Introduction to World Civilization

Yanıt Açıklaması: The answer is A

Yanıt Açıklaması: The period, in which herding and agriculture came into widespread employment, is called by scholars the “New Stone Age” or (drawing from the Latin) the “Neolithic Age.” Our species of the Family of Man, Homo sapiens, which had been increasing very slowly, its numbers having reached – possibly – as many as 5 million in the world.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Byzantine society consisted of both wealthy landowners and small farmers, the latter of whom were often drafted into military service in exchange for land from the government.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The city had a point, usually elevated called the “acropolis,” and a public square or marketplace (agora). On the acropolis, which in early period was a place of refuge, stood the temples, altar, public monuments, and various dedications to the gods of the polis. The correct answer is D.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The anwwer is A.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Doğru seçenek B

Yanıt Açıklaması: To the ancient Romans, civic virtue was central. Citizens were expected to serve their country temporarily, when needed. An example of this was Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, who gained eternal fame, however, for (1) his selfless devotion to the Republic when it needed him at a time of crisis and for (2) his willingness to give up power as soon as the crisis had ebbed. He was famously depicted as a model for all the Romans to emulate, “Cincinnatus at the Plow” by the prominent Roman orator Cicero. In 458 BCE Cincinnatus was working on a small farm when the call from his country came. Although he questioned why he was being chosen, he accepted the request of delegates and was appointed temporary dictator so that he could rescue an armythat had been surrounded by the enemy.Cincinnatus formed his army, engaged the enemy, and defeated it – all in fifteen days. The correct answer is B.

Yanıt Açıklaması: 1368-1644 Ming Dynasty - emergence of novels and other written literature that was inspired from the works of the Chinese story tellers. Dictionaries were also written. The one that was written in 1615 CE reduced the number of signs for Chinese characters to 214 from more than 540 signs.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Cultural civilizations are the ones that have applied religion as the main tool of cultural control. Thus Mesopotamian civilization is not one of them.

Yanıt Açıklaması: An example of an outstanding great historian of the Byzantine civilization was Procopius, cited by author Will Durant as “the one great historian of the period.” In 550 CE, he published his Books of the Wars and Anecdota, or Secret History. While a Christian, he at times in his books veered into Stoicism and skepticism.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Religion is one of the element of culture. İt is not one of the element of human entity. Right answer is “E”.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The Second Grand Law of the World Civilization is the Right of Man to Freedom and Reason. People constantly aim for freedom; the range of this freedom and reason depends on the level of a nation’s knowledge, communication ability and the knowledge of the international community. Considering this, the correct answer is Freedom and Reason and the option E.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The battle was joined and Hannibal was confronted by a young man later considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses of all time: Publius Cornelius Scipio. e Romans pressed their might under Scipio’s leadership, and they defeated Hannibal at the battle of Zama, not far from his home city of Carthage, in 202 BCE. ere was a brief truce, and negotiations commenced, but they failed.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Formerly organized as separate principalities, they established a strong state and made Gordion their capital. Right answer is “A”.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Doğru seçenek A

Yanıt Açıklaması: The Chalcolithic Age, also known as the Late Village Period, ran between the first half of the sixth millennium BCE and the end of the fourth millennium BCE. The Chalcolithic Age dates 5,500 – 3,000 BCE. Right answer is “D”.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The church called Santa Sophia is known today by the appellation Hagia Sophia , which means ‘Divine Wisdom.’

Yanıt Açıklaması: There was a series of factors underlying the disintegration in the Roman Republic. Inequality in the distribution of wealth, unfair treatment in the society and personal ambition for wealth and power were among these factors. However, building bonds with the ancient Greek culture was not a factor that accelerated the fall of Rome. The correct answer is E.

Yanıt Açıklaması: In most autonomous civilizations one can differentiate more than one culture, except for the Egyptian, Hittite, and Japanese Civilizations, which are monocultural.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The accepted end of the Hellenic Era is dated at the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, the Greek empire continued, albeit in a disintegrated state.