Language & Culture IV

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Language & Culture IV by Mind Map: Language & Culture IV

1. "In the cradle of Philosophy

1.1. EARLY CIVILIZATIONS

1.1.1. GREECE

1.1.1.1. Bronze Age (3200 – 1100 BCE)

1.1.1.1.1. Greek Mythology

1.1.1.2. Archaic Period (8th Century BCE)

1.1.1.2.1. "Polis"

1.1.1.3. The Classical Period (500 BCE

1.1.1.3.1. "Golden Age"

1.1.1.3.2. Philosophers search for truth

1.1.1.4. Hellenistic Period (323-31 BCE)

1.1.1.4.1. Blend of Greek & Eastern cultures

1.1.2. ROME

1.1.2.1. 1) The Roman Republic (509 BCE)

1.1.2.1.1. Political Institutions

1.1.2.1.2. Society

1.1.2.1.3. Military

1.1.2.1.4. Foreign Policy and Expansion

1.1.2.1.5. Economy

1.1.2.2. 2) The Roman Empire

1.1.2.2.1. Augustus 1st Roman Emperor

1.1.2.2.2. 207 years of "Pax Romana"

1.1.2.2.3. government

1.1.2.2.4. system of roads

1.1.2.2.5. huge gap bewteen rich and poor

1.1.2.2.6. vast empire from Spain to Mesopotamia and from North Africa to Britain

1.1.2.3. 3) The Rise of Christianity

1.1.2.3.1. 1st Period: Persecution of Christians

1.1.2.3.2. Constantine accepts Christianity (Edict of Milan)

1.1.2.3.3. 380 AD empire's official religion (Edict of Thessalonica)

1.1.2.4. 4) The Fall of the Roman Empire

1.1.2.4.1. End of Pax Romana

1.1.2.4.2. division of the empire

1.1.2.4.3. capital moved to Byzantium (Constantine)

1.1.2.4.4. Western Empire crumbles (476 AD)

1.2. LEGACY

1.2.1. The Roots of Western Civilization

2. "Tudor England"

2.1. War of the Roses

2.1.1. House of York vs. House of Lancaster

2.1.2. Tudor Dinasty

2.1.2.1. Henry VII

2.1.2.2. Henry VIII

2.1.2.2.1. English Reformation

2.1.2.2.2. Thomas More

2.1.2.3. Edward VI

2.1.2.4. Jane

2.1.2.5. Mary I

2.1.2.5.1. Catholic

2.1.2.6. Elizabeth I

2.1.2.6.1. The Golden Age of England

3. "Sack & Conquer"

3.1. GERMANIC INVASIONS

3.1.1. Precipitatation of the fall of Western Roman Empire (476 A.D.)

4. "Believe or not, you must always question"

4.1. RENAISSANCE (1300 - 1600)

4.1.1. rebirth of art & learning

4.1.2. 4 new ideas

4.1.2.1. Secularism

4.1.2.2. Humanism

4.1.2.3. Individualism

4.1.2.4. Skepticism

4.1.3. Printing Press

4.1.4. Scientific Revolution

4.1.5. "Age of Exploration"

5. CONSEQUENCES

5.1. "The Vikings Age"

5.1.1. England

5.1.1.1. "The Heptarchy"

5.1.1.2. The Danelaw

5.1.1.3. Compromise & the power of sword

5.1.1.4. Anglo - Danish Empire

5.1.1.4.1. Canute

5.1.1.5. Norman Conquest 1066 - 1087

5.1.1.5.1. Anglo - Saxon and Norman elements welded together

5.1.1.5.2. "William the Conqueror"

5.1.2. "Beowulf"

5.2. Germanic Kingdoms

5.2.1. "Charlemagne"

5.3. Feudalism

5.3.1. New Social Order

5.3.2. Manors

5.3.3. "The Age of Chivalry"

5.4. Consolidation of Papal Monarchy

5.4.1. "The Age of Faith"

5.4.2. The Crusades

6. Middle Ages (476 - 1453/1492)

7. Modern Age (1453/92 - 1789)

8. Protestant Reformation (1517 - 1600)