Midterm Flashcards
New Stone Age
The Neolithic Age
The “Fertile Crescent” or “ land between the rivers”.
Mesopotamia
Independent nation with different kings, also started in Mesopotamia
City States
Most famous Babylonian king who rebuilt the city and also the hanging gardens
Nebuchadnezzar
Wedge shaped writing used in Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
Trade goods for goods
Barter system
Established the upper and lower kingdom
Menes
Ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice
Ma’at
Egyptians first female pharaoh who reigned for about 20 years
Hatshepsut
Pharaoh of Egypt who died young
King Tutankhamen
Translated Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics
The Rosetta Stone
Jews who lived outside Israel
The Diaspora
Phoenicia
Ancient Lebanon
Governors of the 20 district
Persia satraps
Constant conflict between good and evil
Zoroastrianism
Where Mesopotamian schooling occurred
Tablet houses
Mythical King in the island of Crete, the son of Zeus and Europa
King Minos
Term for Greek city state
Polis
The Hellenes
Greeks
Jewish priest and son of the priest Mattathias. He led the revolt against the Seleucid empire
Maccabaeus
Mazes within pyramids
Labryinths
Alexander the Greats father who defeated Greece
Phillip II of Macedonia
“Arête”
For the glory of Greece
Term used to describe foreigners who had few rights
Metics
King Leonidas and Sparta fight the Persians
Xerxes and the battle of Thermopylae
Temple of Athena in Athens
The Paratheon
Women who supposedly talked to the Gods
The Oracle of Delphi
What year did the modern Olympic Games begin
1896
Association of Greek city states under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persians.
The Delian League
Old Stone Age
Paleolithic age
