Western Civ Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What were the Persians also known as? | Arynains |
Who brought the Persian tribes together to make a kingdom? | Cyrus the Great |
What title did Cyrus the Great take? | King of Kings |
What was the unique feature of the Royal Road? | It was the first road that had a timed service. |
What was the Persian's Universal Law Code? | Data |
What was the Cyrus Cylinder? | IT contained Cyrus' ethics and what he wanted to do with the Jews, send them back to Jerusalem as long as they prayed for his empire. |
What was the Persian's Single Administrative Language? | Old Persial |
What was the Capital City of Persia? | Persepolis |
What was the Nowruz festival? | It was a festival where people payed tribute to the ruler of Persia from all over. |
Hall of a Hundred Columns? | This is where people payed respect to the king, but it was only 72 columns. |
What did the Gate of All Nations symbolize? | Unification |
Religion of Persia was? | Zoroastrianism (not monotheistic, but has a supreme god) |
Who created Zoroastrianism? | Zarathustra |
Who was the Supreme God? | Ahra Mazda |
What is the difference between Dualism, Eschatology, and Apocalyptic? | Dualism- division of light and dark Eschatology- end of human time Apocalyptic- associated with disaster |
Who were the "Pre-Greek" Civilizations? | Achaens (2300BCE)-moved into Peolopanasis Mycenaean(2000-1100BCE)- At Crete Minoan(1900-1300BCE)- Mycenaean's absorb Minoans 1300 BCE |
What was the Greeks source of getting thing? | Trade, they were very mountainous so they focused on trade since they couldn't farm. |
The Polis? What does this mean? | Also known as Poleis, focuses on male identity (Politics) |
Civic Virtue? What is it? | Virtue a man finds in his citizenship Virtue= manliness, vir- man in latin |
What is the worst thing that can happen to a Greek? | Get thrown out of Athens, it takes away their manliness. |
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