C: The Etruscans and Early Rome Flashcards
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| 164695717 | Do historians know much about Etruscans and why? | no, because none of their major literature survived | |
| 164695718 | Who were the Romans greatly influenced by? | Etruscans | |
| 164695719 | What did the Etruscans establish in the Italy Peninsula? | the first urban society | |
| 164695720 | What ethinicity were the Etruscans? | non-Indo-European people | |
| 164695721 | Where would the the Etruscans come from? | may have come originally from Eastern Asia | |
| 164695722 | What did the Etruscans found? | a dozen city-states | |
| 164695723 | Where did the Etruscans found a dozen city-states? | in central and northen Italy | |
| 164695724 | When did the Etruscans found a dozen city-states in cnetral and norhtern Italy? | 8th century B.C.E. | |
| 164695725 | How were the Etruscans defined as? | They were aggressive chariot warriors and sailors | |
| 164695726 | Who did the Etruscans traded with? | They traded with Western Mediterranean Islands from Spain | |
| 164695727 | Why did the Etruscans expand their territory? | to include more of Italy and nearby Island of Corsica | |
| 164695728 | When they expanded their territory they increased what contacts? | with the Greeks and Phoenicians | |
| 164695729 | Whose alphabetical from did the Etruscans adopted as a writing script? | The Greek alphabet | |
| 164695730 | what were the Etruscans known for? | mining and working iron ore | |
| 164695731 | What did the Etruscans have to help them mine and work with iron ores? | they had excellent iron axe, sickles, and tools | |
| 164695732 | What were the Etruscan women known for? | They converse openly with men in public, drove their own chariot, owned real estates and sometimes ran businesses like pottery | |
| 164695733 | Initially what was the relationship between the Roman and the Etruscans? | peaceful | |
| 164695734 | How did Rome begun? | as a small city-state | |
| 164695735 | Where did Rome begun as a sall city-state? | just south of Etruscan territory in central Italy. | |
| 164695736 | When was Rome established? | 8th century B.C.E. | |
| 164695737 | Who established Rome? | by a group of Indo-European pastoralists known as Latins | |
| 164695738 | Where was Rome built? | on 7 hills along the Tiber River | |
| 164695739 | Why was Roome originally founded? | as a base from which the earlier Romans could trade with Etruscans | |
| 164695740 | When did the Etruscans come to dominate Rome? | 8th century B.C.E. | |
| 164695741 | From who did the Romans adopt the 26th character alphabet? | Etruscans | |
| 164695742 | How did the Etruscan kings win support in Rome? | by building new public buildings | |
| 164695743 | When did the Etruscan kings win support in Rome by building new public buildings? | at the end of the 6th century B.C.E. | |
| 164695744 | How did the Romans become Independent? | The last Etruscan king was drivn out for his brutality | |
| 164695745 | Who did the Romans simulated? | Etruscans |