264270664 | Helots | They rose up against the Spartans. | 0 | |
264270665 | Solon | Helped prevent Civil War in Athens (promoted democratic reform) | 1 | |
264270666 | Salamis | The decisive battle of the 2nd Persian war | 2 | |
264270667 | Sparta | Won the Peloponnesian war | 3 | |
264270668 | Plato | In The Republic, he proposed that philosopher kings should rule | 4 | |
264270669 | Pericles | Led Athens during its Golden Age | 5 | |
264270670 | Athens | The Leader of the Delian League | 6 | |
264270671 | Socrates | He believed that honor was more important than wealth and fame | 7 | |
264270672 | Aristotle | The personal tutor of Alexander the Great | 8 | |
264270673 | Minoan | Earliest Greek civilization | 9 | |
264270674 | Dorian | Lost the ability to read and write | 10 | |
264270675 | Mycenaean | Fought in the Trojan War | 11 | |
264270676 | Plebeians | In Rome's early Republic, this group gained more rights | 12 | |
264270677 | Patricians | Upper aristocratic class in Rome | 13 | |
264270678 | Tacitus | The most important early Roman historian | 14 | |
264270679 | Paul | Because he was a Roman citizen, appealed his case to Rome, later executed | 15 | |
264270680 | Latifundia | Large plantations worked by slaves | 16 | |
264270681 | Tiberius Gracchus | Tribune who called for land reform, was assassinated in 132 BC | 17 | |
264270682 | Consuls | They served as the executive branch in Roman Republic | 18 | |
264270683 | Etruscans | During its early history, Rome was dominated by the | 19 | |
264270684 | Marius | Created an army of common men who were loyal only to him | 20 | |
264270685 | Actium | Octavian's victory against Egypt in this battle restored order to Rome | 21 | |
264270686 | Cleopatra | The last of the Ptolemaic rulers | 22 | |
264270687 | Augustus Caesar | First Emperor of Rome ( Monarchy disguised as Republic ) | 23 | |
264270688 | Sulla | General that was supported by the Roman aristocrats | 24 | |
264270689 | Gravitas | Discipline, loyalty, and strength | 25 | |
264270690 | Stoicism | Most prominent school of moral philosophy in Rome | 26 | |
264270691 | Julius Caesar | He sought to appoint some Gauls to the Roman senate | 27 | |
264270692 | Council of Nicaea | Decided that Jesus possessed both human and divine natures | 28 | |
264270693 | Romulus Augustus | The last Roman emperor in the West | 29 | |
264270694 | Alaric | Leader of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in 410 CE | 30 | |
264270695 | Attila | The leader of the Huns | 31 | |
264270696 | Diocletian | Roman empire was divided into two parts by this emperor | 32 | |
264270697 | Zhang Qian | Information he brought back helped lay the foundations for the Silk Roads | 33 | |
264270698 | Byzantine | After the collapse of the western half of the Roman empire, name the eastern half that survived for another thousand years | 34 | |
264270699 | Marcus Aurelius | Smallpox claimed the life of this Roman Emperor | 35 | |
264270700 | Buddhism | Spread by merchants along the Silk Roads | 36 | |
264270701 | Antioch | In the West the silk roads terminated in this Turkish port | 37 | |
264270702 | Taklamakan | One of the most dangerous spots along the silk roads | 38 | |
264270703 | Xiongnu | Han Wudi wanted to line up allies to destroy what enemy | 39 | |
264270704 | Constantine | This emperor forbade the persecution of Christians | 40 | |
264270705 | Peter | Bishop of Rome | 41 | |
264270706 | Paul | Did the most to spread Christianity in the Roman Empire | 42 | |
264270707 | Caesaropapism | System whereby the emperor has a mixture of political and religious authority | 43 | |
264270708 | Hagia Sophia | A magnificent domed church, later became a mosque | 44 | |
264270709 | Constantinople | Important for its strategic location | 45 | |
264270710 | Belisarius | This general reconquered much of the Western Roman Empire from Germanic peoples | 46 | |
264270711 | Charlemagne | Crowned Holy Roman Emperor christmas day in 800 | 47 | |
264270712 | Leo III | Banned the use of Icons | 48 | |
264270713 | St Basil | Played a key role in the rise of Monasticism | 49 | |
264270714 | St Methodius and St Cyril | Helped devise an alphabet to represent the sounds of Slavic languages | 50 | |
264270715 | Prince Vladimir | His conversion in 989 helped the rise of Orthodox Christianity in Russia | 51 | |
264270716 | Kiev | This city was most important in the early rise of Russia | 52 | |
264270717 | Moscow | Russians later began to think of this city as the Third Rome | 53 | |
264270718 | Ottoman Turks | In 1453, they captured Constantinople | 54 | |
264270719 | Saljuq Turks | They entered the Abbasid realm and converted to Islam (10th century) | 55 | |
264270720 | Justinian | His most significant contribution was his codification of Roman Law | 56 | |
264270721 | Quran | Holy Book of Islam | 57 | |
264270722 | Submission to allah | The word Islam means this | 58 | |
264270723 | Sharia | Islamic holy law | 59 | |
264270724 | Sunni | Main split inside Islam was between Shia and ... | 60 | |
264270725 | Jiyza | Special head tax paid during Umayyad period if subjects did not convert | 61 | |
264270726 | Baghdad | Capital of the Abbasid Empire | 62 | |
264270727 | Saljuq Turks | The Abbasid dynasty was overrun by the | 63 | |
264270728 | Madrasas | Islamic leaders supported institutions of higher learning called | 64 | |
264270729 | Hajj | All muslims must take a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime | 65 | |
264270730 | Sakk | Islamic banks honored letters of credit known as | 66 | |
264270731 | Shogun | Military governor | 67 | |
264270732 | Samurai | Mounted warrior | 68 | |
264270733 | Taizong | Energetic second ruler of the Tang dynasty | 69 | |
264270734 | Grand Canal | Stretched from Hangzhou to Chang'an | 70 | |
264270735 | Tang dynasty | Equal field system implemented under this dynasty | 71 | |
264270736 | Dharma | Buddhist missionaries translated this Indian term as dao | 72 | |
264270737 | Kamakura Shogunate | In 1185 the Minamotto clan established the | 73 | |
264270738 | Viet people | Revolted against the Tang and won their independence | 74 | |
264270739 | Song Dynasty | In 1279, this dynasty fell to the Mongols | 75 | |
264270740 | Sui Dynasty | Dynasty that constructed the Grand Canal | 76 | |
264270741 | Xuanzang | Helped to popularize Buddhism in China | 77 |
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