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HIWD 370 Exam 1Women in Ancient Egypt
1. Wives and mothers were shown great respect
2. They could inherit property and run businesses
3. They could secure divorces
4. Some became political leaders
The invention of the wheel
1. First seen in Sumer in 3500 BC
2. Improved transportation and trade
3. The very first wheel was probably invented in around 800 BC in East Asia
Barbarian groups that invaded Roman Territories
1. Visigoths of Eastern Europe/Asia
2. The Huns of Eastern Europe/Asia
3. The Vandals of North America
4. Systematically Roman provinces fell to the barbarians one after another
Athenian Citizenship Information
-limited to free men whose parents had both been Athenians
-only about 10 percent of Athens population fell into the citizen category
-about 40 times a year all citizens met in an assembly to debate and vote on laws
-believed that every citizen should someone take part in government
-taking care of public buildings
-keeping the waterfront ships safe
-watching over food supply
-serving as volunteers in the army as needed
-considered education necessary for good citizenship-boys were sent to private schools or tutors at
home- once they finished schooling at age 18 they two years of military service- beyond that continued
to serve in the military if needed
Aristarchus
Scientist during the Alexander's Empire who argued that the planets revolved around the sun-
regardless, people believed the earth was the center of the universe for the next 1700 years
What did Confucius promote and teach?
5 basic social relationships:
1. Rulers and subjects
, 2. Fathers and sons
3. Husbands and wives
4. Older and younger brothers
5. Members of a community
Promoted virtues:
1. Integrity
2. Loyalty
3. Generosity
4. Politeness
Bronze Age effects on early human history
1. Much more durable than copper, which was previously used
2. Better/stronger cutting edge than copper
3. Could be cast into molds much more easily and more easily varied in shape
4. Developed and used in places such as Mesopotamia and Thailand
Cuneiform and Sumerian Scribes
1. Developed around 3500-3000 BC
2. Began as little pictures produced by cylinder seals rolled onto clay
3. From these Sumerians developed simplified pictures made on clay tablets with a reed stalk which
evolved into cunieform which used signs and groups of signs to to produce sounds and syllables
4. Cunieform caused much better communication than ever before
5. Made easier the complex irrigation systems, harevesting and storing crops, caused more efficient
explotation of resources, and stregthened the government
6. Cunieform opens up more of the past because it uses writing to preserve Sumerian history
7. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest story in the world written in this language
8. Lived on for centuries in temples and scribal schools
Far reaching effects of Roman Law
1. Roman law and justice was the greatest contribution to Western society
2. The law codes of present day Italy, France, Spain, and Latin America are based on Roman law
3. Law should be based on principles of reason and justice and should protect citizens and their property
4. Cicero: Law should not be bent by influence or broken by power or spoiled by money
The largest library in the ancient world
Alexandria--a scholarly center that flourished under plotemaic dynasty
Many of the most famous thinkers of the ancient world studied here
Created by Ptolemy Soter-sucessor of Alexander the Great
1st Triumvirate
1. 60 BC
2. Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar
3. Crassus leaves Rome to pursue taking over Persian land for the republic and becomes Governor of
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