People: 2 Facts + Where
Alexander the Great
- He was from Macedon(ia)
- He became king at age 20
- He conquered the Persian Empire
Homer
What is 800 BC?
Moses
Ruler and judge of Israel
Married to a Midianite woman
Where: Egypt/desert
Battle of Thermopylae Pass
Sparta + allies vs. Persian forces
Greek mainland
Persians Won
A military formation used by ancient Greeks, in which the soldiers stand close together in a cube and use shields, long spears, and short swords
What is a phalanx?
Hippocrates
- He was Greek
- Known as the Father of Medicine
- May have written the Hippocratic Oath
- First Documented Chest Surgeon
The Trojan War
What is 1240 BC?
Cyrus
- Persian king
- Allowed the Jews to go home
- Took over empire from Babylonians
Battle of Salamis
Greek Allies vs. Persian
Sea in Greece (naval battle)
Greek Allies won
A city in the heartland of Assyria, sometimes its capital, that is featured in one of the minor prophetical books of the Bible
Ninevah
Nebuchadnezzar II
- He was king of Babylon
- Achieved final defeat of Assyrian Empire
- Rebuilt the city of Babylon (including Ishtar Gate and Hanging Gardens)
- God humbled him with animal-mind
The Exodus
What is 1446 BC?
Amenhotep/Akhenaten
- He was a Pharoah
- Lived in Egypt
- Tried to introduce monotheism
First Siege of Jerusalem
Assyrians vs. Southern Kingdom of Judah
In Jerusalem (Israel/Palestine)
Judah
Tell me two of the three forms of writing on the Rosetta Stone, as well as its significance.
Greek, hieroglyphics, demotic script.
Helped us crack the Egyptian hieroglyphic code
Leonidas
- King of Sparta
- Fought in the Persian War
- Led 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae Pass
The Battle of Thermopylae Pass
What is 480 BC?
Delian Legue
- Athens + Allies
- spread through mainland Greece, nearby islands, and parts of Turkey
- became kind of mandatory
Ionian Revolt
Greek city-states/Athens vs. Persians
Turkey/Anatolia
Persians eventually
Five of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Mausoleum
Hanging Gardens
Great Pyramids
Temple of Artemis
Statue of Zeus
Pharos Lighthouse
Colossus of Rhodes
Darius I
- Ruler of the Persian Empire
- Initially fought the Persian war
- Persia
The Fall of Jerusalem
What is 586/7 BC?
Minoans
- Island of Crete
- Known for their palaces
- And beautiful pottery/aquatic art
Peloponnesian War
- Fought between Athenian allies and Spartan allies
- In Greece
- Sparta Won
What is an Agora? (define and say roughly when/where this concept flourished)
Central Public space in Greek city-states, symbolic of democracy bc it was a place where citizens could gather and express ideas. 500s BC