Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Questions on the Unit 6 Test?

I'm just getting this opened up, but the blog is open for discussion of tomorrow's test. I won't be around much this evening, but it's here for you to use...

155 comments:

Prill said...

This from Tyler Nutt...

Hey Mr. Prill I just have a few questions about the study guide

1. What was the theme system from the byzantine empire?

2. What was Hagia Sophia?

Prill said...

This from Blake Edwards...

Well I have a question, when western rome collapsed what was the political structure? Was it divided regional states? but by what group of people? Im confused of what happened

Prill said...

mr. nutt... the theme system was a system of provinces set up where a military general was put in charge of a "theme" or province. he was to be in charge of military and administrative affairs, and he recruited military from the peasantry in exchange for land.

the hagia sophia is a church in constantinople, rebuilt by justinian after the nika revolt, and reflecting the greek, roman, and arab influences on the byzantine empire through its architecture.

Prill said...

mr. edwards... definitely divided into small (largely powerless)regional states. who ran them? you have to make the connection... franks were one of the invading nomadic groups at the time of the collapse of rome... the frankish kingdom become one of the more somewhat successful kingdoms in the beginning. so essentially they're being operated by the nomadic invaders that took down rome. regional kingdoms has always been the story of europe, as europe has shown its inability to unify. only three people have ever come close... charlemagne, napoleon bonaparte, and adolf hitler. needless to say, these conquests didn't go well in the end. europe continues to be divided into regional states after hitler's last attempt. the EU has so far proven to sort of unite europe economically (and even then it's not with full participation), but certainly not politically.

Tyler said...

Thanks mr. P!

AnnaLeigh Easterling said...

hey can anyone tell me the make-up of the holy roman empire?

Anonymous said...

what was the impact of the crusades on Dar al-Islam/Islamic society? I cant find anything on that impact.

Tyler said...

does any one know what the elements of the fuedal and manorial systems were?

Mr.Curtis said...

The crusades opened a passage for the merchants to establish a trading post.

Anonymous said...

Yes they did open up trade routes but what came from the trade routes to Islamic society? and how did this affect them?

Prill said...

bottom line mr. edwards: IT DIDN'T! europe had absolutely NOTHING to offer the islamic world that it desired. remember, europe was rather backwards prior to the crusades. the documents available are clear that the islamic world was not the least bit impressed by the european crusaders. essentially, the impact was one-sided. the only thing that this does change in the islamic world is that it creates much animosity between to the two religions.

Henry A. said...

1. Was there any one particular Crusade we should know about?

TiaHatchell said...

What was the Iconoclasm Movement?

Anonymous said...

Thanks Prill! I found impacts a lot on Europe by crusades but not so much the other way around.

Does anyone know when the Viking raids ended?

Alec Livaditis said...

Iconclasm Movement was when the Byzantines attacked the Roman Catholics destroying their icons, claiming that that picture representation of Jesus was not Christian. The real reason is that they didn't want to be confronted by the Abassids, who were against any form of icon worship and were attacking icons as well.

Hope that helps.

Alec Livaditis said...

Does anyone know when the Viking raids ended?

I don't think the date really matters. Just remember that they became traders often rather than raiders in the Baltic Sea. Remember the formation of the Hanseatic League?

TiaHatchell said...

oh yes i remember. thanks!

Anonymous said...

what was the impact saints methodious and cyril

Anonymous said...

so guilds were like government regulators for trade and social significance?/

I AM VERY CONFUSED...Im reading it in the book right now...but it's not specific enough for me.

Kylie Jayroe said...

Methodius and Cyril devised an alphabet, known as the Cyrillic alphabet, for the previously illiterate Slavic peoples...hopes this helps...pg. 339 in text

Anonymous said...

Taylor....Methodius and Cyril entered the SLAVIC world as missionaries. They hoped to convert Slavic peoples to Eastern Orthodox.

They are important because they came up with the Cyrillic alphabet for the illiterate slavs. This language helped them read the bible..The Orthodox church inflenced the Slavs culture there after.

Kylie Jayroe said...

Om page 524 of the text is where is talks about the guilds...it says that students and teachers organized academic guilds and pursuaded political authorities to granyt charters guaranteeing their rights. The guilds had the effect of transforming cathedral schools into universities.

Kylie Jayroe said...

Can anyone tell me the importance of Caesaropapism?...question #1 on the study guide?

Anonymous said...

hey guys,
did the byzantine political system have anything in common with that of China?

Alec Livaditis said...

Caesoropapism is when there is no seperation between church and state. Essentially the emperor was also the equivalent of a pope.

Leeshah said...

how were the merchants seen in the Byzantine empire?

Alec Livaditis said...

The Byzantine was similar to China in that they had a highly centralized state and tight beuracracy, do you think that's what it's getting at Nidhi?

Anonymous said...

Caesaropapism is when the empror had the power of the pope as well, so it created a sort of power boostfor the emperor, and it nearly stopped revolts frm people because the emperor was supposed to represent god since he was the pope too.

Kylie Jayroe said...

thank you Alec and Nidhi!

Anonymous said...

im not sure, alec...uh..it's the third thing on the study guide, and usually the tests ask questions with that info in like the comparison and contrast ways..what do u think?

Nelson Boland said...

Caesaropapism was the combined power of church and state into one person (the emperor). This is only found in the Byzantine empire and it is the first time that we see this. The emperors were also "above" the law, which meant that they wielded absoloute authority in political, military, judicial, financial, and realigious matters. (pg 320). Kinda scary to see one person hold so much power...

Anonymous said...

Merchants in the byzantine were treated regurarly i guess? i mean, did we really talk about that in class?

Anonymous said...

i agree with u, nelson..about the power thing..

Leeshah said...

what was the Mayan government like?

Nelson Boland said...

I think merchants were real strong in Byzantine empire. Remember the great geographic location of Constantinople. Anyone who wants to trade anything between the Mediterrean sea and Black Sea had to go through Constantinople, and of course they taxed everyone who did trade.

Anonymous said...

what was the political makeup of the holy roman empire? wasn't it feudalism? or was that western europe?

Alec Livaditis said...

While the West crumbled, the Byzantine Empire was an Economic powerhouse reestablishing the Silk Roads. It was charecterized by elaborate banking system and business partnerships like the ones we read about Sinbad (I think it was Sinbad) when he got together with a bunch of other merchants to share a boat.

Alec Livaditis said...

The Holy Roman Empire wasn't really an Empire at all, but the pope claimed that the papacy were the rulers of former Rome, when really it was a big mess with no particular person in charge.

Anonymous said...

it was an independent network of agricultural villages...according to my reading quiz, leeshah

Anonymous said...

thanks alec!

Alec Livaditis said...

Yeah, I think the Maya resembled Sumer and India in that it was made up of far from unified city-stattes.

Nelson Boland said...

What did we need to know about Kieven Rus'. I didn't take many notes about early russia lol.

iamnotjulia said...

are there any more nomads that we are supposed to know besides Vikings and the Seljuk Turks? #7 in study guide

Anonymous said...

oh wait!, my paper quiz said it was agricltral, he probably graded it wrong....sorry..

Kylie Jayroe said...

The Mayan were not a unified empire. Around 300 B.C. the Mayan adopted the hierarchical system of government with nobles and kings. To become a king there was a blood sacrifice. Also a king had to take a prisoner of war, and the prisoner was used as a victim in a ceremony.? A king would usually be succeeded by his younger brother or son. Some families would rule for hundreds of years. The societies consisted of as many as 20 states each with a rural farming community with large urban sites built around ceremonial centers. The Mayan government started to decline around 900 A.D.

http://ebsms.wcs.k12.va.us/mexicotrip/hannah.htm

Anonymous said...

i just got that, Kiev Rus was highly influenced by the byzantine empire..and that it was baby russia..

iamnotjulia said...

the Variangians(Vikings) set up a government in Kieven Rus and they traded between Baltic and Black sea (Norse&Slavic people??idk)

Alec Livaditis said...

Nelson on Kiev:

- Influnced by Eastern Orthodoxy when Vladimir converted ( Didn't convert to Roman Catholic for some reason I don't remember

- Cyril developed an alphabet for the Slavs

- The Russians believed they were the inheritors of Rome and Byzantine, the third Rome being Moscow

Ji Young Chung said...

I just relized my name was in Korean !!

Ji Young Chung said...

Can anybody help me with
"Expalin the impact that nomadic invaders had on the empire(who when and why)"
???

Anonymous said...

what is the impact of greek culture on the culture apparatus

Tyler said...

does any one know what the elements of the fuedal and manorial systems were?

Brooke Sapp said...

In my notes, it says that merchants never got very big (wealthy or popular) because of cealing, where the government has control over prices.
Sapp

Anonymous said...

I don't no exactly what we need to know about keiv rus but i do know that Keiv is a large and wealthy state. and that the prince of keiv, Prince Vladimir converted to Orthodox Christianity.and so the princes of Keiv established caesaropapist control over the russian orthodox church. They also compiled a written law code for thier lands.

Alec Livaditis said...

The nomadic Invaders set up small states replacing the Roman Empire the most notable is the Franks with Carlamagne.

Anonymous said...

do we need to know anything about the Nika Rebellion?

Anonymous said...

the Turks, Mongols and Vikings were all nomdic, Julia

Alec Livaditis said...

the Byzantines were more Greek than Roman. They spoke Greek, not Latin. And they valued the theatre, valued Aristotle, and continued the hippodrome(stadium).

Ji Young Chung said...

thanks Alec

Nelson Boland said...

I think the Nika Rebellion was when the Greens and Blues started protests due to higher taxes in the early Byzantine empire. Justinian's wife told him to stop the rebellion and he executed every single person involved. (What a lovely story).

This rebellion basically gave Justinian the chance to rebuild Constantinople and leave his mark on the city. It became one of the top three cities in the post-classical time period as a result.

Ji Young Chung said...

hey blake do you know what they did?

Anonymous said...

um..Maggie for the NIka Rebellion I just know that Justinian was about to give in and his wife, Theadora taold him to pretty much get back in the game and so he did. There after he bult the great HAIGIA SOPHIA. since the rebels torched constantinople. :)

Oh and Alec.. Vladmir didn't convert to Roman Catholic because he didn't want a Pope telling him what to do...aand he didn't convert to Islam because he looooooooved his Vodka :)

Alec Livaditis said...

Oh, thanks Ashley.

Anonymous said...

SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME WITH NUMBER FIVE ON THE STUDY GIDE NDER WESTERN EUROPE...I'm not very clear on it....
secular rulers??
Charlemagne??
ahhh

Alec Livaditis said...

Ashley, the main issue was who was in control. The pope or the secular regional rulers, and there is no definite answer. It was a mess. The closest thing to unification was Charlamagne's attempt, and he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

Anonymous said...

thanks Nelson and Ashley :]

Anonymous said...

Ashley,
the western Europeans or roman catholics crowned charlemagne as the descendent or something like tht, but that was a problem for the eastrn orthodx cause they had claimed to be the descendent t the roman empire..so that started off the conflict for power.

Alexandra Kaye said...

where does this unit begin? My notes all run together.....

Anonymous said...

Byzantine empire..fall of roman empire

Alexandra Kaye said...

Charlemagne (sorry, i can't spell) traveled to Rome on Christmas day for the Pope to crown him Holy Roman emperor.

This caused a conflict because the leader wasn't supposed to be holy and regular, right? Idk if that makes sense.
Is that like ceaseropapism?

Anonymous said...

THANKS Nidhi and Alec...

so the whole THREE STRIKES Prill stressed in class..is just three strikes against the Feudalist society until it would fall??
ex. Strike 1) 4th crusade
STrike 2) Bubonic Plague
Strike 3) 100 years war

I don't understand how the 100 years war affected Europe's Fuedalism??

madison archer said...

Ok just to make sure, this test is half this unit (Byzantine, western Europe, and the Americas) and half all the other stuff we learned this year, kind of like a review test. Is this right or is that review test later?

Alexandra Kaye said...

All i know about the 100 years war is that it was actually 126 years and that it was over the king of England. Basically, the king died without sons so his nephew (phillip) takes over but the King's grandson (Edward the third) argues that he should be the hier. Edward wants france so they go to war between france and england. for the first 90 years, england wins but France ends up winning because of a 17 year old girl (Joan of Arc?) who claims to hear GOd talking to her....i am pretty sure that's right.

Alexandra Kaye said...

I thought that the review test was in two weeks, that this one was over this unit with 20 questions from the past like always.

Ji Young Chung said...

Ashley,
It was because when Joan of Arc and her 4000 soldiers kept winning the battles the French gained momentum and hope(even though Joan was accused of witchcraft). and It ended Fuedalism b/c after that, people felt a sence of patriotism to their country not to their lords. it created national armies and ended up in a military revolution.
hope this helps!

Anonymous said...

thanks ALexandra...but how did that back fire on Feudalism??

DID it like weaken their army??

Alexandra Kaye said...

OK, today in class Prill said that the Incas were the ones in the Americas who had the road systems but in my notes about the Aztecs, i wrote that they had roads too. Did i hear something wrong? I remember that the Incas had extensive roads.....

Alexandra Kaye said...

what is a definition of Feudalism? LIke, i know some details and stuff (like Japan and Western Europe?) but what is an exact definition?

Leeshah said...

CAn someone explain #3 on the Western Europe section? Whats Manorial?

Alec Livaditis said...

Ashley perhaps because peasants or serfs were the ones doing the fighting, received more freedom because they were not tied to land anymore, but I'm not sure ask Mr. P when he shows up.

Ji Young Chung said...

Alexandra,
the Aztecs also had roads but not as elaborate and complex as the Incas.

Alec Livaditis said...

Manorial is referring to manors the large estates owned by lords in which the people lived in their own little bubbles where serfs worked.

Anonymous said...

what were the religions of the aztec incas and the mayans

Alexandra Kaye said...

ok, thanks Ji Young!

Anonymous said...

Well they didn't have names for their religions, but the aztecs, incas, and mayans had a prety similar religion. they were all polytheistic, and they all had sacrifices but in different ways..as we've learned.

Anonymous said...

ok!
MR. P!!! 100 years war...why was it the third strike against Europe's Fuedelism??

Anonymous said...

th aztecs sacrficed people, and they didn't really mix religion with politics, unlike the Incas who sacrficed animals, and had their political system based upon religion. im not to sure about the mayans..

Ji Young Chung said...

Hey Ashely
It was because when Joan of Arc and her 4000 soldiers kept winning the battles the French gained momentum and hope(even though Joan was accused of witchcraft). and It ended Fuedalism b/c after that, people felt a sence of patriotism to their country not to their lords. it created national armies and ended up in a military revolution.
hope this helps!

Alexandra Kaye said...

Inca: very animist although very tolerant of other people's religions. Did not sacrifice humans, instead they sacrificed animals. Religion was highly intertwined with politics

Aztec:Polythestic, human sacrifices to please the gods. The supernatural and human world are the same.

Mayas: Popul Vuh (their holy text); blieved that people were made of maize and water; pleased the gods with bloodletting.

Brooke Sapp said...

ok.
are the impact of the crusades on east and west europe the same??

what was the feudal and manorial systems?

what was Europe's economy like during the high middle ages?

sapp

RachaelGarton said...

Okay, what is the Hanseatic league?
And what is a manorial system?

And it was the INCAS with the large road system- that traveled over the Andes mtns., right?
and what would be some examples of limitations, for question four in section three (aztecs/mayans/incas)

Kylie Jayroe said...

FEUDALISM
a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/feudalism

Anonymous said...

is the main thinkg we need to know abnout the crusades that the normans wanted to recapture jerusalem?

madison archer said...

Ashley


I think there were a couple reasons why the 100 years war helped end feudalism. One was that new technologies had been developed during the war, mainly gun powder and cannons, which made the knights in heavy armor which were used during feudalism inaffective. Also, the war caused a new sense of patriotism in England and France, two most powerful states in W. Europe, and so the kings now had all the power instead of local lords. The kings also established national armies which ended serfdom.
Hope this helped.

David Douglas said...

ok so yes it was the INCANS that had the road system. and...does ANYONE know what manorials were???

Anonymous said...

Alexandra,
feudalism refers to the political and social order of medieval europe. the feudal system is based on a hierarchy of lords and vassals, who took charge of political and military affairs. They owned land and serfs worked on the land. serfs weren't slaves but they worked on the land in exchange for shelter and protection.

Anonymous said...

the 100 years war was the third strike to feudalism because the people had to go to war and they became more independent, remember serfdom had already ended, and also it wasn't the regional lords that fought only it was everyone, so it showed that they were all equal.

RachaelGarton said...

and whats the deal with all the crusades?
Do we need to know specifics?
How many were there, and which one was the most influential?

David Douglas said...

ok for the Americas, do we need to know much on Mayans...or are we just focusing on Aztecs and Incans? most of it seems alike to me :/

Alexandra Kaye said...

Thanks Kylie.

Rachel: The hanseatic league was an association of trading cities in northern europe.

The manorial quesiton is already on here.....from Alec i think

And the incas had extensive roads. That's all i know asbout them .

Anonymous said...

"Manorial is referring to manors the large estates owned by lords in which the people lived in their own little bubbles where serfs worked." thats what alec said earlier in the blog.

Kylie Jayroe said...

No problem Alexandra! :)

Anonymous said...

and also the landlords allowed the serfs to be free if they went to war and then they got back and the landlords didnt have any people to work on the lands

Anonymous said...

wasn't the hanseatic league the one that included the vikings and byzantine along with slavic regions and norway?

RachaelGarton said...

The 100 years war proved that chivalry was ineffective: knights could be swayed from their "duty" to lords by $$$!
This, coupled with the new technologies invented by England proved feudalism to be infective.

manorials???????????????

Alec Livaditis said...

Know the 4th crusade in which they randomly attacked Constantinople, from which the city never really recovered from.

Alexandra Kaye said...

My guess would be that there would be a bigger emphasis on theaztecs and incas. but we probably need to know all three.

Thanks Maggie!

madison archer said...

SO does anyone know what we need to know about the Olmecs. I don't even remember talking about them but there was a question on one of the reading quizzes about them.

Anonymous said...

taylor,
i think the thing about the serfs happened during the 1st strike, which were the crusades..

RachaelGarton said...

Alright, thanks Alexandra! If anyone knows can they re-type it for me cause I looked over the blog and cant find it...

Does anyone know specifics on crusades?

Abbi Edwards said...

hey! okay, really quick. Can someone explain the Hanseatic league is??

Alec Livaditis said...

Manorial is referring to manors the large estates owned by lords in which the people lived in their own little bubbles where serfs worked.

It's been posted for the 4th time now...

Alexandra Kaye said...

Rachel: "Manorial is referring to manors the large estates owned by lords in which the people lived in their own little bubbles where serfs worked."

TO quote Alec

Anonymous said...

the Olmecs started it all in mesoamerica, they laid the foundation of the next civilizations to come. remember that their most artistic creations were human head sculptures madefrom basalt..mayans were the first to start off on olmecs..

Alexandra Kaye said...

Hanseatic League: a group of trading cities in northern Europe

Alexandra Kaye said...

sorry Rachael, I totally spelled your name wrong....

Nicole Gustafson said...

Ok, can someone make sure this is right?
Catholic = west, Pope Leo, least bread communion, short beards, trinity, celebecy of preists
Eastern Orthodox = east, Patriarch Michael, unlenven bread communion, long beards, 3 in 1

+ iconoclasm

Anonymous said...

the olmecs had characteristics artistic creations that were colossal head sculpted from basalt

Anonymous said...

the hanseatic league was the thing between a bunch of states in N.Europe that was created for trade, i think it was started by the vikings who came in for trade into the other places like norway, byzantine, and kiev rus..

RachaelGarton said...

thanks Alexandria. and jezz, SORRY. theres like 120 posts, sorry if I didnt pick up on FOUR of them! haha

Brooke Sapp said...

can someone please explain orthadox christianity to me? =[

Sapp

Anonymous said...

that seems right, nicole..

Brooke Sapp said...

OH! and Europe's economy during the high middle ages

RachaelGarton said...

its cool, everyone does.....
i was gonna say something, but i decided it wasnt a big deal ;)

Anonymous said...

orthodox christianity was by the byzantine empire and it is basd on greek writng and it had a patriarch in charge of the church..also some rules created are listed by nicole..aheadin the blog.

Anonymous said...

well, europe had high agricultural growth and also they had better trading systems due to the trade occuring with the east. also remember they had more urbanization..

Abbi Edwards said...

oh, madison. All i have on the olmecs is that they were a successful political group and thats what the incas based their political foundation on.

Nicole Gustafson said...

Did the crusades destroy feudalism in western europe? The serfs left to fight and gained $, so when they came back they didn't need the lords, etc to survive, right?

Brooke Sapp said...

Right nicole.
thanks for all yalls help!
good luck on the test tomorrow!
goodnight!
Sapp

Anonymous said...

Nicole-
it was more like the serfs went to war on the promise that their lords would set them free, but when they came back, they didn't so they revolted and it caused for serfdom to end.

Nicole Gustafson said...

thanks Nidhi!!

Anonymous said...

oh yeah, and it started the destruction of feudalism in europe.

Nicole Gustafson said...

O! Gotcha!! thanks!

Anonymous said...

nihil est! (that is latin)

Kylie Jayroe said...

Hey everyone....
thank you so much for all of the help!!!
I really hope that i pass this one!...I think I would be the happiest person alive...REALLY!!!hahaha!....anyways...goodnight and good luck to everyone tomorrow...!!! Sweet Dreams! :)

Anonymous said...

wait u r in latin..nevermind!

Anonymous said...

night!Kylie!

Anonymous said...

i guess i'll be leaving 2, cause i got other homework 2 do..GOOD LUCK! on the test..see ya!

Kylie Jayroe said...

thanks Nidhi!...night to you to!

Smurphy said...

what is iconoclasm again?

Smurphy said...

okay, nevermind. i figured that out.

Nicole Gustafson said...

sarah, this is posted many times near the top of the posts, but is when the Byzan. attacked the R. Catholic's and destroyed their icons becuase they were afraid of the Abbasids who did not like icons. This lead to the schism soon after...

Smurphy said...

yeah, i got it, but thanks nicole!
:]

Nicole Gustafson said...

welcome :D
goodnight, all!

Kirsten said...

What was the political make up of the holy roman empire> I dont remember that at all.

And, the economy of Europe during the High middle ages was just that they were feudalist, and way behind the middle east, right?

Also, merchants were or werent rich in the Byzantine empire. Cuz B told his kids that they were, but i remember prill saying something about price sealing and how the merchants couldnt get rich because of that.

What are guilds?

Ankur Shah said...

the holy roman empire was a collection of German city states.

the economy of the high middle ages was a drastic improvement from the early middle ages. the increased trade caused growth of cities, because they needed places to act as marketplaces for Eastern goods. Also, a banking system is established. The economy goes from being a barter economy to a money economy. A new middle class is also formed, mostly made up of bankers and merchants. The high middle ages are when we see the first semblances of capitalism. People start to invest their money. Also, the Hanseatic League is formed.

Ankur Shah said...

The merchants weren't very powerful during the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine government were a bunch big control freaks. Price regulation was a big deal for them. They regulated all prices and trade. This made the merchants weak because had no control over how they wanted to sell their goods. The government had price ceilings and had to subsidize (financially assist) businesses if the goods costed more money to sell than the price ceiling.

P.S. Al Horford is BEASTING!

Prill said...

folks, i'm just getting back on. umm... there's no such word as manorials. manorialism refers to the system of manors set up around w. europe that peasants retreated to in a land for protection exchange.

Akshay Gopalakrishnan said...

k im going do well tomarrow... Good Luck to all!

Alec Livaditis said...

Manorial is referring to manors the large estates owned by lords in which the people lived in their own little bubbles where serfs worked.

My bad, I was tying to say manorialism.

maddiewatson said...

I love this blog! Even though I never ask questions I always read over it and it helps (:

Kailey Carroll said...

Mr. Prill, when are you gonna post something new so i can post on it!

Prill said...

trust me miss carroll, in about 15 hours, this blog is going to be LIT UP with new material regarding our SEASON FINALE! the episode is literally less than 24 hour away!

Anonymous said...

cHey Prill, I know this question doesnt belong here but its the best spot


since the renaissance drew inspiration from the classical greek and roman artists and NOT medieval predecessors then why do the terms medieval and renaissance coincide with each other? or dont they?

Prill said...

they don't coincide at all actually... medieval times were long over by the time the renaissance emerges in italy... you're probably thinking of the renaissance festival but that is one of the most unapologetic cases of false advertisement you'll ever see. i'm still quite bitter about the whole thing actually.