Exam 1 Flashcards
Fertile Crescent
Territory Tigris and upharis
Sumerians
Lived fertile crescent
Polytheism
Believe in multiple gods
Akkidian
First great empire of Sumerians
Hammurabi
Great king found out of Babylon and wrote the first code
Bronze Age
Tool made of bronze
Assyrians
Brutal people for 400 years of domination
Cuneiform
First written language
Pharaoh
Leader of dynasties
Nomarchs
Governor of Egyptian territory
Osiris
First pharaoh and religion also married his sister
Isis
Wife and sister of Osiris
Seth
Evil brother of Osiris
Ra
Sun god
Rames II
Pharaoh of new kingdom everyone after him was named after him
Phoneticians
Canaanites in the Bible
Cyrus the great
Leader of the greatest empire
Cambyses
Son of Cyrus the great
Zoroastrianism
Religion of Persian people
Palace
All cultures of Greek person
Knossos
Oldest city in western civilization
Polis
Greek city state
Hoplites
Greek soldiers
Phalanx
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Solon
Athenian brakes date bortage
Homoioi
Status of spartan men
Krypteia
Secret police of spartan culture
Delian leauge
Athenians led after 2nd Persian war
Alexander the Great
Conquers all of Persia
Socrates
Great Greek philosopher
Aristotle
The great philosopher
Archimedes
Bill Tru to get water uphill
Stocism
Do your job the results will come
Elgin marbles
Marble taken from Greece
Polymath
Someone who is smart in a lot of categories