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Ancient Europe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Earliest know Greek Civilization | Minoans |
| Minoan contribution to Greek development | earliest form of writing |
| Illiad | Tells the story of the trojan war |
| Purpose of the olympic games | To honor zues |
| City-states run by groups of nobles | aristocracies |
| Ephors | kept the king within the law |
| Cleisthenes legacy | Direct democracy |
| Athenian's spent money on | Public buildings |
| Athenian women characteristics | had no rights |
| Athenian boys were taught by | Sophist |
| Peloponnesian war | Sparta joined forces with Persia |
| Parthenon | temple to Athena |
| Greek art broke away from egyptian influence by | using more lifelike poses |
| Cosmologists | Studied the nature of the universe |
| Socrates beliefs | Learn to think for yourself |
| Aristotle Beliefs | logical study leads to truth |
| Hippocrates work | based treatment on reason |
| Thucydides | history should be fair and accurate |
| Alexander desired to | spread greek culture |
| Hellenism is a blend of | Greek, Mediterranean, and Asian cultures |
| Spread of hellenistic culture | increased the wealth of the middle class |
| Hellenistic doctors increased their knowledge | by learning from Egyptian traditions |
| Italy's geography | cut off by the Alps |
| Twelve tables | promoted by the plebians |
| Equites | class of buisness people |
| Social War | fought to have rights to participate in government |
| Ceasers government | decreased the power of the senate |
| Hadrian | one of the five good emperors |
| Marcus Aurelius | one of the five good emperors |
| Roman engineering | didn't use gladiators |
| Tacitus | criticized Roman lifestyles |
| Jesus | killed because they feared he would lead in an uprising |
| Goths | tribes from Germany |
| Theodora | Wife of Justinian |
| Justinian | under the influence of his wife, allowed women to own property |
| Patriarch | the most powerful religious leader in the East |
| Eastern Orthodox Church | does not accept icons |
| Hagia Sophia | one of the great artistic achievments during Justinian |
| Kiev | taken over by Rurik |
| Valdimir | ordered Kievians to become Christians |
| taiga | one of Russia's agricultural regions |
| Mongols | remained peaceful if taxed people heavily |
| Charlemagne | Ruler of the Romans |
| Treaty of Verdun | divided Charlemagnes empire |
| Feudalism | gave the most power to the king |
| Primogeniture | passing land to the oldest son |
| manorial system | peasants worked land in exchange for some of their crops |
| chivalry | a code of behavior for knights |
| hierarchy of the church | people had contact with the priest |
| clergy | were monks |
| Parliament | has ability to refuse new taxes |
| Capetians | regained territory from English |
| Holy Roman Emperor | became a figure head |
| Innocent III | made church more powerful |
| barter economy | exchanged goods and services |
| domestic system | workers made part of product in their home |
| Early banks | important for money lending |
| science in the Middle ages | practical more than theory |
| architecture in the Middle ages | Gothic |
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