6th Finals :) Flashcards
A prediction written on objects during the Shang Dynasty
Oracle Bones
Most influential teacher influential teacher in Chinese History
Confucius
Teachings of confucius
Confucianism
Heaven gave power to the kings
Mandate of heaven
Stressed living in harmony with the dao
daoism
Barrier across China’s northern border
Great wall
400 Mile route across China
Silk road
Writings of confucius
The anlects
Belief that people were bad by nature
Legalism
Chinese river valley where civilization began
Yellow River
1st dynasty in china
Xia dynasty
Earliest ruling and recorded dynasty in china
Shang dynasty
Great wall built during this dynasty
Qin dynasty
First leader of the persian empire
Cyrus the Great
Series of wars between persia and greece
Persian wars
One of the greatest conquerors in history
Alexander the great
Greek philosopher, teacher, question asker
Socrates
Student of socrates
Plato
Plato’s student
Hippocrates
Stories about gods and heroes that explain how the world works
Mythology
What peninsula is Greece located on
Balkan
Where was democracy born
Athens
Who hid in the Trojan horse
The spartans
What was a great military state
Sparta
What was a great educational state
Athens
What battle ended after the persian wars
marathon
Who won the peloponnesian war
Sparta
Founders of Rome
Romulus and Remus
Government created by Rome
Republic
Rulers with absolute power
Dictators
2 most powerful magistrates in Rome
Consuls
Rome’s public meeting place
Forum
Series of wars with carthage
Punic wars
Leader of slave revolt in Rome
Spartacus
Gave Romans their alphabet and numbers
Caesar
Government with 3 parts
Tripartite
1st king of Rome
Romulus
Which group formed their own government causing rome to change
Plebeians
What was Rome’s 1st written laws
12 tables
Period of Roman peace
Pax Romana
Western emperor of Rome
Diocletian
Great hun leader
Attila
Society developed in western empire
Byzantine empire
Close friend to Caesar
Marc Antony
Emperor who became Christian
Constantine
Whose reign is considered the beginning of the roman empire
Caesar Augustus
Term for the period of time Caesar was assassinated
Ides of March
Who did Antony marry after he divorced Octavian’s sister
Cleopatra
What city in the eastern empire replaced rome
Constantinople
Spanish soldiers
Conquistadors
Spanish leader who conquered the Aztecs
Hernan Cortez
Aztec emperor
Moctezuma II
Spanish leader who defeated the Inca
Francisco Pizzaro
Ancient Maya City
Palenque
Aztec island City
Tenochtitlan
What civilization was located around the yucatan peninsula
Maya
What civilization was located in central mexico near present day mexico city
Aztec
What civilization was located along the west coast of south america
Inca
Tenochtitlan was located on what lake
Texcoco
When did the middle ages begin and end
Begin : After the fall of Roman empire
End : The start of the renaissance
3 Individuals during the middle ages
Joan of Arc, Charlemagne, Francis of Assisi, Queen Isabella, benedict, William the conqueror (Only 3)
The government created by Rome
Republic
Who was the western emperor of rome:
Diocletian