7902708291 | Israel | an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea | 0 | |
7902714462 | First Temple | Built by Solomon (c 950 BCE) and destroyed by the Babylonians in 587/6 BCE. = First Temple Period | 1 | |
7902717534 | Ten commandments | Received by Moses on Mt. Sinai; guidelines for how to live as God's people. | 2 | |
7902719817 | Monotheistic | Belief in one god | 3 | |
7902721342 | Polytheistic | Belief in many gods | 4 | |
7902732613 | Hoplite | A citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek City-states. They were primarily armed as spear-men. | 5 | |
7902734088 | Persian wars | A series of wars between Persia and Greece | 6 | |
7902736277 | Peloponnesian war | War between Athens and Sparta | 7 | |
7902737390 | direct democracy | A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives | 8 | |
7902741353 | Athens | Greece | 9 | |
7902742633 | Sparta | an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess | 10 | |
7902744031 | Socrates | Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth | 11 | |
7902745439 | Pythagoras | Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem | 12 | |
7902747780 | Alexander the great | King of Macedonia who conquered Greece, Egypt, and Persia | 13 | |
7902748817 | Hellenism | the principles and ideals associated with classical Greek civilization | 14 | |
7902750415 | Darius | King of Persia | 15 | |
7902751947 | Zoroastrianism | system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster noun | 16 | |
7902752943 | Legion | in large numbers | 17 | |
7902756042 | Twelve tables of Rome | codified laws of Rome, major step towards modern law | 18 | |
7902757821 | Patricians | The wealthy, hereditary aristocrats during the Roman era. | 19 | |
7902760296 | plebeians | common people | 20 | |
7902761580 | Consuls | The two most powerful magistrates in Rome | 21 | |
7902763022 | Senate | A council of representatives | 22 | |
7902764485 | Julius Caesar | 100-44 B.C. Roman general who became the republic's dictator in 45 B.C. | 23 | |
7902765782 | Augustus | Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC | 24 | |
7902768327 | Pax Romana | Roman peace | 25 | |
7902769550 | Christianity | Official Religion during the declining century of the Roman Empire. | 26 | |
7902771126 | Diocletian | Roman emperor who divided the empire into a West and an East section. | 27 | |
7902772927 | Constantine | Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337) | 28 | |
7902774160 | Han dynasty | the dynasty that ruled China from about 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E., the period following the Qin dynasty | 29 | |
7902776032 | Civil service exam | A test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government | 30 | |
7902778054 | Byzantine empire | Eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived the fall of the Western half. | 31 | |
7902779687 | Justinian's code | An organized collection and explanation of roman laws for use by the byzantine empire | 32 | |
7902782130 | Hagia Sophia | the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian | 33 | |
7902783366 | Catholic Church | • central to Medieval Europeans' lives • united Western Europe during Middle Ages | 34 | |
7902785844 | Eastern orthodox church | a Christian church that grew out of Christianity in eastern Europe and present-day Turkey | 35 | |
7902787414 | Feudalism | A system of government based on landowners and tenants | 36 | |
7902789041 | Manorialism | Basic economic unit of Middle Ages | 37 | |
7902791075 | Serfs | A person who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times | 38 | |
7902791076 | Fiefs | pieces of land given to vassals by their lord | 39 | |
7902792486 | Crusades | A long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia | 40 | |
7902793598 | Charlemage | king of holy empire,built churches, brought manuscript from rome. | 41 | |
7902797713 | Chivalry | Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages | 42 | |
7902799251 | Holy Roman Empire | the lands ruled by Charlemagne | 43 | |
7902800966 | Kievan Russia | State established at Kiev in Ukraine | 44 | |
7902804061 | Mongols | People from Central Asia when united ended up creating the largest single land empire in history. | 45 | |
7902804062 | vikings | Invaders of Europe that came from Scandinavia | 46 | |
7902805458 | Theocracy | A government controlled by religious leaders | 47 | |
7902806490 | Monarchy | A government ruled by a king or queen | 48 | |
7902806491 | Oligarchy | A government ruled by a few powerful people | 49 | |
7902807960 | Democracy | Rule by the people | 50 | |
7902807961 | Republic | A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting | 51 | |
7902815584 | Aristocracy | A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility | 52 | |
7902816655 | Magna carta | 1215 | 53 | |
7902818481 | King John of England | disputed with Innocent III over appointment of archbishop | 54 | |
7902821045 | Tang Dynasty | 618-907 | 55 | |
7902822071 | Song Dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy | 56 | |
7902823613 | African salt trade | a trade of salt | 57 | |
7902833161 | Creator | Xavier Portillo | 58 |
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