Israel
The name of the mountain where God and Israel made a covenant.
Mount Sinai
The prophet who warned the city of Nineveh of God's coming judgment.
Jonah
Minoans
Socrates
Led the people across the Jordan River into Canaan while God held the waters back.
Joshua
The empire established by Nabopolassar after he conquered all of Mesopotamia.
New Babylonian
Homer
A large group of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields, trained to charge the enemy.
phalanx
The name taken by the Southern Kingdom of Israel when the kingdom divided.
Judah
The Persian ruler who built the Royal Road.
Darius
He led the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae.
Leonidas
The name of the time period between Alexander's conquest and the Roman Empire.
Hellenistic Age
This nation carries the legacy of having a complete written account of its history.
Israel
The Assyrian Empire began under this ruler.
Tiglath-pileser III
He was an aristocrat who dominated Athens from 461 to 429 B.C., and brought the Athenian democracy to its fullest measure.
Pericles
Greek culture was spread throughout the world.
Asked for wisdom to rule his kingdom; Israel split after his reign
Solomon
He deported the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom.
Shalmaneser V
According to Greek philosophy, what basic idea underlies the understanding of truth?
Man is the measure of all things.
He was murdered by his wife in 336 B.C., and is the father of Alexander the Great.
Philip II