Midrerms Flashcards
What are three tools to study history that we discussed in this class
Geography
Map
Archeology
What is one type of document historians used to help them study the past
Primary sources
Which country is in the same place today as ancient Mesopotamia
Turkey Syria Iraq
List two major accomplishments of ancient Egyptians.
Medicine and art
Want are the plagues of Egypt
Death turn the sea into blood hail
How dos the Assyrian rulers that conquered people
The Assyrians would kill conquered people
How did Persian rulers treat conquered people
The Persians would let them be apart of thier empire
The llypics were originally started in
776bc
Philosophy means
Love of wisdoms
Alexander the Great was taught by
Aristotle
Which leader lost against chadrsguptamaria
Seleculas
Why were the llypics canceled
The emperor though it would suppress peaganism
Describe the status of women in Egypt
Woman could marry divorce and sell land
Why did Sumerian city states build ziggurats
To keep the gods and godesses happy
Hammurabi code was designed to
Guarantee equality
When did Egypttians build the great pyramids
Old kingdom
What new war technology did the hyskos bring to Egypt
Horse drawn chariots
After the bloody war of Kalinga what did Asoka do
Converted to Buddhism
Asoka had roads built throughout his empire for what purpose
Ease of travel and communication
What was the name of the Buddhist that follow old traditions
Theravada
What does Pax Romana mean
Peace of Rome
What was ceased name before he changed it
Octavian
What is one modern country that was under Roman influence
Greece
Why iChat is one specific example of Pax Romana
Entertainment
Which event more than anyother signified the beginning of the dark ages
The collapse of the Roman Empire
