Week 8
(Greece)
(Greece)
This Greek society was known for its strict military lifestyle.
What is Sparta?
This Egyptian queen was descended from the Macedonian general, Ptolemy, and involved Egypt in the Roman Civil War during Rome's late Republican period.
Who was Cleopatra VII of Egypt?
This trade route linked east Asia to the Mediterranean between 130 BCE and 1453 CE.
What is the Silk Road?
This Roman emperor is remembered as the first Christian emperor.
Who was Constantine the Great?
These Norse raiders ravaged the coasts of Europe, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean during the ninth through eleventh centuries.
Who are the Vikings?
This Greek urban settlement was defined by a common local identity, and a standard set of buildings: theaters, gyms, temples, an agora, etc. Free residents were considered citizens and owed military service to the community.
What is a Polis?
This legendary figure was raised by a she-wolf and murdered his brother. He went on to become the founder of Rome.
Who was Romulus?
This woman began her political career as a Tang era courtesan, but rose to become China's sole Empress regnant.
Who was Wu Zhao (Wu Zeitan)?
This Frankish ruler was crowned "emperor of the Romans" on Christmas Day in 800 CE.
Who was Charlemagne?
This imperial couple dominated Byzantine politics during the mid-sixth century and are responsible for construction of the Hagia Sophia & campaigns of "re"-conquest in the Western Mediterranean.
Who are Justinian and Theodora?
This religion was the court religion of the Persian Empire. It saw the universe as locked in a cosmic struggle between a good god and an evil god.
What is Zoroastrianism?
This legal status gave Roman fathers absolute authority over the family (including questions of life and death for those in his households).
What is the pater familias?
This city was the capital of Tang Dynasty China. It was laid out in a planned grid pattern.
This meeting in 325 CE marked the first time bishops from across the Roman Empire met to discuss questions of doctrine and the administration of the new Christian Church.
What is the Council of Nicaea?
This idea stipulated that an armed pilgrimage to the holy sites of Christian Scripture could alleviate sin and grant salvation. Supported by the papacy, it became the motivating force of the Crusades.
What is the Crusader Ethos?
This class of Greek farmers were enslaved by the Spartans and worked the fields around the city.
Who were the Helots?
This Roman political coalition advocated for the interests of common plebeians against Rome's senatorial elite.
Who are the populares?
This Indian prince is remembered as the founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
This organization system for the Roman world was created by Emperor Diocletian and split the empire into two halves, each with a senior and a junior emperor.
What was the Tetrarchy?
This agreement (843 CE) between the grandsons of Charlemagne split the Carolingian/Frankish empire into three distinct parts, two of which would grow into the kingdoms of France and Germany.
What is the Treaty of Verdun, 843?
This religious site was dedicated to Apollo and was home to the Pythia. As a priestess w/ a special connection to the god, she answered divinatory questions posed to her by different Greek city states.
What is the Oracle of Delphi?
This Latin word described a Roman belief (taken from the Etruscans) that spiritual forces were present in all things, especially people and important places.
Beginning in the third century BCE, this period of religious history denotes a transition from mythology-centered religions to abstract religions built around questions of morality and individual responsibility.
What is the Axial Age?
This barbarian tribe sought asylum within the Roman Empire before defeating the Romans at the Battle of Adrianople (376 CE) and sacking Rome itself (410 CE).
Who are the Visigoths?
This early, Sunni Muslim empire saw Islam as a distinctly Arab religion and did not pressure conquered peoples to convert.
What is the Umayyad Caliphate?