Ancient Greece
Government: oligarchy
Purpose of Education: to produce soldiers; some girls were educated
Women's Rights and Responsibilities: Expected to defend; could own property
What was Sparta?
Meant Roman Peace; peace in the Mediterranean for 200 years.
What was Pax Romana?
Percent of people who can read and write.
What is literacy rate?
First female pharaoh; queen of Egypt.
Who was Hatshepsut?
First monotheistic religion
Judaism
Government: democracy
Purpose of Education: to make good citizens; only boys were educated
Women's Rights and Responsibilities: couldn't chose their husbands; took care of the house; not many rights
What was Athens?
Wealthy land owners; held all of the political power.
Who were the Patricians?
Farmers; means new stone age.
Neolithic Era
Created Palestine; started a war; Palestinians got mad.
Resolution 181
Laws, covered all areas of life; inspired other laws.
Hammurabi's Code
A city that acts like it's own country.
What is a polis?
Wanted change in the government; common people of Rome; outnumbered Patricians.
Who were the Plebeians?
Hunter-Gathers; means old stone age.
Gaza; West Bank, East Jerusalem
Palestinian territories
First civilizaztions were there; in the Middle East.
Mesopotamia
Lived on Crete; strong navy; controlled Mediterranean sea trade; developed written language.
Who were the Minoans?
Built Rome; story; brother; one killed the other.
Permanent shelters; stable food supply; developed trade; job specialization.
A ruling family of one country; Egypt had 30
Dynasty
Father of Judaism
Abraham
Lived on Mainland Greece; conquered the Minoans; first Greeks; first to speak Greek language.
Who were the Mycenaeans?
Spread Christianity; let freedom of religion; had a vision of a cross; was emperor.
Who was Constantine?
No schools or education; combined ethnic groups; ethnic groups fought; bad rulers
Effects of colonization of Africa
Someone leaving a country and living in a new one.
Emigrant
Good soil for farming; in Mesopotamia; in between the Tigris and Euphrates.
Fertile Crescent