Early Seafarers
First European people to use sea power.
Crete
Greek Admiral who fought Persia in 480 BC
Themistocles
City state in North Africa founded by the Phoenecians
Carthage
Name of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire after it broke in half
Byzantine Empire
Queen of England when the Spanish Armada was defeated
Elizabeth I
Trojan War was fought to control this strait
the Hellespont
Persian Emperor who invaded Greece in 480 BC
Xerxes
Name for the wars between Rome and Carthage
Punic Wars
period from the fall of Rome until the 11th century
the Dark Ages
King of Spain whose Armada was defeated in 1588
Phillip II
2000 - 300 BC people who had ports in what is now Lebanon
the Phoenecians
A type of multI-decked war galley used by the Greeks
Trireme
City state that won the 3rd Punic War.
Rome
Capital of the Byzantine Empire
Constantinople
The most famous of the English Seadogs
Sir Francis Drake
The greatest of the Phoenecian Colonies
Carthage
Important sea battle in 480 BC that defeated Xerxe's Navy
Battle of Salamis
Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea
Mare Nostrum
religious-military expeditions to retake the Holy Land from the Muslims
the Crusades
Name for the long range English cannon
culverin
Roman name for the 3 wars with Carthage
Punic Wars
Xerxe's father
Darius I
Longest period of peace in world history
Pax Romana
By 1400 this city acquired Crete and Cypress and had 3000 ships
Venice
Commander of the English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada
Charles Howard