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| 7539747995 | Empire | A large area controlled by a ruler | 0 | |
| 7539747996 | The Hittites | Very powerful military, set up city-states on plateau called Anatolia, 1st military in Middle East to have iron weapons, lighter chariots, covered Asia Minor, Syria, and part of Mesopotamia, no harsh punishment | 1 | |
| 7539747997 | The Assyrians | Fought with iron, treated conquered people cruelly, forced to pay heavy taxes, empire stretched from Persian Gulf to Egypt, Chaldeans take them down | 2 | |
| 7539747998 | The Chaldeans | Great king: Nebuchadnezzar, Empire weakened due to slow trade and poor harvests | 3 | |
| 7539747999 | The Persians | King Cyrus added many new territories, king Darius was the best organizer, each province was ruled by a satrap: governor, very tolerant rulers, Xerxes son of Darius tried to conquer Greece but failed | 4 | |
| 7539748000 | Persepolis | Most magnificent city in the Persian empire | 5 | |
| 7539748001 | The Aegean Area | Ancient Greece included the Balkan Peninsula and small rocky islands, 3/4 of Greek mainland is mountains, fertile plains between the mountains, mild climate | 6 | |
| 7539748002 | The Minoans | Ruled by king Minos, had a large palace with labyrinths, Minos and the Minotaur | 7 | |
| 7539748003 | The Mycenaeans | Migrated from Central Asia to the Balkan Peninsula, set up group of kingdoms, locals: Hellenes, adopted many parts of Minoan culture, new civilization called Hellenic | 8 | |
| 7539748004 | Poets and heroes | The Iliad: about Trojan war and Trojan horse, The Odyssey: about journey of king Odysseus after fall of Troy, stories were used to teach values, both of those were written by the bind poet Homer | 9 | |
| 7539748005 | Greek religion | Gods caused the physical events on earth, stressed importance of individual and self worth, allowed to approach gods with dignity, chief god was Zeus | 10 | |
| 7539748006 | The Polis | A city state, each was developed independently but shared certain common features, included the city and surrounding villages, fields, and orchards | 11 | |
| 7539748007 | Acropolis | A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city, foot of this was called the angora, which was the public square | 12 | |
| 7539748008 | Greek citizens | Could vote, hold office, speak in court, own property, and were expected to serve and protect, most Greeks weren't citizens, slaves, foreigners, and women couldn't be citizens | 13 | |
| 7539748009 | Greek colonies and trade | Increased population after "dark ages", each polis sent out groups to set up colonies, sent grain back to the parent city, Greek trade expanded throughout the Mediterranean region, replaced barter system with money | 14 | |
| 7539748010 | Aristocrat | Noble person | 15 | |
| 7539748011 | Political and social change | Disputes between aristocrats and commoners often arose, farmers began to protest, farmers were very powerful because they were foot soldiers, middle class wanted more voice so they joined the protest | 16 | |
| 7539748012 | Phalanx | Rows of foot soldiers close together with shields to form a wall | 17 | |
| 7539748013 | Oligarchy | A few wealthy people hold power | 18 | |
| 7539748014 | Democracy | Government by the people | 19 | |
| 7539748015 | Athens | Democracy Greek city- state | 20 | |
| 7539748016 | Sparta | Oligarchy Greek city-state | 21 |
