Question | Answers |
Septuagint | the translation of the Hebrew bible into Greek |
Alexandria | City in Egypt |
Mystery Cults | cults that combined certain elements of Greek and Roman and eastern religions |
Ptolemy | He was a general under Alexander and took over Egypt after the fall |
Stoics | They believed that human society followed natural order and that everyone should treat each other as equals |
Epicureans | it’s a type of philosophy (reduced desires that were simple and attainable) |
Koiné | a form of Greek spoken during Hellenistic and Roman antiquity |
Ptolemies | the dynasty that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great |
Seleucids | General and ruled the Persian Empire after Alexander |
Antigonids | Grandson of one of the commanders, Ruled Greece after the fall of the empire |
Alexander the Great | Took over after Philip and conquered the Persian Empire and some in India |
Philip of Macedon | He united Greece after the Persian wars |
Thermopylae | the strategic place where the armies of Greece decided to fight the Persians |
Xerxes | the next king of Persia he also went to war with the Greeks but lost |
Darius | king of the Persian empire who went to war with the Greeks to recapture rebellious states he won there but when he invaded Athens he failed |
Ephors | The elder council for Sparta |
Helots | Slaves and/or indinchered servents |
Similars | The Spartan equivalent of citizens |
Lycurgus | A Spartan statesman (could be imaginary), made sparta what we think of it today |
Ostracism | ten year exile with no loss of property |
Assembly | Gathering of all land holding citizens to vote |
Cleisthenes | Was a statesman for Athens who laid the foundation for democracy |
Solon | Athenian states-man who saved Athens from civil war by freeing the debt slave |
Eupatrids | Ancient nobility of the Greek region of Attica |
Agorá | a central spot in ancient Greek city-state |
Acropolis | Older part of greek cities, city on a hill |
Hoplite | infantry |
Polis | City states for Greece |
Hatshepsut | Women pharaoh 1490 bc |
Ma’at | The universal balance of justice and harmony |
Pharaoh | King of Egypt |
Nomarch | Semi-feudal rulers of Ancient Egyptian provinces |
Papyrus | Form of paper from papyrus leaves |
Rosetta Stone | A stone that translated Egyptian into Latin |
Hieroglyphs | A form of pictograph developed by the Egyptians |
Epic of Gilgamesh | Story about a king who tries to bring back his fallen ally but fails |
Lugal | Sumerian King |
Ensi | prince of city state |
Ziggurat | Holy sites for Sumerians |
Cuneiform | one of the first writing systems ever developed. It looks like wedges |
Judas Maccabeus | led the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire |