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100
These drawings were used by government and temple administration to keep records of trade and other transactions.
What are pictograms.
100
The last of the Greek Bronze Age cultures, its collapse heralded the Greek Dark Ages.
What are the Myceneans?
100
A joint Greek force defeated which Near Eastern force at Thermopylae?
What are the Persians?
100
In Roman mythology, these two brothers were raised by a she-wolf.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
100
These tribunes, and brothers, who both pushed for populist reform were both murdered after their terms.
Who are the Gracchi?
200
This empire in the Fertile Crescent was known for its efficient but brutal centralized government and professional army.
What is Assyria.
200
This famous Greek poet captured his culture's values in his works, especially the Iliad.
Who is Homer?
200
This 'mutual defense' group soon became a de facto Athenian Empire.
What is the Delian League.
200
These figures served as the 'monarchical' component of Roman government.
What are the consuls?
200
The first Civil War in Rome was fought between these two men.
Who are Marius and Sulla?
300
This story tells the tale of a god who flooded the world to get a little sleep.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
300
Fighting in a phalanx, not in the grim awesome fire of single combat, these were the Greek equivalent of citizen soldiers.
What are hoplites.
300
This exiled Athenian general became more well-known for his history of the Peloponessian War.
Who is Thucydides?
300
This system, written into the Roman Constitution, kept any one branch from holding absolute power.
What are checks and balances?
300
This group, who came together out of their hatred of the senate, included Julius Caesar and Pompey.
What is the first triumvirate?
400
Under this Babylonian legal system, punishments included exile, being burnt alive, and the ever popular 'water' option.
What is the Code of Hammurabi
400
He wrote that the isolated man who did not live in a polis was either a beast or a god.
Who is Aristotle.
400
Though not technically a Greek, this young Macedonian king soon conquered the Hellenistic world, and beyond, trying to make a lasting empire.
Who is Alexander the Great.
400
These wars between Rome and Carthage eventually led to Roman victory, despite earlier losses.
What are the Punic Wars?
400
This famous Roman orator wrote a defense of Caesar's assassins, saying they had acted to save the Republic.
Who is Cicero?
500
This ancient kingdom, unlike those in the Fertile Crescent, stressed stability and continuity.
What is Egypt.
500
Spartan boys left their homes at this tender age to begin military training.
What is seven?
500
Alexander's empire split into this many pieces.
What is three?
500
This Roman consul, who argued Carthage must be destroyed, thought that empire and wealth were negative influences on traditional virtues.
Who is Cato the Elder?
500
This man, who was Julius Caesar's adopted heir, became the first emperor of Rome.
Who is Octavian/Augustus?