higher demand for strong male slaves and women and children for textiles

Mamluks

-forced to fight in armies with childhood training
-raised as slave soldiers
-used for islamic rulers’ security->new trade routes and culture unity with Spain and Iran

Basil the Bulgar-Slayer

-one of the strongest byzantine emperors
-noted for blinding the Bulgarian soldiers
-won over many ms territories

China, 200-907
Introduction of Buddhism

-Mahayana Buddhism: most prevalent & brought over by monks (also influenced contemplation)
-Put high value on monasticism “dwelling alone”