Greco-Persian Wars
Who were the two main opponent in the Greco-Persian Wars?
Greece, Sparta
Who were the two- main powers that fought in the Peloponnesian Wars?
Athens, Sparta
Who fought each other in the Punic Wars?
Rome, Carthage
What are the warring states in China?
About 500 years of civil war
What general turned dictator was assassinated by the Liberators?
Julius Caesar
Why did the wars start?
Persia was mad about Greeks helping during the Ionian Revolt
How was Sparta finally able to conquer on the seas?
They asked Persian to help them build a fleet
Who won the wars?
Sparta
What does the word Mesopotamia mean, and what is it referring to?
Between Rivers, between the Tigris & Euphrates
What general took elephants down through the Alps?
Hannibal Barca
Why did the Greeks lose the Battle of Thermopylae?
Why did Athens strategy of staying within the walls fail?
The plague
What were they fighting over in the First Punic War?
Sicily
What king united upper & lower Egypt?
Narmer
What general ius said to have NEVER lost a battle?
Alexander the Great
What were the three main battles in the war?
Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis
In regards to the military, what was a good at? What was Athens good at?
Sparta: land battle, Athens: Naval Battles
What were the names of the generals who faces on in the third Punic War in Zama?
Scipio Africanus, Hannibal Barca
When did Rome fall?
476 AD
Who was the worlds first Emperor?
Sargon 1
Who was the King of Persia at the start of the conflict?
Darius 1
Who won the Peloponnesian Wars?
Sparta
Who won the Punic Wars
Rome
What three factors led to the fall of the Byzantine Empire?
Financial struggles, Black Plague, Cannons
What two names does the first Roman Emperor go by?
Octavian, Augustus