Greece
Who began the golden age in Athens?
Pericles
Caesars nephew, began Pax Romana
Octavian (Augustus)
Crusades
Military expedition undertaken to take back the holy lands.
A social structure that is organized like a pyramid
Feudal System
He was Philip's son, king of the Macedonian Empire, and helped spread Greek culture
Alexander the Great
The two people of Athens who established democracy
Solon and Cleisthenes
What is the Renaissance?
The rebirth of and learning
How long did the Middle Age last?
500 - 1500
A penalty that is payed to relax sins
Indulgence
Stabbed to death by Senators, rose to power in 46 BC, and helped the poor
Julius Caesar
Who defeated Athens/Greece?
King Philip II
What did Rome leave for us?
Roads, arches, buildings, aqueducts, and latin
Who are Serfs?
What is perspective?
To make a painting look as if it had three dimensions
A monk in Germany, wrote the 95 Theses, and started the Reformation
Martin Luther
Who ruled the Persian Empire when it was defeated by Greece?
King Darius I
On what hill was Rome founded?
Palatine Hill
What disease swept through Europe in 1347, ended the feudal system, and killed millions of people?
The Bubonic Plague or Black Death
Aristocrat
A group of upper-class noblemen
The mathematician of Greece who developed the principles of geometry
Euclid
How long did the Peloponnesian Wars last?
27 years
When and who invented the printing press?
1450, Johannes Gutenberg
When did Christianity officially split into the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?
1054
To reject
Veto
The Athenian physician who changed to practice of medicine be insisting disease started in the human body and was not caused by evil spirits
Hippocrates