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Chapter 4 Ethan

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What empire was similar to the present United States? Ancient Rome.
Cyrus? Persian Emperor who ruled from 557-530 BCE.
Darius? Persian Emperor who ruled from 522-486 BCE.
What defines an empire? Sates that exercise political and coercive power.
What were some prominent Eurasian empires of the Classical period? Persia, Greece under Alexander the Great, Rome, and China during the Qin and Han Dynasties.
How far did the Persian Empire strech? From Egypt to India.
When did the Persian Empire begin? In 500 BCE.
Satraps? Governors placed throughout the Persian Empire.
What were some great technological feats of the Persians? A "great road" that stretched for some 1700 miles, and a canal that connected the Nile and the Red Sea.
What were some important Persian cities? Susa and Persepolis.
Hellenes? Another name for the Greeks.
Total population of Greece? 2-3 million.
What was a difference between Greece and Persia? Greece had lots of small and independent city-states.
When did the original Olympic Games begin? 776 BCE.
What were some important Greek city-states? Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and Corinth.
When were Greek settlements established around the rim of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean? Between 750 and 500 BCE.
Hoplites? Greek infantrymen.
Tyrants? Greek strong but benevolent leaders.
Helots? Spartan prisoners of war.
Council of Elders? Spartan council consisting of 28 men over the age of 60.
What caused the Greco-Persian War? Ionian Greek cities revolting against Persia.
Who won the Greco-Persian War? Greece.
When did the Persian launch military expeditions against Greece? Twice in 490 and 480 BCE.
Battle of Marathon? Tremendous Greek victory in the Greco-Persian War, led by the Athenians.
What did the Greeks believe they symbolized in the Greco-Persian War? Freedom and Democracy.
What did the Greeks believe the Persians to symbolize in the Greco-Persian War? Despotism.
When did the Golden Age for Greece occur? Some fifty years after the Greco-Persian Wars.
What caused the Peloponnesian War? Athens trying to take control of all of Greece.
Who were the main combatants in the Peloponnesian War? Sparta and Athens.
Who won the Peloponnesian War? Sparta.
Who led the Macedonian takeover of Greece? Phillip II.
Who led the Macedonian Greeks to defeat Persia and take control of most of the Ancient World? Alexander the Great.
How far did Alexander's empire spread? From Egypt to Anatolia and India.
When did Alexander die? 323 BCE.
What happened to Alexander's emire after he died? It was split up into three kingdoms, each governed by one of his generals.
What were the names of the three Alexandrian kingdoms? The Antigonid, Ptolemaic, and Seleucid empires.
How long did the Hellenistic period last? From 323 BCE to 30 BCE.
Patricians? Wealthy Roman class.
Plebeians? Lower Roman class.
Tribune? Public office that represented the pleneians.
How much land did the Roman Empire encompass? All of the Mediterranean basin, with parts of Europe, Britain, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Punic Wars? Series of conflicts between Rome and Carthage between 264-146 BCE.
Who won the Punic Wars? Rome.
When was the reign of Ceasar Augustus? 27 BCE-14 CE.
When was the collapse of the Roman Empire? 476 CE.
Pax Romana? Era of Roman Peace.
What philosophy did Shuhuangdi use for China? Legalism.
When was the collapse of the Han dynasty? 220 CE.
"Warring States" Period? Era in Chinese history where several states fought for control of China; ended with Shihuangdi and Qin dynasty.
When was the collapse of the Qin dynasty? 206 BCE.
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