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World Ht Test2
ch5-8 Assyria through Roman Empire
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 404 B.C. | In what year did the Peloponnesian War end? |
| 44 BC | Julius Caesar was assassinated on March 15 of what year? |
| 776 B.C. | As the first recorded date in history, when were the first Olympic games held? |
| Alexandria | What was the name of sixteen cities that Alexander the Great named after himself? |
| Aristotle | Alexander the Great was tutored by whom? |
| Asshurbanipal | the last great Assyrian king who collected a library of cuneiform clay tablets. |
| Athens | What or who controlled the Delian League? |
| Belshazzar | Who was ruling in place of the true king when Babylon fell to the Medes and Persians? |
| Constantine | 1st "Christian" emperor of Rome; legalized Christianity |
| Constantinople | City founded as the second capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine |
| Cyrus | Who decreed that the Jews were allowed to return to their homeland? |
| Daniel | Who interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream concerning prophetic empires. |
| Germans | greatest external danger to the Roman Empire |
| Hellenistic Age | What is the name of the time period between Alexander's conquest and the Roman Empire that Alexander started? |
| Homer | What poet single-handedly created Greek mythology with all its gods? |
| Illiad and Odyssey | What did Homer write? |
| Jonah | What prophet warned the city of Nineveh of God's coming judgment? |
| Man is the measure of all things. | According to Greek philosophy, what basic idea underlies the understanding of truth? |
| Marathon | The battle in which Greece beat Persia and sent a long-distance runner to relay the message of victory |
| Minoans | What ancient Greek civilization built the palace at Knossos? |
| Nero | 1st emperor to persecute Christians |
| New Babylonian | After Nabopolassar conquered all of Mesopotamia, what empire did he establish? |
| Pax Romana (Roman peace): no wars; safe travelling; protected roads | What did Octavian accomplish that God used in His plan? |
| Pericles | Who brought the Athenian democracy to its fullest measure? |
| Philip II | What Macedonian king conquered most of Greece before he was murdered? |
| Pompei | city that was buried by the erupting volcano during Titus |
| Socrates | What philosopher chose to drink poison instead of being exiled from Athens? |
| Solon | Who introduced democratic principles to Athens? |
| Sparta | The Peloponnesian League was controlled by who? |
| The Greek language was spread throughout the world. | How did God use Alexander the Great's conquests? |
| Thermopylae | the mountain pass where 300 Spartans fought 250k Persians |
| Tiberius | Roman emperor when Jesus was crucified |
| Tiglath-pileser III | Under what leader did the Assyrian Empire begin? |
| Titus | captured Jerusalem and destroyed the temple in AD 70 |
| Trajan | Roman emperor who pushed Rome's borders to their greatest extent |
| Vesuvius | volcano that erupted during the reign of Titus |
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