Vocab 1
Vocab 2
Vocab/Significance of
Significance of 1
Significance of 2
100
city and the surrounding area.
What is a city-state?
100
powerful individual who gained control of a city-state gov. by begging to the poor.
What is tyrant?
100
military unit of Rome with 5,000 foot soldiers and cavalry.(men on horses)
What is legion?
100
he excepted Christianity
Who is Constantine?
100
once people got into civilizations they could put their ideas together to make something good.
the effects of the development of agriculture on civilizations.
200
gov. which a single person has all power.
What is monarchy government?
200
gov. controlled by citizens. (either directly or through representatives)
What is democracy?
200
group of 3 leaders sharing control
What is triumvirate?
200
they had no money, to many wars, and always faught with each other on what was good and bad for the city.
What is the major reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire?
200
cultural diffusion helped spread this throughout empires
what is Christianity?
300
gov. which a hereditary ruling class/nobility has power.
What is aristocracy government?
300
thinkers who use logic and reason to investigate the universe, human society, and morality.
What are philosophers?
300
the land bridge from Asia to America that the earliest Americans migrated over.
What is Beringia?
300
Sparta and its allies defeated Athens and its allies.
results of the Peloponnesian war
300
Persia and Greece faught but Greece won.
What is the Persian wars?
400
gov. which a few people have power. (based upon wealth)
What is oligarchy government?
400
culture relating to civilizations, language, art, science, and literature from the reign of Alexander the Great
What is hellenistic culture?
400
he was a great military leader that protected Rome.
who is Alexander the Great?
400
language, art, science, literature, and civilizations.
What makes up Hellenistic culture?
400
he raced back to Athens to warn them not to give up without a fight.
What is the battle of marathon: pheidippides?
500
military formation of foot soldiers with spears and shields.
What is phalanx?
500
gov. which power is in hands of representatives who are elected by citizens who can vote.
What is republic government?
500
he granted citizenship to many, appointed dictator for life, and created the first triumvirate.
Who is Julius Cesar?
500
people didn't have a say in gov. so if people thought something wouldn't work they didn't care.
the end of the Roman republic
500
3 greek philosophers that were great inventors
who is Socrates, plato, and Aristotle?
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