The type of government that Sparta had in which one person had complete control.
What is Totalitarianism?
100
This is the city-state that started out as a few villages that joined together to create a city, then went to a republic, and ended up as an empire.
What is Rome?
100
This person took all the Roman law and put them into 1 code.
What is Justinian?
100
This event caused 25 million people to die.
What is the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)?
100
These people were the lowest in the social class and were almost but not really slaves, that worked on lands owned by the lords.
What is peasants?
200
Rule by the people.
What is democracy?
200
He was the Roman general that successfully took over the Roman government, but his reign was short-lived.
Who was Julius Caesar?
200
Aristotle, Plato and Socrates.
Who were philosophers?
200
This document was created by the rebels who forced King John to limit his powers in 1215. It also outlined the government's role and instituted checks and balances (so one branch does not gain more power than another).
What is the Magna Carta?
200
These sprang up at the end of the middle ages.
What is a city?
300
Athens and Sparta were one of these because they had their own government and laws but united by language, religion, and similar way of life.
What is a city-state?
300
This was the 200 years of peace in the Roman Empire.
What is the Pax Romana?
300
This Roman ruler's reign marked the beginning of the Pax Romana.
Who was Octavian (Augustus)?
300
This system involved the kings giving land to nobles in return for loyalty and protection, and the peasants worked the land.
What is the feudal system?
300
Christianity, Islam & Judiasm
What were the 3 major religions of this time?
400
This city was located in the center of the Greek Peninsula and was the largest and most powerful city-state
What is Athens?
400
He was the first Christian Emperor and made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Who was Constantine?
400
These were the Christians who fought for the Holy Lands.
Who were Crusaders?
400
This included a lord's castle, farmland, village and pastures.
What is a manor?
400
Famine, disease & war.
What are the reasons the middle ages ended?
500
City-state located in southern Greece and was ruled by a dictator and was very focused on their military.
What is Sparta?
500
The fall of the Roman Empire led to the rise of this empire.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
500
This is the head of the Catholic Church.
What is the Pope?
500
These events were held regularly and became a part of Greek culture because physical fitness was importance to the Greeks.
What are the olympics?
500
These were expeditions of the Christians reclaiming the Holy Lands from the Muslims.