Middle ages
What is a council of powerful Romans who helped run the city?
Who is the Senate?
What made the end of a golden age?
What was a war between Athens and Sparta made Greece vulnerable to invaders?
New type of govt created by the Romans – people elected leaders to make laws.
This disease swept thru Europe in 1346 killed up to 1/3 of Europe’s population – decrease in population led to labor shortage and people demanding higher wages for work.
What is the Black Death?
This lasted 500-1500AD.
What was the Middle Ages?
What was a time of stability?
What is Pax Romana?
Achievements of the golden age.
What was the first democracy, realistic statues, classic literature?
Rome changed to a republic from an empire with this empire.
Who was Octavian (Augustus)?
Kings fought for power – war between England and France that lasted a long time – French won – increased power of France’s kings, took land away from nobles and France became a nation-state, and feudalism disappeared.
What was the 100 years war?
Religions war, pope sent crusaders to take over the Holy Land, against the church’s enemies in SW Asia.
What is a crusade?
Athenien Leader.
Who was Pericles?
Conquered Greece in 330s BC - empire included Egypt and nearly all of central Asia.
Who was Alexander the Great?
Duties of a knight under this system included providing military service.
What was the Feudal system?
An area with a large house or castle, a village, fields, pastures, forests?
What is a manor?
Roman emperor converted to Christianity – his actions led to the acceptance of Christianity all over the Roman Empire.
Who is Constantine.
In a Athenien democracy who held the power.
Who were free men?
Political units made up of a city and all the surrounding lands - colonies established by the Greek city-states were independent of the city-states.
What is a city state?
A country united under a single strong governement.
What was a nation-state?
This law stated that the law – not the king – was the supreme power in England.
What was the Magna Carta?
New Roman capital built by Constantine in what is now Turkey.
What is Constantinople.
What was a period in Greece’s history great achievements in politics, architecture, art, science, philosophy, and literature – art, science, and philosophy based on careful observation of people?
What was the Golden Age?
Designed by Roman engineers to carry water in channels over long distances.
What was a aqueduct?
These people were not allowed to leave the land they worked but free farmers (peasants) were free to leave the land.
Relationship between workers and estate owners.
What was the Manor system?
Political units made up of a city and all the surrounding lands - colonies established by the Greek city-states were independent of the city-states
What is a city-state?