Vocabulary
The Ancient World
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mesopotamian temple tower shaped like a stepped pyramid
What is ziggarat
100
First written code of laws
What is Hammurabi's code
100
large group of Roman soldiers
What is a legion
100
Roman emperor murdered by the Senate for becoming dictator for life and appealing to the Roman citizens
What is Julius Caesar
100
revised set of laws taken from rome and condensed into one giant book
What is Justinians Code
200
political unit in which multiple countries are ruled by a single ruler
What is an empire
200
egyptian sun god
What is Ra
200
a person who studies about knowledge and truth using reason and logic
What is a philosopher
200
give two reasons for the fall of the Roman empire
What is poor economy, bad leadership, empire stretched too far
200
Church built in Constantinople by Justinian
What is Hagia Sophia
300
egyptian writing
What is heiroglyphics
300
Mesopotamian writing
What is Cuneiform
300
system of moving freshwater down from the mountains in Rome
What is an aqueduct
300
league used after the persian war to maintain peace in Greece and maintain trade routes (Athens is the head)
What is the Delian league
300
political system in which nobles are granted use of the king's land
What is feudalism
400
the area located between the Tigris and Euphrates where Mesopotamia was located. Named after the good farmland
What is the Fertile Crescent
400
River that runs through Egypt
What is the Nile
400
ruler who abuses power
What is a tyrant
400
list the three famous greek philosophers
What is Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
400
class in Britain that owned and managed the land
What is nobles
500
ruler of ancient egypt
What is a Pharaoh
500
the largest city in Mesopotamia
What is Sumer
500
Rome's first code of laws
What is Twelve Tables
500
famous military leader, never lost a battle, from macedonea
What is Alexander the Great
500
poor laborers in medieval europe
What is serfs
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