Chapter 4 APworld Flashcards
Key terms for chapter 4
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| 10412356 | Cyrus the Great | Famous Persian emperor/ controlled northern M.E and northwestern India | 0 | |
| 10412357 | Pericles | Greek politican in Athens/ couldn't prevent war | 1 | |
| 10412358 | Alexander the Great | extended Greek empire into Persia/ India ( Hellenistic unity) | 2 | |
| 10412359 | Hellenistic period | Greek art, education, culture merged with M.E | 3 | |
| 10412360 | Punic Wars | series of wars between Roman republic and city of Carthage over Med. ( Hannibal lost) | 4 | |
| 10412361 | Julius Caesar | Dictator of Roman Republic ( ended republic) | 5 | |
| 10412362 | Constantine/ Diocletian | emperors who tried to save Roman Empire ( Constantine- first christian emp.) | 6 | |
| 10412363 | Greek city-states | Politics come from this word, different forms of government | 7 | |
| 10412364 | Senate | legislative body in Roman Republic ( aristocrats) | 8 | |
| 10412365 | Consuls | two men who shared excutive power in Roman Rep. ( chose dictator) | 9 | |
| 10412366 | Circero | Roman writer/ senator (oratory in politics) | 10 | |
| 10412367 | Socrates | Med. philosophy/ question wisdom | 11 | |
| 10412368 | Plato | pupil of Socrates, understanding truth, good, beauty | 12 | |
| 10412369 | Aristole | stressed moderation, developed scientific reasoning | 13 | |
| 10412370 | Stoics | Greek philosophy-- strict discipline, personal bravery | 14 | |
| 10412371 | Sophocles | Athenian dramatist | 15 | |
| 10412372 | Dormic, Ionic, Corinthian | Greek columns | 16 | |
| 10412373 | Battle of Marathon | Parsians invaded Greece but were defeated by Athenian army | 17 | |
| 10412374 | Xerxes | Persian king | 18 | |
| 10412375 | Themistocles | Athenian leader/ lead navy in Persian wars | 19 | |
| 10412376 | Battle of Thermopylae | Leonidas and 300 spartans fight Persian army | 20 | |
| 10412377 | Zoroastrianism | Persian Religion | 21 | |
| 10412378 | Paloponnesian Wars | Athens vs. Sparta ( sparta won) | 22 | |
| 10412379 | Phillip 2 of Macedon | Alexander's dad, king of Macedon | 23 | |
| 10412380 | Alexandria | Seaport in Egypt, center of hellenism | 24 | |
| 10412381 | Roman Rupublic | balanced constitution of Rome | 25 | |
| 10412382 | Carthange | city state in Africa founded by Phoenicians- destroyed by Romans | 26 | |
| 10412383 | Hannibal | Carthaginian King | 27 | |
| 10412384 | Augustus Caesar | restored order to Rome. chief military general, first emperor | 28 | |
| 10412385 | Direct Democracy | government on the vote of the people | 29 | |
| 10412386 | Twelve Tables | Roman law code | 30 | |
| 10412387 | Herodotus | Greek Historian | 31 | |
| 10412388 | Pythagoras | Hellenistic mathematician | 32 | |
| 10412389 | Galen | Hellenistic Physician | 33 | |
| 10412390 | Euclid | Hellenistic Math. ( geometry) | 34 | |
| 10412391 | Ptolemy | Hell. Astronomer, sun's rotation around earth | 35 | |
| 10412392 | Sappho/ Vergil | great woman poet--- poet, author of Aeneid | 36 |