7930501430 | Mesopotamia | Region within the tigris and Euphrates rivers. Name means land between two rivers. Hosted first major civilizations. | ![]() | 0 |
7930501431 | Notre Chico | Distinctive civilization, cities were smaller than those of Mesopotamia. Traded fish and farmed for food. | 1 | |
7930536108 | Ancient Hierarchies | First civilizations had inequalities in wealth, status, and power | ![]() | 2 |
7930565211 | Empire | Defined as a larger more aggressive state. Empires usually have a lot of land and powerful armies. | ![]() | 3 |
7930595935 | Persia | Large empire that controlled much of Egypt to India. | ![]() | 4 |
7930611136 | Persian Wars | wars between Persia and Greece including the battles of Marathon and Salamis | ![]() | 5 |
7930615770 | Peloponnesian Wars | wars from 431 to 404 B.C.E. between Athens and Sparta for dominance in southern Greece; resulted in Spartan victory but failure to achieve political unification of Greece | ![]() | 6 |
7930619785 | Hellenistic Period | Greek cultural influence and power was at its peak; period when the Greek and the Persian cultures merged | ![]() | 7 |
7930623338 | Socrates | Athenian philosopher. Founder of Academy in Athens. | ![]() | 8 |
7930637498 | Consul | Roman chief executive office; two consuls were elected each year and served as the military and political leaders of Rome. | ![]() | 9 |
7930570169 | The Galactic Empire destroys Alderaan | The Galactic Empire, led by Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader uses the Death Star to blow up the rebel planet of Alderaan. Grand Moff Tarkin commanded the destruction of the planet to try and get Princess Leia to reveal the location of the secret rebel base. | 10 | |
7930641590 | Plebeian | class of common people | ![]() | 11 |
7930649647 | Julius Caesar | Roman emperor responsible for first triumvirate. Assassinated in 44 B.C.E by senators. | ![]() | 12 |
7930670260 | Roman Republic | the balanced constitution of Rome from c. 510 to 47 B.C.E.; features an aristocratic Senate, a panel of magistrates, and several popular assemblies | ![]() | 13 |
7930680110 | Fertile Crescent | Region sometimes known as Southwest Asia that includes the modern states of Iraq, Syria, Israel/Palestine, and southern Turkey; the earliest home of agriculture | ![]() | 14 |
7930658204 | Senate | political body made up of former Roman office-holders that offered advice to the consuls | ![]() | 15 |
7930662576 | Latifundia | 16 | ||
7930636791 | Patrician | class of social and political elites | ![]() | 17 |
7930675315 | Aqueduct | structures used to carry water across long distances to cities | ![]() | 18 |
7930677478 | Augustus | ![]() | 19 | |
7930695368 | Pax Romana | "Roman peace", period of time when Rome was stable and there were few wars | ![]() | 20 |
7930719102 | Athens | Greek city-state, one of the most famous leaders was Pericles | ![]() | 21 |
7930748783 | Sparta | Ancient Greek city-state famous for military prowess | 22 | |
7930670136 | Denarius | standard Roman currency | ![]() | 23 |
7930711429 | Alexander the great | Son of Philip II (King of masedonia) who expanded the greek empire. | ![]() | 24 |
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