Rome 1
Accomplishment of Roman Engineering
What are Arches?
Rome was a city state in this country
What is Italy?
The pair of Greek mathematicians made great advances in geometry?
Who are Pythagoras and Euclid?
Is known for using argument and logic
Who is Aristotle?
rulers were chosen by heaven
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Citizens elect individuals to represent them in government
What is a republic?
Could own property in their own names
What are Roman women?
Type of government of early Greece often consisted of a small group of wealthy people in power
What is Oligarchy?
In Athens, every male citizen was eligible to vote on major issues
What is the Age of Pericles?
Constructed the Terracotta soldiers
Code of Hammurabi and Twelve Table of Rome
What are legal systems
Served as a model for many modern European and American legal systems
What is the Roman system of law
Citizens are the source of power in government
What is democracy?
"The government and society [...] is too strict. The people have little voice in government."
What is Sparta?
Known for advanced mathematics, created the concept of zero, and made advancements in medicine and astronomy.
What is the Gupta Empire?
Rome traded throughout the Mediterranean region with many cities
What is the spread of Christianity?
Augustus begins his rule of the Roman Empire followed by 200 years of Roman peace, prosperity, and achievements
What is Pax Romana
Valued the many over the few, and equal justice over class and wealth
What is Athens?
The reason why Greece developed city states
What is mountains?
A social hierarchy that features Bhramin, Kshatryia, Vaishya, Sudra, and Untouchables
What is the caste system?
3 modern ideas the American legal tradition took from the Roman "Twelve Tables of the Law"
what is:
- trial by a jury of your peers
- innocent until proven guilty
- equality under the law
Twelve Tables, extensive road system, invention of concrete, republic represents a classical civilization
What is Roman civilization?
This person established a major Hellenistic Empire and was considered a major achievement because it spread Greek knowledge and preserved classical influences in three continents
Who is Alexander the Great?
This culture became known for building marble temples with ideal proportions, statues of athletes with ideal features, and the first works of drama and history
What is Classical Greece?
This religion is most closely associated with the caste system
What is Hinduism?