People
Who is known as the "Father of History?"
Herodotus
War between Sparta and Athens
Peloponnesian War
Longest river in the world, where the Ancient Egyptians lived their lives around it and it flooded annually.
Nile River
Written record of past events, people, and places
History
The Old Stone Age; from 250,000 BCE (or earlier) - 10,000 BCE
Paleolithic
King of Macedonia, military leader, warrior, and conqueror of Greece and Persian Empire, creating one of most powerful empires of all time.
Alexander the Great
War that Homer describes in the Iliad.
Trojan War
Polis in Greece known for having an "egalitarian" and military based society that also lived a simple, plain, and unadorned lifestyle.
Sparta
Greek term for city-state
Polis
Period after the Classic Age of Greece, that saw Greek civilization spread across the entire Middle East, thanks to Alexander the Great, who conquered territories.
Hellenistic Period
First King of the United Kingdom of Israel
King Saul
Battle led by King Philip 2nd of Macedon, in which Athenians and Thebans together in a Sacred Band sough to fight the Macedonians. Philip starts backing up, while his son Alexander leaders a horse charge through the Thebans and Athenians. Marked the end of Greek Freedom.(338 BCE)
Battle of Chaironeia
Place that King David named the new capital of Israel and home of Solomon's Temple before it was destroyed.
Jerusalem
Invented around 3000 BCE by Mesopotamians, this tyle of writing that was invented for record keeping, was a pictographic system in which each word or idea was represented by a symbol.
Cuneiform
Period in Greek history that saw depopulation, depression, and knowledge of writing was lost following the "Catastrophe." Period lasts 1050 BCE - 800 BCE
Dark Age
A known liar that claimed to have excavated the city of Hissarlik/Troy. Went 200 years too far, and in the process destroyed or ruined lots of history and artifacts by disregarding them
Heinrich Schliemann
War between Athens and Persia. Includes Battles of Thermopylae, Salamis, Marathon and Plataea
Persian Wars
Located on the Fertile Crescent, this place is known for being in a region with pretty good soil and a decent amount of rainfall, and where the basis of life and economy is agricultural production.
Mesopotamia
Special relationship between Israel and their God
Covenant
Period in Greek history that saw an increase in drama, art, philosophy, architecture
Age of Pericles
Who was the Athenian leader in charge during the polis's transition to democracy?
Pericles
Battle of Leonidas's death stand, as he and his men were massively outnumbered.
Battle of Thermopylae
Kingdom north to Greece where people lived in villages instead of poleis
Macedon
Political system where all the people who could afford to participate in defense had a voice in decisions
Hoplite Republics
Name of Period where the tribe of Judah was exiled in Babylon from 586 - 538 BCE
Babylonian Captivity