Persia
What the provinces in the Persian Empire are called.
What are Satrapies
A system of government where all free, adult, male citizens could vote directly on political issues and hold positions of leadership based on their own merit (ability)
What is Direct Democracy
The war resulted in a more unified Greece thanks in part to the "300" led by King Leonidas as well as the Athenian Navy
What is the Greco-Persian War
She was part of the political leadership known as the Kandake and cut the head of the statue of Emperor Caesar Augustus in a battle with Rome
Who is Queen Amanirenas
The Roman code of laws which were displayed publicly for all to see
What are the Twelve Tables
The first king of the Persian Empire Known for his religious tolerance and freeing the Jewish people from Babylon
Who is King Cyrus the Great
A system of government in Sparta which two kings rule with a small group of advisors
What is an Oliogarchy
Sparta won this war that lasted more than 20 years but left Greece as a whole weak and allowed for Philip II of Macedonia to conquer them
The Peloponnesian War
Gold, ivory, ebony wood, and animal skins
What are Kush's major exports (what kush traded away acceptable)
The two major groups of free citizens in Rome's social hierarchy who often had tensions between them
Who are Patricians and Plebeians
The religion of Persian kings and nobility which believed that Athura Mazda granted people freedom of choice and discouraged slavery
What is Zoroastrianism
What are Greek City-States
This war resulted in Rome taking its first (and second) province and increasing its naval and trading power around the Mediterranean Sea
The First Punic War
The wealthy nobility of Carthage who were played an important part in politics and made their money as sea merchants
Who are the Aristocracy
They had the power to debate and write the laws for Rome but did not have the power to veto them
Who are Senators (the Senate or Legislative Branch both acceptable)
The King who expanded the Persian Empire to its greatest extent with the most satrapies and went to war with Greece
Who is Darius the I (Darius the Great acceptable)
The Greek word for "slave" in Spartan culture
Who are Helots
This war resulted in the end of the Carthaginian Empire and Rome becoming more of a slave state
The Third Punic War
The Carthaginian General who went to war with Rome, which he funded from silver mines from Spain and used mercenary soldiers as well
Who is Hannibal (yeah, he crossed the Alps with war elephants too)
A Roman innovation which was used on the battlefield and had a long-lasting impact on the healthcare
What are surgical tools
A super highway that stretched from Susa to Sardis and helped facilitate communication across the empire
What is the Royal Road
The blending of Greek culture with the conquered territories by Alexander the Great across Southwest Asia and Northern Africa
What is Hellenism
The three-year war between Kush and Rome which resulted in a peace treaty and a free Kingdom of Kush
The Meroitic War
The people who originally founded Carthage as a trading post after they began trading their surplus of resources around the Mediterranean Sea and beyond
The Phoenicians
What is the Third Servile War