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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Martyr | "Witness" A person executed by Roman Authorities for maintaining his or her Christan beliefs rather than worshipping the emperor |
| Ziggurat | Stepped platform that served as the base of a Sumerian temple, which had evolved from the earlier elevated platform base by the end of the third millennium BCE (power of priest) ( kings and palaces became a "threat") |
| Hammurabi Code | Legal code created by Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE). The code divided society society into three classes- free, dependent and enslaved-each with distinct rights and responsibilities. |
| Cyrus the Great | Founder of the Persian Empire. The sixth-century ruler (the 559-529 BCE) conquered the Medes and the unified the Iranian Kingdoms |
| Zoroastrianism | Dualistic Persian Religion , based on the teachings of Zoroaster ,in which forces of light and truth battle with those of darkness and falsehood |
| Amun-Re | (two gods combined) Hidden god and sun god,Egyptian god. Middle Egypt |
| City-state | Political organization based on the authority of a single, large city that controls outlaying territories |
| Herodotus | Ancient Greek historian. How we know the greeks revolt. |
| Melos | An island in the Aegean Sea that was taken in the Peloponnesian War (Most brutally, they tried to remain neutral but Athens, killed all males and enslaved women and children) |
| Alexander the Great | Leader of Greece from (156-323BCE).New Army Tactics, expanded from the Mediterranean to Southwest Asia.Expanded trade and religion. |
| Peloponnesian War | War fought between 431-404 BCE between two and Greece's most powerful city-states in Athens and Sparta |
| Hellenism | Process in which individuality of the cultures of the earlier Greek city-states gave way to a uniform culture that stressed the common denominations of language, style and politics to which anyone, anywhere in the Afro-Eurasian World could have access. |
| Pax Romana | Latin Term for "roman Peace"referring to the period of time from 25 BCE to 235 CE ,when conditions in the Roman Empire were relatively settled and peaceful ,allowing trade and the economy to thrive |
| Oppian Law | Greece-> Liry Cato-politician YES kept nay women from processing more an a half ounce of gold Punic wars-they needed money for wars 195 BCE |
| Aristotal | A philosopher who studied under plato but came to different conclusions about nature and politics.Aristotle believed in collecting observations about nature and discerning patterns to ascertain how things worked |
| Apostle Paulfrom | He spread Christianity throughout the first century |
| Jacquereie | French present revolt. feudal restrictions - peasants protesting Plague/famine 1300'sBCE |
| Patriarchy | -males domination over the home -Latin word Patert,m,/6gtygamilia |
| Council of Nicaea | -325 BCE. (Turkey,Byzantine empire)(Roman Empire) -catholic church -Clergy, bishops -decided credo/practice of Christan faith Roman Empire- Christianity |
| Crusades | -different dominations of Christianity that go to Jew (which is "owned by islam) to take it back for Christianity (they fail) go to |
| Pope Urban 2nd | first pope to call the crusades to arms -1095 |
| Byzantium | The Roman Empire until 1453 |
| Barbarian | Foreign people/ people that didn't speak greek |
| Biography of God's Messenger | "Muhammad" prophet and founder of the Islamic Faith Born in Mecca, orphaned young, lived with his uncle |
| Pact of Umar | The limitations created for conquered non Muslim people |
| Mecca | Arabian city which the prophet Muhammad was born. Trading center and pilgrimage destination |
| Five pillars | Belief in one God and the role of Muhammad as Messenger • Ritual prayer • Fasting during Ramadan • Pilgrimage (Hajj) • Alms to the poor |
| Sunni and Shiite | Shias, a term that believe that Ali and his descendants are part of a divine order. Sunnis, meaning followers of the sunna, or “way” in Arabic, of Mohammed, are opposed to political succession based on Mohammed's bloodline. |
| Bantu | Language first spoken by people who lived in the southeaster region of modeled Nigeria around 1000 BCE |
| Mansa Musa | The ruler of Mali empire in west Africa from 1312 to 1337.He was the richest ruler of all time, and Mali was one of the richest kingdoms in Africa |
| Constantine | Romans Emperor who converted to Christianity. He is one of the reasons why Christianity spread so fast. He issued new freedoms from Christians and founded Constantinople ("New Rome" |
| Charlemagne | Emperor of the west and hair to Rome from 768-814CE |
| Monasticism | Greek world "alone", It was a practice of living without the ties of marriage or family, forsaking earthy luxuries for a life of prayer and study |
| Feudalism | Each peasant was under the rule of the a lord. In medieval Europe |
| Thomas Aquinas | Catholic priest, one of the greatest Scholastic philosophers. |
| Hildegard of Bingen | the women who brought music into the church |
| flagellants | European social group that came into existence during the Black Death during the fourteenth century; they belived that the plague was the Wrath of God. |
| Humanism | The renaissance aspiration to develop a greater understanding of the human experience than the Christian scriptures offered by reaching back into ancient Greek and Roma text |
| Edict of the Expulsion of the Jews | The Edict of Expulsion was a royal decree issued by King Edward I of England on 18 July 1290 expelling all Jews from the Kingdom of England. |
| Castille and Aragon | The modern-day state of Spain originated as a series of separate and distinct kingdoms throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Imperial Spain emerged from the |
| Conversos | Jewish and Muslim converts to Christianity in the Iberian Peninsula and the new world |
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