Word History: Ancient, Classical Civilizations Flashcards
Fertile Crescent:
(4)
Ancient Egypt, Rome, China, Greece
Sumerian development - earliest form of writing using characters to form words
Cuneiform
Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
The code of Hammurabi
BABYlonia
Astronomy
24 hour time system
Egyptians
Bronze technology
Horses
Wheeled technology
Walled cities
China Shang dynasty
_ dynasty
_ states emperor had divine mandate to rule,based on the understanding the land was divinely inherited
Zhou dynasty
Mandate of Heaven
Philosophy emphasizing harmony and respect for hierarchy
_ dynasty
Confucius
Zhou dynasty
_ dynasty
Centralized administration
Infrastructure
Weight and measures
Strict imperial control
Qin dynas y
Great Wall of China constructed by emperor
Qin Shihuangdi.
First known democracy
Military stat Sparta
Greece
Greek word for “people power”
Demokratia
Greece became unified under Athens
Peloponnesian war btwn Athens and Sparta
Parthenon and other Greek architecture occured during
Golden age
Greek culture conquered by
Rome
Greek word “polis”
City-state or community
A period of stability in the Mediterranean region under the Roman Empire
Rome controlled Mediterranean region, Europe, Middle East and North Africa
- ruled by a powerful emperor, Augustus Caesar
Pax Romana
Hierarchy where land and prot cation were offered in exchange for loyalty
Feudalism
_ swore loyalty to lords for protection, then rewarded with _
Vassals
Fiefs (land)
_ were tied to the land, worked in exchange for protection, not obligated to fight
Serfs
Magna Carta
Signed by:
Year:
King John
1215
Scandavian seafaring civilization
Vikings
North African Muslims , invaded Iberia
Moors
Confederation of small states in Central Europe
Charlemagne was emperor
962-1806
Holy Roman Empire
