Leadership 1
Who was Hippocrates?
•Greek physician Hippocrates is often called the "father of medicine". His contributions to medicine include detailed observations of disease and its effects, and an understanding of how health is often influenced by diet, breakdowns in bodily processes, and the environment.
•Hippocratic Oath-Doctors take an oath to promise to do all that they can to help their patients.
Alexander the Great
What was Homer's Odyssey?
•The Odyssey is an epic poem written by the Greek poet Homer. It tells of the many adventures of the hero Odysseus.
•The Odyssey begins with Odysseus telling the story of his adventures. He has been trying to get home for ten years. On his way home, he faces many adventures including monsters, and rough weather at sea.
•The word odyssey today is used when you are talking about a long exciting journey traveling.
Homer
As soon as the Persian horsemen were on the ships, the Athenians charged down the hills and onto the plain of Marathon. The Athenians caught the Persian foot soldiers standing in the water, out of formation. They were without any help from their cavalry.
The Persians suffered a terrible defeat. According to Greek legend, a young messenger raced (27)______________ from Marathon to Athens with news of the victory. When the runner reached Athens, he cried out (28)_____________ and then collapsed and died from exhaustion. Today's marathon races are named for that famous run and are just over 26 miles (41.8 km) long.
27 nearly 26 miles
28 Victory
Who was Diocletian?
•Diocletian Divided Roman Empire into East and West Empire because he thought the Empire had become to Large to control.
He was the Father of Alexander
Phillip II
(3)___________ held his growing empire together by treating conquered peoples fairly. He allowed them to keep their own languages, religions, and laws. In addition, Cyrus decided that the (4)_______ exiled in Babylon would be allowed to return to their homeland.
3 King Cyrus
4 Jews
Zeus
Athena
After the defeat at Marathon, the Persians vowed (29)_________ against the Athenians. In 480 b.c., a new Persian king named (30)______________ invaded Greece with about 200,000 troops and thousands of warships and supply vessels.
29 Revenge
30 Xerxes
Who was Constantine?
•Constantine made Christianity the official religion of Roman Empire. He also moved the capital to Constantinople-Present day Istanbul, Turkey.
Poseidon
Aphrodite
Apollo
Ares
As the Persian Empire expanded, its increasing size made it more difficult to manage. (9)_______________, who ruled Persia from 522 to 486 b.c., reorganized the government to make it more efficient. He divided the empire into provinces called satrapies. Each satrapy was ruled by a (10)__________ called a satrap, which means (11)_________________. The satrap collected taxes, judged legal cases, managed the police, and recruited soldiers for the Persian army.
9 Darius I
10 Governor
11 Defender of the Kingdom
Man who wrote poetry about beauty of nature
Leader of Titans and god of time
Queen of Titans ruled over motherhood and fertility
Theocritus
Cronus
Rhea
To link the large territory of Persia, the Persians improved the network of roads begun by the Assyrians. The most important route, (7)_______________, ran more than 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from Persia to Anatolia. Travelers could obtain food, water, and fresh horses at roadside stations along the route. Using the Royal Road, messengers could travel from Persia to Anatolia in just seven days. That same journey had taken (8)______________________ before the road was built.
7 The Royal Road
8 Three Months
Who was Romulus and Remus?
•Romulus and Remus are the traditional founders of Rome. According to legend, Romulus killed Remus in a dispute over which brother had support of the local gods to rule the city and give it his name.
•Romulus served as the first king of Rome, created the Roman Legions and Roman Senate.
Thucydides
Herodotus
The Persians at first worshipped many gods. Then, sometime in the 600s b.c., a religious teacher named (15)__________________ preached a new monotheistic religion. Most Persians accepted his religion, which was called Zoroastrianism.
Zoroaster taught that there was one supreme god. This deity was called Ahura Mazda, or (16)__________________.
15 Zoroaster
16 Wise Lord
Titan ruler of Law and Order
Titan of Light and Father of Sun god Helios
Themis
Hyperion
Who was Archimedes?
What was Homer's Illiad?
•Helen - The most beautiful woman in the world, Helen is married to King Menelaus. She is taken by the Trojans and is the cause for the Trojan War.
•Odysseus came up with an idea as to how the Greeks could get behind the walls of Troy. They built a large wooden horse. Some of the soldiers hid inside the horse while the rest of the Greek army got into their ships and sailed away. The Trojans thought that they had won the battle and that the horse was a gift. They rolled the horse into the city and began to celebrate their victory.
During the night, the Greek ships returned. Odysseus and his men snuck out of the horse, killed the guards, and opened the gates. The Greek army entered the gates and destroyed the Trojans. The Greeks had finally won the war.
Father of Geometry
Disproved the belief that Earth is the center of the universe by discovering that Earth circles the sun
Euclid
Aristarchus
In 490 b.c., Darius sent a fleet of 600 ships and an army to invade (24)____________. The Persians landed at (25)_________________, which was a plain about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Athens. The Persians waited there for several days. They expected the Greeks to come there and fight them. However, the Athenians did not come forward. They had only 10,000 troops compared to the Persians' 20,000 soldiers.
When their enemy refused to fight, the Persians decided to sail directly to Athens and attack it by sea. The Persians began loading their ships with their strongest units—(26)___________.
24 Greece
25 Marathon
26 The Cavalry
Philosophy claiming people find happiness through sound thinking and logic
Philosophy claiming people find happiness by avoiding pain
Deception-Cleverness to gain the Advantage
Stoicism
Epicureanism
Trojan Horse
Who was Eratosthenes?