Alexander the Great extended his empire as far east as

form of government in the Greek city-state where power was in the hands of a small, wealthy elite that came from the middle-class

In his _______, Plato describes an ideal state ruled by a philosopher-king.

Under _, a large number of citizens had the right to vote directly on laws.

_________ differed from Sparta in that it placed emphasis on the individual.

the location of temples dedicated to different gods and goddesses

Around 507 BCE, _______ established a legislature (council of 500), creating a limited democracy, thus changing the government of Athens

Athenian domination of the Greek world ended as a result of the _______ War

an early form of government in the Greek city-states in which a hereditary ruler (king) exercised central power

Greek speaking people that dominated the Aegean world from about 1400 BCE to 1200 BCE and probably started the Trojan War

Members of the landholding upper class in the early Roman republic

In the Punic Wars, Rome gained control of lands around the Mediterranean Sea by defeating

The basic plot of Virgil's poem the _________________ is that a hero escapes from the city of Troy to found the city of Rome.

emperor who divided the Roman Empire into two in order to try to restore order

Large numbers of Germanic peoples crossed into the lands of the Roman empire in the late 300's to escape

Carthaginian general who nearly defeated the Romans in the second Punic war

The Romans used their engineering skills to build ________ that carried water into the cities.

A system of law that developed under the Roman republic and applied to citizens was called

Emperor who granted religious toleration to Christians in 313

Heavy taxes helped to push the middle class into poverty, which contributed to the _________ weakening of the late Roman Empire.

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Term	Definition
India	Alexander the Great extended his empire as far east as
oligarchy	form of government in the Greek city-state where power was in the hands of a small, wealthy elite that came from the middle-class
Republic	In his _______, Plato describes an ideal state ruled by a philosopher-king.
Pericles	Under _, a large number of citizens had the right to vote directly on laws.
Athens	_________ differed from Sparta in that it placed emphasis on the individual.
acropolis	the location of temples dedicated to different gods and goddesses
Cleisthenes	Around 507 BCE, _______ established a legislature (council of 500), creating a limited democracy, thus changing the government of Athens
Peloponnesian	Athenian domination of the Greek world ended as a result of the _______ War
monarchy	an early form of government in the Greek city-states in which a hereditary ruler (king) exercised central power
Mycenaeans	Greek speaking people that dominated the Aegean world from about 1400 BCE to 1200 BCE and probably started the Trojan War
Patricians	Members of the landholding upper class in the early Roman republic
the Carthaginians	In the Punic Wars, Rome gained control of lands around the Mediterranean Sea by defeating
Aeneid	The basic plot of Virgil's poem the _________________ is that a hero escapes from the city of Troy to found the city of Rome.
Diocletian	emperor who divided the Roman Empire into two in order to try to restore order
the Huns	Large numbers of Germanic peoples crossed into the lands of the Roman empire in the late 300's to escape
Hannibal	Carthaginian general who nearly defeated the Romans in the second Punic war
aqueducts	The Romans used their engineering skills to build ________ that carried water into the cities.
civil law	A system of law that developed under the Roman republic and applied to citizens was called
Constantine	Emperor who granted religious toleration to Christians in 313
economic	Heavy taxes helped to push the middle class into poverty, which contributed to the _________ weakening of the late Roman Empire.

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