Mesopotamians & Egyptians
The laws that govern the Mesopotamian Empire, that also inspired law traditions we still follow to this day.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
God's Chosen Speaker
What is a Prophet?
The battle which held back the Persian army with only 300 Spartans
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
The representation for the simple truths taught to you by society in the Allegory of the Cave
What are Shadows?
The branch most respected and who has the most authority
What is the Senate?
The original use of Cuneiform
What is a tally system for taxation?
The King who lead to the splitting up of the 12 Tribes of Israel
Who is King Solomon?
The feat achieved by the Athenians which finished that Battle of Marathon in their favor
What is running ahead of the Persian fleet?
The concept that human beings need, by their nature, to be in a society
What is Man is a Political Animal?
The roman who overthrew the Etruscan government
Who is Brutus?
Sargon of Akkad
Who is the first conqueror in human history, maybe ever, and founder of what would become the Mesopotamian Empire?
The Mosaic Covenant
What is the promise that following the 10 commandments will bless Israel, but breaking them with curse them?
The structure made by Pericles to help Athens win a war against Sparta
What are the Long Walls?
Socrates' Responsibility to the Laws
What is accepting Punishment/Obeying the rule of Governance?
The Definition, not translation, or Gravitas
What is the sense of responsibility born from the importance of the group you are a part of, beyond just the benefits it personally gives you?
Necropolis
What is a burial area that is filled with graves, set up to resemble a city?
In Ecclesiastes, Human Virtue, Wisdom, and Achievements
What is Hevel (Vanity, Meaningless)?
The Battle where the Spartans famously surrendered to the Athenians
What is the Battle of Sphacteria?
The inherent democratic belief that everyone has an equal say because no one is better or worse, nothing is good or bad
What is Relativism?
The Origin of Roman Virtues
What is Agriculture?
The requirements that any Egyptian must do to not just get into the afterlife, but also enter heaven
What are the 42 Principles of Ma'at?
The Hebrew concept of Sin and Blood Atonement
What is the death-ness of ungodly actions, and the system of sacrifice necessary to pay for it?
The Greek concept that inspired the Ionian Revolt
What is Isonomy?
Eudaimonia
What is the concept of Human Excellence (Virtue and Contemplation) that is the true source of Happiness?
Rome's system of private insurance
What is patricians watching over plebeians, in trade for the plebeians listening to the patricians political advise?