Egyptian Priests developed writing known as what?
Hieroglyphs
What country today did the Roman Empire rise in
Italy
Who was Alexander the Great’s father
King Phillip II
When did the Peloponnesian war begin?
What 2 groups fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Spartans and Athenians
What seas is east of Greece?
Aegean Sea
Where did the River Valley Civilization rise?
Mesopotamia
What role did water play in the rise of civilizations?
Drinking water, crop irrigation and travel
What Country today did the Indus Valley Civilization rise in?
Pakistan
What is a Direct Democracy?
A form of government in which all people have an equal vote
What was the name of the first city state region near Mesopotamia?
Sumer
Who did Julius Caesar defeat to become Rome's Sole Ruler?
Pompey the Great
What year did the Persian Empire first invade Greece?
490 BCE
When was the Prehistoric time frame?
300 million years to 10000 BC
What direction is Macedonia from Greece?
North
What did Alexander the Great do with the culture of Greece?
Embraced the culture and spread it all over the new Greek empire
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Octavian
What kind of government did the Athenians use?
Direct Democracy
What river did the Egyptian civilization use?
Nile River
How do we define civilization?
Population, form of writing and form of language
What sea is east of Istanbul?
Black Sea
What did the Greeks call themselves?
Hellenes
What are the three main parts of the Roman Republic System?
Magistrates, senate, and Assemblies and Tribunes
What are two major rivers that ran through the Mesopotamia Region?
Tigris and Euphrates
Who conquered the Greek Empire in 338 B.C.?
Macedonia
What year did Macedonia concur Greece?
338 BCE
How was military viewed as a Roman?
It was a way of life and it was the supreme occupation
What was Rome’s main foreign policy?
Expand its boarders through conquest
Who was Julius Caesars nephew, who became emperor?
Octavian
What does Augustus mean?
Magestic
Between 235 and 284 AD the Roman throne was occupied by whoever had the military power to take it, how many emperors did Rome have?
22
Because the Roman empire was believed to be too large for one ruler, who split the empire into 4 regions?
Diocletian
What was this new 4 region empire called?
Tetrarchy
What emperor moved to Byzantine and made this the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?
Constantine
When did Rome officially fall?
476 AD