Test 1 Flashcards
Who built the Parthenon?
Phidias
What was the Hammurabi law code?
Rich people got a break from the law or a less severe punishment
What is the Torah?
The first 5 books of the bible
What is ostracism?
Exclusion from society
What did the apostle Paul do?
He spread Christianity and wrote most of the New Testament
Nebuchadnezuar-
Babylonian leader also mentioned in The Bible
Satrapy-
Title of government in the Persian empire
Hittites
Best known for their use with iron, the first ones
How did the Egyptians view pharaoh?
As a god, one of many
Which civilization provides us with the conception of monotheism?
The Hebrews
How did Egypts environment favor Egypt?
- the Nile only flooded once a year so you could predict it
- surrounded by dessert do it protected them from enemies
- climate was favorable
- access to Mediterranean
What was the purpose of the Delian league?
Athens joined as a defense system against the Persians
What began the greek civil war?
Sparta creating the pelapanesian league
Who was the warrior poet of Israel?
David
Poet and builder of the temple
Solomon
1st king of Israel
Saul
Compare and contrast Sparta and Athens.
Both have an assembly, both are popular and powerful city states and they both had alliances
Spartans had mandatory military service about 8000 free and the rest were slaves dependent on agriculture, culture was laid back oligarch( rules by a few ) two kings, five overseers, counsel, assembly. Women were more independent. Slaves were constantly rebelling
Athens not as military based, military service was optional, more than 100,000 slaves dependent on agriculture and trade, democracy, free men; all male citizens aristocrats at top, farmers in middle, rank and thetes (urban craftsman)
Delian league, girls received a little formal education, in the Delian league and strong navy
Who predicted the first eclipse.
Thales
How do you describe cuneiform?
Wedge shaped writing on clay tablets
Babylonian empire
Hammurabi- chief judge
People were idolaters, had Jewish slaves
Hammurabi law code
Egypt
Thutmose III, king Tutankhamen, Ramses II
Polytheistic, viewed pharaoh as god, trinity of gods, believed in afterlife, built pyramids, mummified dead, used papyrus for paper
Contributed geometry (I think)
Hittites
Had lions on gates for defense, fought with chariots
Contributed iron
Phoenicians
Carthage was mightiest colony
Contributed alphabet
Assyrians
Nubuchadnezuar II
a military power, created hanging gardens
Hebrews
Saul, David, Solomon
Monotheistic, held captive in Egypt, kingdoms of Israel and Judah
Persian
Cyrus the great, xerses, Darius the great
Satraps, royal road, built canal in Egypt
Tax collecting system and royal road system
Greece
Alexander the Great, Phillip II
polytheistic, Persian wars, Thermopylae- 300 Spartans lost bravely, Socrates, Aristotle Plato, cleistens- created first democracy, helots (slaves)
Socratic method, hippocratic method, democracy, 2nd actor in plays, greek ideal, pully, geometry, heliocentric theory
Who used cuneiform?
Mesopotamians
What did Egyptians use to make paper?
Papyrus
What is the importance of mount Olympus to the greeks?
Home of the gods
What did Socrates say was the central concern of an individual.
The concern of moral charachter
Who was the great greek poet that we still study today?
Homer
What are the characteristics of a Greek hero?
Strong moral character, not afraid of death, challenged the gods, not pawns of the gods always got the girl, greeks were challenged by the gods
