Gloabal test Flashcards
What is an Empire
A group of
towns & cities
under one ruler.
How does a empire spread?
Expands through
warfare & conquest
Cultural Diffusion
The spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another.
Who and when was the first empire created?
Akkadians was the first empire, Located in Mesopotamia.
Who were the Phoenicians
The first Empire to trade by sea.
What did the Phoenicians
do?
Created the modern day alphabet.
Facts about The Babylonians
The code of Hammurabi.
The 1st written laws.
“An eye for an eye”
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who were the Hittites
The first Empire to use iron weapons.
What was the geography of greece like?
Terrain is mountainous and rocky and poor soil.
What is an Archipelago?
Its a mainland with many Islands.
What were the main crops of greece?
Grapes = Wine
Olives = Oil
Facts about the The Minoans in 2000BC
Linear A: A writing system we can’t read.
Painted Frescoes : A painting on
Wet Plaster
Olives &
Grapes
Facts about the The Minoans in 1700 BC
Athens
Linear B : We can read it
Homer : Poet, The Odyssey and The Iliad
Who was Helen Of Troy
have been the most beautiful woman in the world, believed to have been the daughter of Zeus
Queen of Sparta
Who was the Achilles
The central character in Homer’s Iliad,
Iliad, he is presented as the commander of the mythical tribe of the Myrmidons.
