Answer & Explanation:`SEGMENT 2
Ancient & Medieval World History
STUDY QUESTIONS FOR 2nd EXAM
For those words, find
three things for each of them. The three things are ( where is it, when is it,
and what is it)
Short Answers (identification) terms
(write 4-5 lines, allow 4 minutes for each)
Brahmanism
Samsara
“Four Noble Truths”
Legalism
Mohenjo‑daro
yin and yang
anatman
Qin Unification
Nirvana
Han Dynasty
Upanishads
Mandate of Heaven
1i &
jen
dharma
ahimsa
Paul of Tarsus
Tribune
Severi
consul
Punic Wars
Tetrarchy
patricians vs. plebeians
Gracchus Reform
Justinian
Corpus Juris Civilis
populares vs. optimates
Iconoclasm
Marius
Heraclius
Mahayana
Essay Topics. (Write 150-200 words, allow 20 minutes for
each)
1‑ Discuss
the transformation of culture in India from pre‑Vedic era in Indus Valley to
the rise of native challenge around 500 B.C. What are the main features of
Indian religions? Make sure to include Brahmanism and Upanishads. What are the
main religious‑philosophical concepts within Upanishads?
2‑What were
the three major native reactions to Brahmanism and Upanishads. Specifically
discuss, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bhagavata? How did each of these responses saw
weaknesses of the existing religion? Discuss the main feature of each of these
3 religion/philosophies.
3‑ Discuss
the development of Chinese religion and its main features. In general, how does
the focus of Chinese thought differ from that of India? Discuss the three
intellectual reactions to the period of “Warring States.” Specifically discuss
Confucianism, Daoism, and legalism. What were their main features? How did they
impact Chinese political transformation form the Qin period to the Han Dynasty?
4- What major
political, economic, and social development contributed to the transformation
of the Roman Republic to an empire? Was this inevitable? What made the Romans so
successful as an empire builder that in comparison to the Greeks? In what ways
were the Roman art, architecture and culture (views toward themselves and
others) different?
5- Discuss
the rise and the fall of the Roman Empire from Augustus, through the crisis of
the 3rd century, and its final division into a western and eastern
half. What was the consequence of this division? What was the advantage of the
eastern half over the western half? What role did the Christian church played
in the western half as opposed to the eastern half?
6- Discuss
the Byzantine Empire from its birth to its end. Start with Constantine, through
Justinian, Heraclius, Alexius to its final destruction in 1453. How and why did
the eastern half of the Roman Empire (later to be known as the Byzantine
civilization) develop so differently from the western half (later to be known
as Medieval Western Europe)? What economic, political, and religious factors
contributed to this division?
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