5042111662 | Athens | The city of greek art, science, and philosophy. A greek polis that accomplised many cultural achievements and was in constant war with sparta | 0 | |
5042111663 | Sparta | Greek city state that was ruled by oligarchy, and focused in military while using slaves for agriculture. Was at constant war with athens. | 1 | |
5042111664 | Persian Wars | Two failed attempts by the Persian empire in 400s BCE to conquer the Greeks in 400s BCE | 2 | |
5042111665 | Pericles | Aristocratic leader who guided the Athenian state through full participatory democracy | 3 | |
5042111666 | Socrates | Athenian philosopher (470-399 BCE) who shifted emphasis oh philosphical investigation to ethics and human behavior. He was sentenced to death for corrupted young minds. | 4 | |
5042111667 | Plato | (430-347 BCE) was socrates most well known pupil and later the teacher or Aristotle. Founder of the Academy in Athens. Best known for his ideal Forms or Ideas. | 5 | |
5042111668 | Aristotle | Pupil of Plato and tutor of Alexander the Great he was the author of works ok logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural sciences, politics, and poetics. His thoughts led him to criticize Plato's ideas and thought philosophers could rely on their senses to provide accurate info about the world | 6 | |
5042111669 | Homer | Ancient Greek poet and author of Illiad and the Odyssey and thought to be one of the best poets. | 7 | |
5042111670 | Peloponnesian War | 431-404 BCE the war between Athens and Sparta that in which Sparta won but left greece weak as a whole which caused its fall to neighbors on north. | 8 | |
5042111671 | Macedonians (Empire) | 356-323 BCE was expanded and founded by Alexander and Philip II | 9 | |
5042111672 | Alexander the Great | Between 334 and 323 BCE conquered Persian Empire, reached Indus Valley, founded many greek style cities and spread greek culture. Son of Philip II and was fhe king of Macedonia | 10 | |
5042111673 | Punic Wars | Wars between the Romans and Carthaginians that marked Rome as power in eastern and western mediterannean | 11 | |
5042111674 | Hannibal | General who commanded the Carthaginian army in second Punic War and crossed Alps and defeated Romans but defeated to defned Carthage (247-182 BCE) | 12 | |
5042111675 | Octavius | Original name of Augustus. Was tbe first emperor of Roman Empire. Was adopted son of Julius Caesar who rose to poerr through military skill and political prowess | 13 | |
5042111676 | Constantine | Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecutions of Christians and in 324 made it the official religion of rome . 330 he moved his capital to Byzantium and renamed it constantinople | 14 | |
5042111677 | Constantinople | Founded by Constantine and was capital of Rome (280-337) | 15 | |
5042111678 | Diocletian | Roman Emperor (284-305) he divided empire between himself in east and Maximian in the West (286). Launched the final persecutions of Christians (303) | 16 | |
5042111679 | Wang Mang | Founder of Xin dynasty 9-25 AD and interuppted the Liu's family succession of the Han Dynasty. | 17 |
Ap Flashcards
Primary tabs
Need Help?
We hope your visit has been a productive one. If you're having any problems, or would like to give some feedback, we'd love to hear from you.
For general help, questions, and suggestions, try our dedicated support forums.
If you need to contact the Course-Notes.Org web experience team, please use our contact form.
Need Notes?
While we strive to provide the most comprehensive notes for as many high school textbooks as possible, there are certainly going to be some that we miss. Drop us a note and let us know which textbooks you need. Be sure to include which edition of the textbook you are using! If we see enough demand, we'll do whatever we can to get those notes up on the site for you!