Rersian Empire
The founder of the Persian Empire.
Cyrus the Great
True or False?
The penalty for harming someone of the same rank in society was greater than harming someone of lower rank, such as a slave.
True
The people who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 BCE, were later known as Mycenaeans. Where did the name come from?
The name came from their leading city - Mycenae.
Members of the oldest families, and they were wealthy
Patricians
What was the stated purpose of the Delian League, formed after the second Persian invasion of Greece?
Its stated goal was to provide mutual protection from possible future attacks.
Before Hammurabi's reign Babylon was a small, unimportant city on the Euphrates River near what present city?
At the time, Babylon was a small, unimportant city on the Euphrates River near present-day Baghdad, Iraq.
Why did Athens and other greek city-states form the Delian league?
The League was formed in 478 BCE to liberate eastern Greek cities from Persian rule and as a defence to possible revenge attacks from Persia following the Greek victories at Marathon, Salamis.
An ancient Roman garment that was a symbol of peace.
Which Persian king invaded Greece with a massive force in 480 BCE?
Xerxes I. Most of the Persian kings had direct animosity with the Greeks. But, only Xerxes invaded (and ruled) in 480 BCE.
According to the Hammurabi Code, what punishment would be for a person who gouged out another person's eye or broke another person's bone
If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. If he breaks another man’s bone, his bone shall be broken.
For what reason, historians often refer to the age of the Dorians as the “dark age” of Greece?
The Dorians were a less developed culture than the Minoans and Mycenaeans. Their only contribution to world technology was the iron slashing sword. During their reign in Greece, the art of writing was lost. There were no written records for 400 years. History was passed on by oral tradition.
Explain the meaning of the term "First Triumvirate"
The fall of the Roman Republic began in 59 BCE with an alliance between three powerful Roman politicians: Caesar, Pompey the Great, and Marcus Crassus. This alliance became known as the First Triumvirate.
Which author wrote the Histories, describing the Greek wars with Persia?
Herodotus wrote the first "history" text with his description of the Greco-Persian wars.
If anyone is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death (Campare Hammurabi's Code with The Criminal code of the RK)
Article 178. Robbery
1. Robbery, that is open stealing of someone else's property, shall be punished by restriction of freedom for a period up to three years, or by detention under arrest for a period up to six months, or by imprisonment for a period up to four years.
Who led the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) during the Persian Wars?
The Spartan general Leonidas
During this time there was no single leader of Rome. The government was run by elected officials
Roman Republic. This period lasted from 509 BCE to 27 BCE.
What was the beginning of two centuries of conflict between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states?
Persian conquest of the Ionian Greeks (those Greeks living in modern-day Turkey) in the sixth century BCE
The best surviving example of H's Code carved onto a stone. What is shown in the image above the text?
Hammurabi (standing) receiving the laws from Shamash, the god of the sun and of justice. Below this image is the text with 282 laws in the Akkadian language.
Because a Trojan prince had kidnapped Helen, the beautiful wife of a Greek king.
Name the period of Roman peace from the beginning of Augustus’s rule in 27 BCE to 180 CE.
Pax Romana