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(last question from chapter 7) List the caste system and explain the jati. What were they likened to in this chapter? What religion is associated with it?
1-brahmin (priest) 2-warriors and aristocrats (nobles), 3-merchants 4-artisans 5-cultivators 6-peasants 7-serfs. -subdivisions of the caste are likened to guildes -hinduism
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Tell me the story of Alexander the Great. Use a date somewhere in the story. (his death, the century) Why was he so famous?
In 336 BC Alexander the Great recieved control of his father’s army, he then began invading places like syria, egypt, through persia, to the punjab.
100
Given the terrain and soil of Greece, what were its most important exports
Olive oil and wine
100
Explain pax romana?
Latin for roman peace- Long period of relative peacefulness and minimal expanision.
100
According to the authors, who was “the principal figure in the expansion of Christianity?”
What is Paul of Tarsus
200
What is a polis? Name the two most important. Tell me something distinctive about each one.
Polis is a city-state, Athens was an educational center, and Sparta was known for military prowess
200
What is the Hellenistic Era?
An era when greek cultural traditions expanded their influence to a larger world.
200
With which of the poleis do we associate Solon and Pericles?
Athens
200
Outside of Egypt what city state was the most powerful and most important in north ? The Roman conflict with this place is known as the Punic Wars.
Carthage
200
According to the authors, “The remarkable growth of Christianity reflected” its appeal to three groups, name two.
What is Women and urban populations
300
Who was the pivotal figure in the development of Greek philosophy? When did he die? How did he die? Why? Who was his most zealous student? Who was the most famous pupil of that student?
Socrates was the pivotal figure in philosophy, he died in 399 BC. He was poisoned with hemlock as a way to execute him for disagreeing with the authorities. His student was Plato, then came Aristotle.
300
What was the Ptolemaic capital of Egypt? Give me one piece of information about the city
Alexandria, the last ruler was cleopatra (add more)
300
What does it mean that Rome was a republic?
It means that they were ruled by the people- had an elected senate… (add more)
300
What was the “magnificent marble stadium and sports arena opened in 80 C.E.?” It seated about 50,000 spectators.
What is The coliseum
300
Name the famous slave that led the most serious slave uprising in 73 B.C.E
What is Sparticus
400
What was the Peloponnesian War? Who is fighting whom, when, why, who wins?
2 groups of polis under the leadership of athens and sparta The peloponnesian war was between sparta and athens fighting because they had the delian league which payed athens to defend. Defense was no longer necessary.
400
What civilization absorbed the Minoan and the Cretan societies and spread throughout the Mediterranean to Anatolia, Sicily, and Southern Italy?
Ancient Greece?
400
What are the names of the first two Roman emperors? They name two months of the year after themselves.
Julius-July and Augustus-August
400
Who was the Roman thinker that helped establish Stoicism as the most prominent school of moral philosophy in ?
What is Cicero
400
In what year was Jesus born? What was his hometown?
What is He was born in 4 BC, his hometown was Nazareth
500
What are the two epic poems attributed to Homer?
The Iliad and the Odyssey
500
What is the year and location of the first Olympic Games
776 BC, olympia
500
What body of water becomes essentially a Roman lake? What do we mean by that?
The Mediterranean sea, because Rome had conquered all surrounding land
500
Who was the last of the Ptolemaic rulers?
Cleopatra
500
What does word “Christ” mean?
What is Anointed one
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