General
not enough rain or snow fall over a long period of time
the term land between two rivers refers to
Mesopotamia
the period of times when arts, sciences, and literature flourished
Golden Age
Romans wanted to self rule so they overthrew the king and set up a
republic
the 1,000 year period after the fall of Rome
Middle Ages
land with water on three sides
peninsula
Sumerians worshipped many gods, this is called
polytheism
Stories about Greek Gods
myths
200 years of stability is called the
Pax Romana
Who would have most likely belong to a guild
baker or a lord
baker
a narrow strip of land between two bodies of water
isthmus
Hammurabi's code helped him control his empire... what was Hammurabi's code
code of laws
a Greek who had the right to take part in voting in a city-state
democracy
What emperor was also known as Octavian
Augustus
political and social system in the Middle Ages
feudalism
irrigation systems are used to
water crops
the belief in one god is called
monotheism
Culture that was a blend of Greek, Persian, Egyptian and Indian
Hellenistic
The schism in the Christian church created two churches called....
Eastern Orthodox
knights took a code of honor called
chivalry
a surplus gave ancient people
more than what was needed
what was the job of a scribe
to write and keep records
Alexander's empire stretched from
Greece to India
who divided Rome into East and West
Diocletian
what is true about serfs
a. they were bound to the soil
b. they owned the manors land
they were bound to the soil