Historical Foundations
A source created during the time period being studied.
What is a primary source?
This military formation relied on rows of soldiers carrying overlapping shields.
What was a phalanx?
This Roman general allowed landless citizens to join the army.
Who was Gaius Marius?
Seasonal wind patterns that reversed direction throughout the year.
What are monsoons?
The destruction of religious images in the Byzantine Empire became known as this controversy.
What was Iconoclasm?
A source written later that analyzes or interprets historical events.
What is a secondary source?
This philosopher taught by asking probing questions rather than giving lectures.
Who was Socrates?
A Legion was commanded by what?
A legat or legionnaire
These goods were traded through the Indian Ocean trade network.
What are gold from Africa and spices from India
Supporters of icons were known by this name.
Who were Iconodules?
The fertile region where the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile Delta?
The phalanx increased the political influence of this social group.
Who were ordinary citizens (hoplites)?
This Jewish/Roman historian recorded the siege and destruction of Jerusalem.
Who was Josephus?
This code emphasized loyalty, honour, and duty among samurai.
What was the Bushido Code?
What great event occured in 1054 which resulted in two people excommunicating each other?
What was The Great Schism?
These deserts helped protect Egypt from invasion on both sides.
What are the Eastern and Western Deserts?
Athenians accused Socrates of corrupting this group.
Who were the youth of Athens?
The Romans destroyed Jerusalem after suppressing this major uprising.
What was the First Jewish Revolt?
Samurai were expected to show absolute loyalty to this person.
Who was their lord (daimyo)?
The Filioque controversy revolved around a disagreement in these saying:
What was the Nicean Creed?
This part of the Nile south of the Delta was an extremely fertile area.
What is the Faiyum
This city-state won the Peloponnesian War
Who was Sparta?
This emperor ordered the attack on Jerusalem which led to the Temple's destruction
Who is Emperor Titus
This practice of ritual suicide demonstrated the extreme importance of honour in samurai culture.
What was seppuku?
These were known as the heads of the church. The Pope was one of them.
Who are the Patriarchs?