The Hebrews
The Hebrews introduced the concept of _____ to the world.
MONOTHEISM
The Phoenicians were the northern neighbors of the ____.
Jews/Hebrews/Israelites
Modern name for the ancient land of Persia.
Iran
Greeks often fought each other because they were divided into
city-states
Mythical founders of Rome...only one survives
Romulus and Remus
The political and spiritual capital of Israel is _______
Jerusalem
The Phoenicians were most known for their skill and influence in ____________.
ship building, trade, seafaring
The Persians built this travel system to connect the empire and spread messages faster.
Royal Road
This great empire invaded Greece TWICE in the Classical Age
Persia
Rome hated living under the tyranny of the Etruscans...so they founded this kind of government
Republic
The main holy book of he Hebrews/Jews is the __
Torah
The Phoenicians established__________ in the Mediterranean to capitalize on trading opportunities.
colonies
The term for a central government that relies heavily on various departments and government officials, governors to maintain order.
bureaucracy
This war was a 27 year long Greek civil war...Athens loses
Peloponnesian War
The law making body of Rome
Senate
The king that is a central figure in Jewish history, established Jerusalem, killed a giant, and wrote many of the Psalms was ________.
David
What types of goods were the Phoenicians known to trade in? What made them famous? (two specific ones)
purple cloth, cedar wood
The native religion of the Persians.
Zoroastrianism
The two sides to fight each other in the Peloponnesian War were ______ and _________.
Athens / Sparta and their Leagues (Delian vs. Peloponneisan League)
Rome fought three ______ Wars against the city of Carthage to become master of the Mediterranean.
Punic
The term for the "scattering" of the Jewish people as they were conquered and driven from Israel is _____.
Diaspora
The Phoenicians established the colony-city of ________ in North Africa. This city will later fight Rome.
Carthage
Describe what happened to the Persian Empire in the 334 BC. How did it collapse?
Alexander the Great
What kingdom north of Greece conquered it after the Peloponnesian War? Later the Greeks followed its king to conquer Persia.
Macedonia
Describe how the Roman Republic collapsed
heavy reliance on slave labor
loss of jobs and land for Rome's free lower classes
discontent, riots, political chaos
Generals become too powerful
Civil Wars
Julius Caesar and more civil war