People
As a youth, who was Alexander tutored by?
Aristotle
The most famous Greek philosophers were from this city:
Athens
The word “philosophy” literally means?
Love of knowledge
What is one main reason the Persian War is remembered?
It pitted an underdog, Greece, against the massive empire of Persia, and the underdog won the conflict.
Why was Alexander’s position as heir less secure once his father married Cleopatra Eurydice?
Any son by her would be full-blooded Macedonian, while Alexander was only half
According to Herodotus, the Persians taught their children these 3 things:
ride a horse, shoot a bow, tell the truth
Athens is also remembered as the birthplace of what?
democracy
What is the ancient Greek word for Greece?
Hellas
What was the ancient Persian army’s weakness that would become a serious issue in the conflicts between Persia and Greece?
It could take up to two years to mobilize the whole empire.
Greek slaves usually weren’t murdered because of what fear?
fear of offending the gods
Cyrus ended the captivity of who?
Jews
What was the most prominent Phoenician city in North Africa?
Carthage
What is an oligarchy?
a small group of people who have control of a country
True or false? Spartan culture was among the most extreme forms of militarism the world has ever seen.
True
What was the most important and lasting influence of the Phoenicians?
Their writing system
Who was the most significant people of the ancient Canaanites?
Phoenicians
Of all the regions and cultures hit hardest by the collapse of the Bronze Age, which was hit the hardest?
Greece
An individual Greek soldier in a phalanx was called a what?
a hoplite
What were the two innovations in military technology introduced by the Assyrians?
a permanent cavalry and a large standing army of trained infantry
True or false? Women in ancient Greece during the Classical Age were citizens by birth.
false
Nebuchadnezzar II gained notoriety for destroying the Hebrew city of?
Jerusalem
Which project of Nebuchadnezzar's was thought of as one of the Seven Wonders of the World?
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
What is a civilization?
a large number of people together in a group that is too large to consist only of an extended family group which allows them to discover and develop writing, mathematics, religion, etc.
During the Iron Age, what became the most powerful empire the world had ever seen?
Assyrians
The first plays were celebrations of which god?
Dionysus (or Bacchus)