Greece
Greece was the world's first democracy. True or False?
True
What were the Twelve Tables?
Roman Law
language of Byzantine Empire
Greek
Name of god (Islamic)
Allah
Famous king united many lands under one religion (Christianity)
Charlemagne
Who defeated Athens in Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
Punic Wars were between Rome and ________.
Carthage
What was the Hagia Sophia?
famous Byzantine church
Prophet who founded Islam
Muhammed
Leader of the Catholic Church
the Pope
Who wrote the Illiad and Odyssey?
Homer
What happened to Julius Caesar?
assassinated
What was the Great Schism?
Split of Christianity
Name three of the Five Pillars
charity, fasting, prayer 5 times a day, belief in one god, pilgrimmage to Mecca (hajj)
What was feudalism?
social structure
Name two famous Greek philosophers
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
What was the Pax Romana?
period of peace and stability
What is one accomplishment of Justinian?
code of laws, built Hagia Sophia, expanded territory
What was the hijrah?
Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina
Ferdinand and Isabella unified what nation?
Spain
What was Hellenism?
mix of Greek and Asian cultures
Which emperor converted to Christianity and moved the capital away from Rome?
Constantine
Name of new alphabet spread with Orthodox religion to Russia
Cyrillic
Islamic house of prayer
mosque
Who did Ivan drive out of Russia?
Mongols