Ancient Civilizations
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Ziggurats
Mesopotamia
use of columns and marble
Example: Parthenon
What did monarchs grant to lords for their loyalty?
Manors
Name 3 Renaissance artists
Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Donatello
Sahara
Nile river
Hieroglyphics
Ancient Egypt
Government of Ancient Athens
Direct Democracy: all free men could vote
Name of peasants that worked the land in feudal system
Serfs
The renaissance saw a rebirth in the study of what cultures?
Greek and Roman
Europeans that first explored the Congo
Portugese
What were advantages of river valleys?
fertile soil and irrigation to grow crops
Differences between Athens and Sparta
Athens: focus on education, navy
Sparta: focus on military
Crusades
Holy wars encouraged by the Church to retake Jerusalem and the holy lands
What was the effect of the printing press?
Spread ideas
Purpose of European colonization of Africa
Obtain resources for the industrial revolution
Purpose of the pyramids
house the pharaoh for the afterlife
Plebeians vs. Patricians
Plebians: lower class farmers
Patricians: higher class wealthy people
Plague that swept through Europe
Black Death
What was the focus for many Reformers?
translate the bible into the common language
Resources of the Kingdom of Ghana
Gold, Salt, Iron
Advancements of Mohenjo Daro
Sewer system, grid system, public baths
Pax Romana
Period of peace under Augustus
What many middle ages people believed spread the plague
Miasma
What was the stable currency of Florence called?
Florin
African nation that had a period of apartheid: country controlled by small group of white citizens, black citizens had few rights
South Africa