Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Europe after the Roman Empire
Medieval Europe
Cross Cultural Interactions
100
This was the basic political unit in ancient Greece.
What is the polis?
100
This body controlled Rome and were made up of the landowning elite.
What was the Senate?
100
This was the political system that consisted of agreements between warlords and their knights.
What is feudalism?
100
They controlled Spain from the 700s until 1492.
Who were the Muslims?
100
These were networks of roads that connected Europe and Asia.
What are the Silk Roads?
200
These were the two rival city-states of ancient Greece: one known for its philosophers and the other for its emphasis on the military.
What were Athens and Sparta?
200
Rome fought three wars with this city-state for control of the Mediterranean.
What is Carthage?
200
This was the social system that tied peasants to the land in exchange for protection from their landlords.
What is manorialism?
200
He conquered England in 1066 and established a strong central government.
Who is William the Conqueror?
200
These were a series of holy wars to retake Jerusalem from the Muslims.
What were the Crusades?
300
After this battle, a soldier ran all the way to Athens, gave news of the victory, and dropped dead.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
300
According to legend, they were the founders of Rome.
Who were Romulus and Remus?
300
These tribes invaded Britain after the Romans left.
Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
300
This consisted of German principalities, who theoretically owed allegiance to an emperor.
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
300
This consisted of black boils that covered the body and resulted in death after a few days.
What is the Black Death?
400
This alliance of the Greek city-states was set up after the Persian Wars.
What is the Delian League?
400
These brothers wanted to make social reforms by giving land to the poor.
Who were the Gracchi brothers?
400
These were people from northern Europe who traded and plundered all over Europe.
Who were the Vikings?
400
This was the only institution to survive the collapse of the Roman Empire in Western Europe.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
400
He created a large empire stretching from eastern Europe to the Middle East to China.
Who was Genghis Khan?
500
This was a devastating civil war that weakened the Greek city-states.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
500
This period began with the reign of Augustus and was the golden age of the Roman Empire
What is Pax Romana?
500
This empire, centered in Constantinople, was a continuation of the Roman Empire in the eastern Mediterranean.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
500
This was a trading association in Northern Europe.
What is the Hanseatic League?
500
He was an Italian trader who lived in China for thirty years and wrote about his experiences, inspiring future explorers.
Who was Marco Polo?
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