World I SOL Review Flashcards
The belief and worship of more than one god.
Polytheism
Leader of the Delian League (Peloponnesian War)
Athens
Leader of the Peloponnesian League (Peloponnesian War)
Sparta
Characteristics of Old Stone Age (Paleolithic) people
Created cave art Had spoken languages Were nomadic Invented the first tools, including simple weapons---Lived in small clans Mastered fire Hunters and Gatherers
Characteristics of New Stone Age (Neolithic) people
Developed agriculture (farming) Domesticated animals (cows, sheep, goats, etc) Used advance tools Made pottery Developed weaving skills Created written languages
Someone who studies past people and cultures by analyzing the remains and ruins left behind.
Archaeologist
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Mesopotamian Civilization
Nile River
Egyptian Civilization
Indus River Valley
Indian Civilization
Huang He River (Yellow River)
Chinese Civilization
The belief and worship in one god
Monotheism
Characteristics of the Hebrews
Monotheistic Religion (Judaism)
Babylonian Exile (exiled from their homeland referred to as the Jewish Diaspora)
Settled in Canaan after leaving Egypt
Torah is their religious book
Characteristics of the Phoenicians
Created the first alphabet
Settled along the Mediterranean coast (part of the Fertile Crescent)
Established many colonies including Carthage
Early civilizations were around river valleys because…
Water was readily available for irrigation
Rich soil for agriculture
Usually were easily defensible
Roman Written Laws
12 Tables
Babylonian Written Laws
Code of Hammurabi
Jewish Written Laws and Religious Rules
Ten Commandments
Characteristics of the Egyptians
Polytheistic
Wrote with Hieroglyphics
Mummified the dead
Built great pyramids
Characterisitcs of the Persians
Built an extensive road network
Ruled by Imperial Bureaucracy
Was tolerant of other religions and cultures
Zoroastrian
A rigid class system with the king on top and serfs on the bottom. Land is distributed to vassals by the king.
Feudalism
The Christian leaders in Western Europe attempt to reconquer the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims
Crusades
200 years of peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire following Caesar Augustus’ reign.
Pax Romana
Co-control of Rome by Julius Caesar, Pompey Maximus, and Marcus Crassus
First Triumvirate