8 characteristics
what are the public works and why are they impotent? Give an example of what they do?
They were costly but they do benefit society.
ex:they build a wall for protection
tell me about zeus
he was the greatest god and of the sky and honored every 4 years during the olympics
from where did the roman empire extend?
what problems could manors face
famine, drought, and diseases
how long did the crusades last
200 years
what is job specialization and why are they impotent?
as society become more complex we have a divsion of labor.
tell me about athens and sparta
these were city states that were dirastically different from each other anthens-direct democracy and sparta-milatary
where do we see Greek influence on rome
Religion,architecture, and technology. building on ideas both were interested in learning but in different ways
during the high middle ages there were manors describe the manor system.
ecinomic system. lords were the land-owning individuals, and manors were isolated which made them self-sufficent
what is a crusade? Why were they significant
it was a holy war in jerusalem. They attempted to reclaim the holy land
what are social classes and why are they impotent?
As people socialized in their jobs social classes are formed.
tell me about the parthanon
pericles orderd to build honored athena. it had alot of collums and had a large statue of athena in it. it was alot of money. located in athens
what was a roman consul
2 people out of the senate who ruled the roman republic. each consul has veto veto power and the matter was dropped. ruled for 1 year.
the middle ages coverd about 1000 years of history in class we broke them into three time periods what wre they?
invading groups (vikings,barbarians,franks) high middle ages(feudalism and manors) late middle ages (bubonic plauge)
where were the main results for the crusades
ended fuedalism, new good were brought back to Europe,trade increases, and medicine and technology
give an example of job specialization?
teaching,scribes, stone cutters etc.
describe ancient greeces goverment
a direct deocracy. its when all citizens directly vote on all issues. only 20 percent of the people were citizens.
what were the triumvirates and why were they important
it was a politcal regime and dominated 3 powerful individuals.
1st tri- ceasar,pompey and crassus not legally sanctiond
2nd tri- octaivn, antony, and lepidus-was legally sanctiond and lastes 10 years
describe the vikings
raided over seas.attacked at night to suprise there targets.they attacked monastaires at first then moved to main land (europe).burned towns and looted manors
what 3 religions were fighting over the holy land? where is the holy land?
Christianity,Islam and Judism. they holy land was in jerusalem. also syria,palestine and egypy
give an example of the social classes?
kings at the top and slaves are at the bottom
tell me about the trojan war
between greeks and trojans. why becuase troys king stole the greeks kings wife helen. how because soilders hid in a horse and attacked at night. homer wtote about the torojan war in an epi which is a long story telling poem.
describe the social pyrimid for ancient rome. also who was the backbone of rome and was forced out of work.
Top:patricians
Middle:plebians
Bottom:slaves
and Plebians were forced out of work
what is feudalism and explain the pyriamid?
top lords,monarchs,nobles,knights,then vassels merchants, farmers,craftsmen,at the bottom pesants and surfs. it was a political system:system to protect and serve those above and below you
what pope called for christians to help reclaim the holy land?and what did he promise if people would fight in a crusade
pope urban the second and promised indulgences