The Classical Mediterranean
What three regions interacted to create the Classical Mediterranean world?
What are the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe?
Which philosopher created the “Socratic Method” of questioning?
Who is Socrates?
What term describes Greek and Roman belief in many gods?
What is polytheism?
Who was the Byzantine emperor who created a new legal code?
Who is Justinian?
What leader united the Mongols in 1206?
Who is Chinggis (Genghis) Khan?
What type of government was common in Greek city-states like Athens and Sparta?
What is a polis?
Which philosopher wrote The Republic and used the allegory of the cave?
Who is Plato?
What religion spread through the Roman Empire and became dominant after Constantine’s conversion?
What is Christianity?
What was Justinian’s most famous architectural achievement?
What is the Hagia Sophia?
What was the Mongol dynasty in China called?
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
Which two Greek city-states became the most influential?
What are Athens and Sparta?
Which philosopher founded the Lyceum and studied politics, ethics, and science?
Who is Aristotle?
What engineering structure carried water to Roman cities?
What is an aqueduct?
What was the name of Justinian’s wife who helped him rule?
Who is Theodora?
What trade route did the Mongols help expand across Eurasia?
What is the Silk Road?
What Macedonian leader conquered the Persian Empire and spread Hellenistic culture?
Who is Alexander the Great?
Who became Rome’s first emperor and ushered in the Pax Romana?
Who is Augustus Caesar?
Name one lasting contribution of Roman law to modern society.
What is a foundation for modern legal codes?
What was the 1054 event that split Christianity into Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches?
What is the Great Schism?
What deadly disease spread across Eurasia due to Mongol trade networks?
What is the Bubonic Plague?
What period of peace and prosperity lasted from 31 BCE to 235 CE under the Roman Empire?
What is the Pax Romana?
Which Roman general crossed the Rubicon River, ending the Republic?
Who is Julius Caesar?
Name one major reason for the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.
What are invasions by Germanic tribes (or internal weakness, or economic decline)?
What city became the capital of the Byzantine Empire and later renamed Istanbul?
What is Constantinople?
What major impact did Mongol rule have on Russia’s political structure?
What is the centralization of power in Moscow?