Mesopotamia
2 Rivers that flow through Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
A large-scale society, typically with one leader ( or authority) that is composed many other states/territories/countries.
Empire
Rather than large empires Greece was composed of...
Small City-States
2 Most famous Greek city-states.
Athens and Sparta
First Civilization in Mesopotamia
Sumer, Sumeria, Sumerians, etc.
Egyptian king that was also viewed as a god/deity.
Pharaoh
Conqueror who started the Persian Empire
Cyrus the Great
Military formation used in Ancient Greece
Phalanx
Greek poet that described ancient GREECE with the Illiad/Odyssey.
Homer
System of writing invented by the Sumerians
Cuneiform
Pharaoh that unified Egypt.
Narmer
Ruler that conquered all the Sumerian city-states as well as Akkad, forming the world's first Empire.
Sargon
Ruler who takes power and governs by force.
Tyrant
Babylonian king who created a famous law-code
Hammurabi
City with its own government, military, laws and society separate from its surrounding area.
System of writing that involved both characters and picture symbols in Egypt.
Hieroglyphics
Family that unified the Persians/Medes.
Achaemenids
Two military technologies that allowed Macedonians to form their empire.
Sarisas, Crossbows, catapults
Provinces of the Persian empire
Satraps
Sumerian temple.
Zigurat
Who discovered King Tut?
Howard Carter
Explain how Cyrus earned the title of "the great".
Showed mercy when he conquered Babylon by keeping their religious idols, preserving the city/customs, and freeing the jews from captivity.
What is Hellenism? How did Alexander's empire cause it? What greek values were transmitted throughout the world?
To make greek. Through the conquest of the middle-east, Asia, etc. Drama, philosophy, greek language, architecture, education, etc.
List three things that came from Athens at the height of its power.
Democracy, Drama, philosophy, rhetoric, history, etc.