Vocab
What was the feudal system...
Was a social structure that was organized like a pyramid.
What were the two parts that Christianity divide into...
Roman Catholic Church in Western Europe, and Eastern Orthodox in Eastern Europe.
When the Empire divided what parts where they divided into...
Eastern and Western Empire
Alexander loved Greek culture. So what did he do when he conquered other lands?
He spread his ideas through the lands he conquered.
Martin Luther was a monk in what country?
Germany
What did the Indulgences do...
They relaxed the penalty for sin.
What part of Europe was mostly in war?
Western Europe
What was the language of Rome that became the basis for Romance languages...
Latin
Who built a strong navy and used it to increase their power over other Greek city-states?
Pericles of Athens
In the second century Rome defeated the empire of who?
Carthage
What are aqueducts...
Carried water to parts of the empire
How did the growth of towns help...
End feudal systems
Octavian won the war, but the war did what to the Roman Republic...
Put an end to the Roman Republic.
Extraordinary achievements happen in what period of Greece?
The Golden age
Who conquered Rome around 600 B.C
Etruscan (People from northern Italy)
What is a Republic...
Is a form of government in which the people elect officials who govern according to the law
What happen in 1096...
The church began a series of crusades.
For about how many years the Roman Empire was the most powerful in the world.
500 years.
Who was King Philip II son?
Alexander The Great.
1517
What is a Philosophers......
People who examine questions about the future.
What are the years that the Middle Ages lasted for...
500-1500 A.D
The Western Empire fell, but Rome left the world with What?
A great Legacy, or heritage.
What war lasted 27 years?
Peloponnesian War
What where the bronze tablets that set down the rights and responsibilities of Roman citizens?
Twelve Tables