Advanced writing system of the Egyptian culture
What is Hieroglyphics?
State ruled by its citizens- majority rule decides vote- practiced in Athens first
What is democracy?
Absolute leader of Rome was called?
What is an emperor?
The Middle Ages in Europe were often called what because the quality of life in Europe was very difficult
What is the Dark Ages?
He painted the Mona Lisa?
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Highly mobile people who moved from place to place foraging for new sources of food
Who are nomads?
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were all what? (Occupation)
What are philosophers?
The belief in more than one god
What is polytheistic?
Giving someone a physically trying test to see if they are guilty or innocent of a crime.
What is Trial by Ordeal?
A system of thought that deemphasizes/rejects religious beliefs and centers on humans and their values, capacities, and worth
What is Humanism?
Scientists who excavate and study the traces of early settlements
Who are archaeologists?
Greek mythology: ruler of the gods- lived on Mount Olympus with his wife Hera
Who is Zeus?
Working class (majority of Romans) all free citizens who were not part of the upper classes (farmers, bakers, builders, craftsmen)
Who are Plebeians?
The most powerful institution during the Middle Ages in Europe
What is the Church?
Country that was the center of the Renaissance
What is Italy?
Leader of the Babylonian Empire from 1792 BC to 1750 BC - Developed a law code to unify the diverse groups of the Babylonian Empire- 282 in all
Who is Hammurabi?
Believed to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets- author of the first known literature of Europe - Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer?
Legendary twin founders of Rome
Who are Romulus and Remus?
A social system in medieval Europe in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and land in return
What is feudalism?
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of this building in Vatican City
What is the Sistine Chapel?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
Most powerful fighting formation in ancient world- foot soldiers stood side by side- holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other
What is a phalanx?
A once thriving Roman city- buried in meters of ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
What is Pompeii?
Gave military service to lords/king- rode horseback in time of war
Who are knights?
Powerful banking family from Florence, Italy
Who is the Medici Family?