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HY 101 test one
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| Question | Answers |
|---|---|
| Septuagint | the translation of the Hebrew bible into Greek |
| Alexandria | City in Egypt |
| Mystery Cults | cults that combined certain elements of Greek and Roman and eastern religions |
| Ptolemy | He was a general under Alexander and took over Egypt after the fall |
| Stoics | They believed that human society followed natural order and that everyone should treat each other as equals |
| Epicureans | it’s a type of philosophy (reduced desires that were simple and attainable) |
| Koiné | a form of Greek spoken during Hellenistic and Roman antiquity |
| Ptolemies | the dynasty that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great |
| Seleucids | General and ruled the Persian Empire after Alexander |
| Antigonids | Grandson of one of the commanders, Ruled Greece after the fall of the empire |
| Alexander the Great | Took over after Philip and conquered the Persian Empire and some in India |
| Philip of Macedon | He united Greece after the Persian wars |
| Thermopylae | the strategic place where the armies of Greece decided to fight the Persians |
| Xerxes | the next king of Persia he also went to war with the Greeks but lost |
| Darius | king of the Persian empire who went to war with the Greeks to recapture rebellious states he won there but when he invaded Athens he failed |
| Ephors | The elder council for Sparta |
| Helots | Slaves and/or indinchered servents |
| Similars | The Spartan equivalent of citizens |
| Lycurgus | A Spartan statesman (could be imaginary), made sparta what we think of it today |
| Ostracism | ten year exile with no loss of property |
| Assembly | Gathering of all land holding citizens to vote |
| Cleisthenes | Was a statesman for Athens who laid the foundation for democracy |
| Solon | Athenian states-man who saved Athens from civil war by freeing the debt slave |
| Eupatrids | Ancient nobility of the Greek region of Attica |
| Agorá | a central spot in ancient Greek city-state |
| Acropolis | Older part of greek cities, city on a hill |
| Hoplite | infantry |
| Polis | City states for Greece |
| Hatshepsut | Women pharaoh 1490 bc |
| Ma’at | The universal balance of justice and harmony |
| Pharaoh | King of Egypt |
| Nomarch | Semi-feudal rulers of Ancient Egyptian provinces |
| Papyrus | Form of paper from papyrus leaves |
| Rosetta Stone | A stone that translated Egyptian into Latin |
| Hieroglyphs | A form of pictograph developed by the Egyptians |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | Story about a king who tries to bring back his fallen ally but fails |
| Lugal | Sumerian King |
| Ensi | prince of city state |
| Ziggurat | Holy sites for Sumerians |
| Cuneiform | one of the first writing systems ever developed. It looks like wedges |
| Judas Maccabeus | led the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire |
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