Humanities Dr. Brook Final
Augustine
A native of Africa, widely regarded as the most influential of all the Latin church fathers
Raga
A particular melodic sequence in traditional Indian music
Spain
During this era, the only toe-hold of European occupation claimed by the Islamic peoples
Mastabas
Early Egyptian tomb structures, usually single-story
Raphael
In 1510, Pope Julius II commissioned the following artist to execute a series of frescoes for the Vatican Stanza Della Segnatura, including the School of Athens
Mosaics
Interior spaces in early Christian churches were usually embellished with
Avignon
A major schism was created in the church by the relocation of the papacy from Rome to
Castiglione
Wrote The Book of the Courtier
Lollards
Wycliffe and his band of followers
Simony
The act of selling church leadership positions to the highest bidder regardless of qualifications
Giotto
The artist who brought a dramatic naturalism to his frescoes was the Florentine
Terracotta soldiers
Most significant artifact of the first emperor's tomb
Paul
Named the "apostle to the Gentiles" because of his extensive work to promote and grow a then-largely Hebraic Christianity
Buddha
Not one of the major Hindu gods
Mockery plays
Not one of the three types of medieval drama
Socrates
One af Athens' premier philosophers and proponent of questioning and inductive reasoning
Constantinople
The capitol city of the East Roman Empire
Florence
The city where the Renaissance was born in
Sanskirt
The classic language of ancient India
Hindu
Today, approximately 85% of India's population is
Ficino
Translated the entire body of Plato's writings from Greek into Latin
England
Where the Normans brought feudalism
Sculptor
An architect, poet, painter, and engineer, Michelangelo regarded himself first and foremost as
Pico della Mirandola
Applied his vast study of ancient literature to defend free will and the unlimited potential of the individual
The Silk Road
Chinese trade was largely conducted along an east-west land route that led eventually to Rome
Sappho
Cited as the greatest of the Athenian lyric poets
Thomas Aquinas
Considered the greatest of the so-called Scholastics, a Dominican theologian and teacher, and author of the major treatise Summa Theologica
The Medici
Cultural and political leadership for the early Renaissance was under the auspices of the following families
Excessive pride
Defines the term "hubris"
Tombs
Our knowledge of Egyptian visual art comes primarily from
Botticelli
Painted The Birth of Venus sometime after 1482
Brunelleschi
Responsible for the colossal and innovative dome of the cathedral (il Duomo) in Florence, Italy
Inscribed bones
Shang diviners heated to produce cracks the priest might then read to forecast the future
Alexander the Great
THe person responsible for "Hellenizing" North Africa and Central Asia
Christians
The Edict of Milan in the year 313 was a decree that halted the public persecution of
Charlemagne
The Frankish chieftain responsible for unifying early medieval Europe under CHristian leadership
Sati
The devotion of the upper-caste Hindu woman to her husband is dramatically expressed in a custom by which the wife threw herself on the funeral pyre of her late husband. This custom is called
The Persians
The early Greek city-states were forced to unite against the rising threat of
Machaut
The early, innovative composer of Church music who successfully unified the parts of the Mass into a single musical composition
Donatello
The first freestanding life-sized sculpture of a human since antiquity was created
Beowulf
The first monumental literary composition in a European vernacular language
Sumer
The first of Mesopotamia's many civilizations was the city of
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The following geological features forms Mesopotamia
Paris
The intellectual melting pot of the medieval West
The imperial examination system
The main route to offical status in CHina throughout its long history
Decorated vases
The main source of our information regarding Greek painting during the Golden Age has come down from
Ziggurats
The massive, terraced towers of mud and brick constructed by the Mesopotamians
Romanesque
The medieval architects' return to cut stone (in the ancient Roman method) for vaulting in their expanded churches introduced the new style known as
Zeus
The most powerful deity of the Greek pantheon
Doric
The order the great temple of Athena in Athens uses
Parthenon
The outstanding architectural achievement of Golden Age in Athens
The Song of Roland
The quintessential lyrical representation of the fighting nobility in the feudal age
Herodotus
The so-called "father of history" who introduced a travelogue of his trips to Egypt and Asia
France
The style of Gothic architecture began in this country
The Analects
The written collection of Confucius's teachings
