HST 1100—Spring 2018

Daily Focus Questions Set B

Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic

1. In what sense was Rome a democracy, and what sense was it not.

2. What were two Roman policies that helped them expand into an empire?

*3 What did the Gracchus brothers attempt to achieve, and why did this get them killed?

*4. What changes in the Roman military system allowed great generals like Caesar to rise to great power in late Republic?.

Augustus Secures the Empire

*5. What are the advantages of the new Augustan administrative system?

6. How does Tacitus think Augustus managed to steal power from the senate?

*7. Consider what the purpose of the marriage laws were, besides increased procreation.

8. In what sense was Augustus a conservative, and in what sense a reformer?

Christian Rome

9. Why did Emperor Diocletian persecute the Christians?

*10. How did Emperor Constantine view his role in the church?

11. In what ways was the Byzantine Empire a continuation of the Roman Empire, and in what ways something new?

*12. What are the characteristic features of Benedictine monasteries, and their influence on European civilization?

Europe Emerges

13. What reforms and improvements did the Carolingian rulers implement to improve their state?

14. What was the significance of Charlemagne�s coronation?

*15. How did agricultural productivity advance in the 900s?

*16. What was different about feudal bonds in Germany as compared with western Europe?

Christianity and Islam

17. Describe the differences between the history of the Qu�ran and the history of the Jewish and Christian bibles?

*18. Why is the period from 750 to 900 considered the golden era of Islam?

19. Where does the tradition of veiling women in public come from?

*20. Identify a significant similarity and a significant difference between Deuteronomy and the Qu�ran on warfare.

Sword or Spirit?

*21. What forms of corruption afflicted the church in the era after the fall of the Carolingian empire?

22. What reforms were introduced to address this corruption?

Miracle of the First Crusade

*23. What are two non-religious arguments Urban II makes for crusade in document 16?

24. How does the call to crusade solve the moral dilemmas faced by medieval warriors like Tancred [doc. 21]?

25. How does Raymond explain the Crusaders� victory at Dorylaeum [doc. 30]

*26. In the Raymond�s account, [doc. 39], priests like himself played an important role in breaking the siege of Antioch. What were two examples?

Legacy of the First Crusade

*27. Compare Baudry [doc. 46] with the image, document 51

*28. What is the reason for the all-out slaughter of non-Christians in Jerusalem [doc. 50] and how does it compare to Deuteronomy?

29. Compare al-Sulami�s call for Jihad with Urban�s call for Crusade [doc. 16]