3662915863 | "Classical" Culture | Created high levels ofachievemeny in art, science, &technologythat inpacted future ages | 0 | |
3662915864 | Cultural Diffusion | The spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another | 1 | |
3662915865 | Geography of Greece | -surrounded by water -mountainous -hard to farm | 2 | |
3662915866 | Greek polis | Independent city-states within each valley & its surrounding mountains | 3 | |
3662915867 | Athens | Greek city-state, | 4 | |
3662915868 | Sparta | 5 | ||
3662915869 | Democracy | A government controlled by it's citizens, either directly or through representatives | 6 | |
3662915870 | Oligarchy | A government in which power is in the hands of a few people- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth | 7 | |
3662915871 | Peloponnesian Wars | Wars between Athens & Sparta; Sparta defeated Athens, but the war weakened the Greeks | 8 | |
3662915872 | Socrates, Plato, Aristotle | Questioned assumptions & the use of logic to find answers to questions | 9 | |
3662915873 | Euclid and Pythagoras | 10 | ||
3662915874 | Alexander the Great | King of Macedonia: expanded the empire, set sights on Persian empire(defeated King Darius III), Hellenic culture | 11 | |
3662915875 | Hellenism | Period of Ancient Greek (Hellenic) history and Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great and the emergence of the Roman Empire | 12 | |
3662915876 | Geography of Rome | 13 | ||
3662915877 | The Punic Wars | A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage; resulted in the destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean | 14 | |
3662915878 | Roman Republic | Period of ancient Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom | 15 | |
3662915879 | Senators | In Ancient Rome, the supreme governing body, originally made up of only aristocrats | 16 | |
3662915880 | Emperor | A sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling and empire | 17 | |
3662915881 | Twelve Tables | The modern legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law, The tables consolidated earlier traditions into laws | 18 | |
3662915882 | Roman Empire | Post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by government headed by emperors | 19 | |
3662915883 | Julius Caesar | Roman statesman, general and notable author of Latin prose. Played s critical role in events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic | 20 | |
3662915884 | Emperor Augustus | (Octavian) was the unchallenged leader or Rome, | 21 | |
3662915885 | Pax Romana | A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180 | 22 | |
3662915886 | Greek and Roman Mythology | 23 | ||
3662915887 | Christianity | The religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus or Narzeth, or its beliefs and practices | 24 | |
3662915888 | Emperor Constantine | Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 A.D. Son of Flavius | 25 | |
3662915889 | Emperor Diocletian | 26 | ||
3662915890 | Greco-Roman Culture | An ancient culture that developed from a blending of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman cultures | 27 | |
3662915891 | Barbarian Invasions | 28 |
Classical Greece and Rome Flashcards
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