[MMW 12] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (276 pages long!)

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 12
• Professor: Alexander B Stewart

Document Summary

Mmw 12 lecture 1 intro to the course: the world from 100 bc. 100 bc republic -> empire between 100 bc and 200 ad: caesar and augustus. 300 ad constantine converts to christianity, encourages its acceptance within rome. 850 -1,200 charlemagne and the holy roman empire: attempt to restore glory of rome, relied on personal connections, relied on loyalty to central bureaucracy, crusades 1,000, restore christianity against common enemy. Jesus and the birth of christianity: marginalized sect within judaism. Islam 600 ad: becomes a political system as well. 900 safaaids, fatamids, cordoba: fracturing of islamic empire. 200 bc-300 ad kushan empire: hellenistic world. In-between rome and china: benefits from trade between two empires. Sassanid empire had zoroastrianism as state religion: 200 ad-600 ad. 300-600 ad gupta empire: resurgence of hinduism. 3 kingdoms period full of separation and fighting, disillusionment, buddhism, daoist escapism. 600-900 ad tang dynasty: silk road, buddhism, zen buddhism. Near end of tang, xenophobic backlash: christianity and zoroastrianism.