Early Cultures
The first humans in Europe.
What are Neanderthals?
This early Greek civilization developed a palatial society and is most likely the source of the myth of the Minotaur.
Who are the Minoans?
Athens' domination of the Delian Leauge led to the Greeks fighting each other in two wars known as this.
What are the Peloponnesian Wars?
The first major civilization on the Italian Peninsula.
Who were the Etruscans?
The period beginning with Augustus' reign that allowed Roman culture to easily spread throughout the ancient world.
What is the pax romana?
This development allowed people to settle in one place and eventually develop complex societies.
What is agriculture?
This ancient Greek civilization built massive walls, took part in the Trojan War, and is the source of most of Greek mythology.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
Alexander conquered one of the greatest empires in world history in only about 10 years, spreading Greek culture throughout the ancient world, even though he wasn't Greek. He was this.
What is Macedonian?
The first government system of the Roman city-state.
What is a monarchy?
The last great Roman emperor.
Who was Marcus Aurelius?
What is bronze?
The time period before the rise of city-states and Classical Period.
What is the Dark Age?
Ancient Greek mythology and the religion tied to it were most widely practiced during this period.
What is the Classical Period?
The second period of Roman governmental development, the republic, takes its name from the Latin words res and publica, meaning this.
What is "public thing?"
After the division of the empire into east and west, the capital of the east.
What is Constantinople (Byzantium)?
Modern humans come from this part of the world and migrated to Europe c. 45,000 years ago.
What is Africa?
This empire attempted to conquer the Greek city-states in the 5th Century BCE in a series of wars lasting more than 50 years. They only succeeded in capturing Ionia.
What is Persia?
The Greeks added this to the Phoenician writing system, making their written language the world's first true this.
What is an alphabet?
The special office created by the republic for times of emergency. Julius Caesar was the last to hold the title.
What is dictator?
This group's invasion of western Europe was the beginning of the end for the Western Roman Empire.
Who are the Huns?
This time period saw the first major European trade routes develop.
What is the Bronze Age?
During the Athenian Golden Age, this new form of government was developed.
What is democracy?
The ancient Greeks believed the earth is this shape.
What is spherical?
Rome's first emperor.
Who is Caesar Augustus (Octavian)?
The (possibly) legendary brothers who founded Rome.
Who are Romulus and Remus?