Key Vocabulary
Monotheism is the belief in the existence of only one God.
What is Monotheism?
A democracy is a system of government where surpreme power rests with the people.
What is a democracy?
He is the son of God who was crucified and raised from the dead for the salvation of all who trust in Him.
Who is Jesus Christ (Chritsianity)?
Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompayin a civil war.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The prophet Moses
Who is the the founder of Islam?
A prophet is a person divinely inspired to speak God's message, who delivers warnings and revelations to humanity.
What is a prophet?
The spread of cultural elements like ideas, styles, religions, technologies and customs.
What is cultural diffusion?
Arab military and politcal leader.
Who is Mohammed (Islam)?
He was known as Octavian and was the founder of the Roman Empire.
Who is Augustus Caesar?
The Tanakh
What is the sacred text of Judaism?
Ancient Rome's first written legal code, created around 450 BCE.
What are the twelve tables?
A population scattered from their ancestral homeland, living in a seperate communities.
Diaspora
A Greekstatesman and general during the Golden Age of Athens.
Who is Perciles?
Who is Justinian?
The bible
What is the sacred text of Christianity?
An independent, self governing, consisting of a single city.
What is a city - state?
Considered to be one of the greatest men in the history of humanity.
Abraham
He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered to be one of history's greatest and most succesful military commandeers.
Who is Alexander the Great (Anicent Greece)?
Abraham
Who is the founder of Judaism?
The Qur'an (or Koran)
What is the sacred text of Islam?
A Republic is a form of government in which supreme power held by the people, who then represents the elective representatives.
What is a Republic?
In Hebrew tradition and the Bible, Moses is the prophet and leader who led out the Isralities out of Egyptian slavery.
What is Moses (Hebrews)?
Hannibal was a Carthaginian general, Rome's greatest enemy who fought against the Roman Republic.
Who is Hannibal (Rome)?
Jesus Christ
Who is the founder of Christianity?
Monotheism, God's oneness and the importance of the Torah.
What are the major beliefs of Judaism?