Unit II Study Guide
"The Formation of Classical Societies" ~ (Chapters 8 - 13)
  • First, read each chapter overview in course content and review PowerPoint slides. 
  • Next, review each chapter in Traditions and Encounters  paying particular attention to key themes, Sources from the Past, chronologies, and summaries. 
  • Review all chapter self-tests and unit quizzes (you may access each quiz, identify questions you missed and look up the correct answers in your text). 
  • Go to Test Preparation, in Strategies for Success: Study Skills Online, and Online Testing, for tips. 
  • Finally, know (look up as required) each of the following key words and terms. There will be 20 Matching questions worth 2 pts each, 20 Multiple Choice (MC) questions worth 3 pts each on the Unit exam, and 2 bonus questions worth 3 points each for a possible 106 on the exam. You will require a # 882-ES scantron form for the test.
  • NOTE: ONLY 33% (1/3rd) will be taken from the chapter self-tests and quizzes.
Chapter 8 ~
The Greeks
Homer: Iliad, Odyssey
Hellenic Age 
Minoan & Mycenaean Society
Sparta & Athens
The Persian Wars 

The Peloponnesian War
Solon & Athenian Democracy
The Olympic Games

Pericles
Socrates
Plato, Theory of Ideas, The Republic
Aristotle

Herodotus
Sappho

Alexander of Macedon
Antigonid Empire 
Ptolemaic Empire 
Seleucid Empire
Hellenistic Culture
The Ptolemaic Empire
stoicism
The Romans
The Etruscans
patricians, plebians 
The Punic Wars

Pater familias
Pax romana
Latifundia
The city of Carthage
The city of Rome
Roman roads & Roman Law

Julius Caesar
Octavian/Augustus
Cicero
Mithraism
The cult of Isis

Jesus of Nazareth
Paul of Tarsus
Christianity
Chapter 9 ~

Zang Qian
trans-ecological

Afro-Eurasian landmass
The Monsoon System
The Silk Roads
The Organization of Long-Distance Trade
Buddhism, Hinduism, & Christianity expand

Nestorians
Manichaeism (Mani)
Epidemic diseases
Biological transfer
Yellow Turban Rebellion (Peasant)
Taklamakan desert
The Barracks Emperors

mare nostrum
Council of Nicea
Constantine
Council of Nicaea, 325 CE
St. Augustine
saco de Roma, 410 CE
Attila the Hun
Alaric the Visigoth

Chapter 10 ~

Byzantine Empire
Caesaropapism

Corpus iuris civilis (Body of the Civil Law)
Greek Fire
Theme system
Iconoclasm
Justinian & Theodora
Justinian's Code
Belisarius
The city of Constantinople
Byzantine Merchants
Asceticism / Monasticism
The Schism
, 1054 CE
Excommunication
Cyril & Methodius
Cyrillic alphabet

Sack of Constantinople (1204, 4th Crusade)
Kiev
Russian Orthodox Church

Chapter 11 ~ 

Muhammad
The Quran (Koran)

Ka’aba
Islam
Muslim 
Umma
Hajj
Hijrah (hijra)
“Five Pillars” of Islam
The Shari’a
dar-al-Islam
caliph
The Umayyad Dynasty
The Abbasid Dynasty
Shi’ite

Sunni
Ulama
Sufis
Seljuks
Mamluks
Ottomans
Ibn-Rushd (Averroes)

Chapter 12 ~ 

Sui / Tang & Song Dynasty
Grand Canal

Yangzi River
Tang Taizong
Xuanzang
Grand Canal
nomadism
Equal-field system
An Lu-shan Revolt, 755
Examinations system
footbinding
porcelain
magnetic compass
Printing ~ movable type
Gunpowder
Buddhism in China
Silla Dynasty - Korea
The Viet people

Nara & Heian Japan
shogun ~ Kamakura and Muromachi periods
Samurai

Chapter 13 ~ 

Buzurg ibn Shadriyar
Gupta Dynasty
White Huns
Harsha
Mahmud of Ghazni
The Sultanate of Delhi
Purana
The Chola Kingdom

The Kingdom ofVijayanagar
Indianization
Vishnu and Shiva
Sufi Mystics
The Bhakti Movement
Funan State & the Isthmus of Kra
Srivijaya Kingdom
Angkor Kingdom
Emporia
Ramanuja
& Vishnu
The Melaka State & the Straits

page created by Carol A. Keller for Tradition & Encounters (Brief 1e), August 2008