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Western Civilization II, HIS 102
Review of HIS 101

Concepts and Terms for History 101

I:  Origins of Civilization

    1.  Origins of the Universe

         Big Bang, Evolution, Solar System, Life

    2.  Origins of Mankind

         Australopithecenes, Homo habilis, Homo erectus

         Homo sapiens, Neanderthal man, Cro Magnon, Modern Man

         Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze, Iron Ages

         Food Gatherers, Scavengers, Hunters

         The Agricultural Revolution

         Preliterate and Literate Societies

    3.  Origins of Civilization
        a.  Urbanization:  Rise of City-State, Kingdoms, Empires
        b.  Irrigation Agriculture
        c.  Organized Temple Worship
        d.  Bureaucratic Kingship
        e.  Writing system
        f.  Organized Warfare
        g.  Social Stratification:  Social Classes
        h.  Extensive System of Commerce
        i.  Metallurgy
        j.  Colossal Architecture

II:  Ancient Civilization

    1.  Mesopotamia

         Sumer, Akkad, Amorites, Babylon, Kassites, Hittites

    2.  Egypt

         Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, Hyksos, New Kingdom

    3.  The Hebrews:  Israel and Judah

         Abraham, Isaac, Jacob or Israel, Joseph, Moses

         Judges, Kings, Saul, David, Solomon

         Kingdom of Israel, Kingdom of Judah

         Destruction of the First Temple by the Chaldaeans

         Persian rule, Alexander, Hellenistic rule, Maccabaeans

         Roman rule, Destruction of the Second Temple

    4.  Assyria through Persia

III:  Greek Civilization 

    1.  Overview

    2.  Minoans

    3.  Myceneans

IV:  Classical Greek Civilization

    1.  Hellenic Civilization to 500 B.C.

    2.  Sparta

    3.  Athens

    4.  Athenian Democracy

    5.  The Persian Wars

V:  The Golden Fifth Century

    1.  Delian League

    2.  Pericles

    3.  Peloponnesian Wars

VI:  The Twilight of the City-States

    1.  Hegemony of Sparta

    2.  Hegemony of Thebes

    3.  The Second Athenian Empire

    4.  The Macedonian Conquest

VII:  Hellenic Culture

    1.  The Greek Ideal

    2.  Drama

    3.  Historians

    4.  Philosophy

VIII:  Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Kingdoms

    1.  Alexander the Great

    2.  Hellenistic Kingdoms

    3.  Hellenistic Culture  

IX: The Roman Republic

    1. Prehistoric Italy

    2.  Etruscan Rome

    3.  Royal Rome

    4.  Early Republic

    5.  Imperial Republic

         a.  Punic Wars

         b.  Conquest of the East

    6.  Late Republic

X:  Principate        

    1.  Augustus

    2.  Julio-Claudian Emperors

    3.  The Flavian Emperors

    4.  The Good Emperors

    5.  Roman Culture

XI:  The Ending of the Classical Period

    1.  Third Century Decline

    2.  The Rise of Christianity

    3.  Diocletian

    4.  Constantine

    5.  The Autocracy

    6.  Germanic Invasions

X:  Centuries of Transformation

    1.  The Fall of the Roman Empire of the West

    2.  The Eastern Roman Empire Becomes the Byzantine Empire

    3.  Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Vandals, and Franks

    4.  Justinian

    5.  The Rise of Islam

    6.  Rise of the Papacy

    7.  Monasticism

    8.  The Frankish Kingdom

         a.  Merovingians

         b.  Carolingians

    9.  Ninth Century Invasions of Europe

    10.  Feudalism and Manorialism

XI:  Feudal Monarchies

    1.  Holy Roman Empire

    2.  Norman England

    3.  Capetian France

    4.  Papal Monarchy

    5.  The Crusades

XII:  The Culture of the High Middle Ages

    1.  Nobility and Clergy

    2.  The Rise of Town Culture

    3.  From Romanesque Basilicas to Gothic Churches

    4.  The Rise of Universities

    5.  Scholasticism

XIII:  The Late Middle Ages

    1.  Black Death

    2.  Hundred Years War

    3.  Avignon Papacy

XIV:  Renaissance and Voyages of Discovery

    1.  The City State Culture of Northern Italy

    2.  Renaissance Painting

    3.  Humanism

    4.  The Renaissance of Science

    5.  Machiavelli's The Prince

    6.  Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal

    7.  Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain

    8.  Voyages of Discovery

    9.  The Northern Renaissance Across the Alps

XV:  The Reformation  

    1.  Preconditions for the Reformation

    2.  Martin Luther and the Lutherans

    3.  John Calvin and the Calvinists

    4.  Anabaptists

    5.  Henry VIII and the Anglican Church

    6.  The Catholic Counter Reformation

XVI:  The Wars of Religion

    1.  Charles V:  Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain,

    2.  Philip II of Spain

    3.  Revolt in the Netherlands

    4.  Tudors and Stuarts

    5.  Bourbons of France

    6.  Thirty Years War in the Holy Roman Empire