A.P World History Chapter 12-16 Latest
2022 Rated A
Bactria ✔✔The ancient region stretching from the Hindu Kush mountain range to the
ancient Ganhara region of the Indian subcontinent
Barracks Emperors ✔✔Series of Roman generals who seized the throne between 235 and
284 C.E.
Byzantine ✔✔Long-lasting empire centered at Constantinople; it grew out
of the end of the Roman empire and carried legacy of Roman greatness and was the only
classical society to survive into the early modern age; it reached its early peak during the
reign of Justinian (483--565)
Edict of Milan ✔✔Emperor Constantine's 313 C.E. that Christianity was a legitimate
religion.
Karakorum ✔✔Capital of the Mongol empire
Manichaeism ✔✔Religion founded by the prophet Mani in the third
century C.E., a syncretic version of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Buddhist elements.
Silk roads ✔✔Ancient trade routes that extended from the Roman empire in the west to
China in the east.
Zen Buddhism ✔✔Japanese version of Chinese Chan Buddhism, with an emphasis on
intuition and sudden flashes of insight instead of textual study.
Caesaropapism ✔✔Concept relating to the mixing of political and religious authority, as
, with the Roman emperors, that was central to the church versus state controversy in
medieval Europe.
Constantinople ✔✔Capital of the Byzantine empire and a cultural and economic center
Corpus iuris civilis ✔✔Body of the Civil Law, the
Byzantine emperor Justinian's attempt to codify all Roman law.
Council of Nicaea ✔✔Meeting of the Byzantine church (325 C.E.) at which Arianism was
declared heresy.
Crusades ✔✔Campaigns by Christian knights to seize the holy lands that led to trade with
Muslims and the importation of Muslim ideas regarding science and mathematics
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ✔✔Eastern branch of Christianity that evolved following
the division of the Roman Empire and the subsequent development of the Byzantine
Empire in the east and the medieval European society in the west. The church recognized
the primacy of the patriarch of Constantinople.
Greek Fire ✔✔Flammable substance used by Byzantine empire to repel Muslim attacks
Hagia Sophia ✔✔Greek orthodox temple constructed by the
Byzantine emperor Justinian and later converted into a mosque.
Iconoclasts ✔✔Supporters of the movement, begun by the Byzantine
Emperor Leo III (r. 717-741), to destroy religious icons because their veneration was
considered sinful
Saljuqs ✔✔Turkish tribe that gained control over the Abbasid empire and
fought with the Byzantine empire
2022 Rated A
Bactria ✔✔The ancient region stretching from the Hindu Kush mountain range to the
ancient Ganhara region of the Indian subcontinent
Barracks Emperors ✔✔Series of Roman generals who seized the throne between 235 and
284 C.E.
Byzantine ✔✔Long-lasting empire centered at Constantinople; it grew out
of the end of the Roman empire and carried legacy of Roman greatness and was the only
classical society to survive into the early modern age; it reached its early peak during the
reign of Justinian (483--565)
Edict of Milan ✔✔Emperor Constantine's 313 C.E. that Christianity was a legitimate
religion.
Karakorum ✔✔Capital of the Mongol empire
Manichaeism ✔✔Religion founded by the prophet Mani in the third
century C.E., a syncretic version of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Buddhist elements.
Silk roads ✔✔Ancient trade routes that extended from the Roman empire in the west to
China in the east.
Zen Buddhism ✔✔Japanese version of Chinese Chan Buddhism, with an emphasis on
intuition and sudden flashes of insight instead of textual study.
Caesaropapism ✔✔Concept relating to the mixing of political and religious authority, as
, with the Roman emperors, that was central to the church versus state controversy in
medieval Europe.
Constantinople ✔✔Capital of the Byzantine empire and a cultural and economic center
Corpus iuris civilis ✔✔Body of the Civil Law, the
Byzantine emperor Justinian's attempt to codify all Roman law.
Council of Nicaea ✔✔Meeting of the Byzantine church (325 C.E.) at which Arianism was
declared heresy.
Crusades ✔✔Campaigns by Christian knights to seize the holy lands that led to trade with
Muslims and the importation of Muslim ideas regarding science and mathematics
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ✔✔Eastern branch of Christianity that evolved following
the division of the Roman Empire and the subsequent development of the Byzantine
Empire in the east and the medieval European society in the west. The church recognized
the primacy of the patriarch of Constantinople.
Greek Fire ✔✔Flammable substance used by Byzantine empire to repel Muslim attacks
Hagia Sophia ✔✔Greek orthodox temple constructed by the
Byzantine emperor Justinian and later converted into a mosque.
Iconoclasts ✔✔Supporters of the movement, begun by the Byzantine
Emperor Leo III (r. 717-741), to destroy religious icons because their veneration was
considered sinful
Saljuqs ✔✔Turkish tribe that gained control over the Abbasid empire and
fought with the Byzantine empire
