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37 Cards in this Set
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What battle did the Persians lose that would ultimately shape the outcome of the war?
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Salamis
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This was the cradle of Ionic-Greek culture
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Attica
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The leading Ionian city in Asia Minor was:
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Miletus
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How does the prescence of writing help historians
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they can see: organization, worldview, and meanings of actions
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To what regional group did the Mittani belong?
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Syro-Palestinians
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Who threatened Sparta's control of the Peloponnese in 544 BC
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Argos
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With whom did Polycrates ally himself during the Persian invasion of Egypt?
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Cambyses
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Founder of modern Assyria
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Ashur-uballit I
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What happened at the battle of Megiddo?
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Thutmose III defeated the Canaanite princes in 1468 BC
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Under who did Samos reach its peak of naval military power and prosperity?
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Polycrates
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How far did Sumer expand its trading netwk
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Iran, E Medit, Indus Valley
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Which regions did Augustus have imperium over?
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Syria, Gaul, Spain
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The three ideals of Greek art:
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harmony, proportion, serenity
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Which territories fought against Sparta in the Corinthian war?
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Corinth, Argos, Megara, Boeotia, Euboea, Athens
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Why did Messenia enjoy prosperity during the Bronze Age?
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rich resource base, hilly land for olives
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Who helped the Messenians revolt in 650 BC
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Arcadia and Argolis
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Caesar's accomplishments
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reformed calendar, elevated role of italians, increased # of senators, extended Roman citizenship
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Which city-states immediately withdrew from the Athenian League after Thebes defeated Sparta?
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Thebes, Chalcidice, Euboea, Acarnania
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Accomplishments of the Arcadian League?
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liberation of Messenia from Spata, building of Messene, founding of Megalopolis as federal capital, liberation of Thessaly from Jason of Pherae
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Sidonians founded merchant colonies in what territories?
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Hazor and Gaza, Memphis
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What did the ancient Persians do for survival?
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herded
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Hurrians acquired some traits of this cultural group
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Sumero-Akkadan
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What did archeologists find in Lefkandi?
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structure w/external collonades that supported a steep roof
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How did Hammurabi gain control of Larsa and all its possessions
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defeating Rimsin I in 1763 BC
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How did Thutmose I become king?
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strong military leader who married princes Ahmose
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T/F: Sparta was willing to enter alliances w/athens for greater good of Greece
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F
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T/F: mainland greek states didn't thwart Persia's expansionist desires
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T
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18th dynasty expanded into this region
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Near East
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What event inspired the Etruscans to expand into the Po valley?
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founding of the Greek colony at Massalia, which shut them out of commerical tin routes
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Some Etrurian artifacts found in shipwrecks
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Etruscan amphorae, Corinthian bronze helmets, wood and ivory pipes, copper ingots marked w/ Greek letters
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Funeral goods give evidence of Villanovan contact with which settlements?
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Tuscany and Sardinia
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In what ways were Ur III's policies similar to Sargonic predecessors, and how were they different?
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Same: temple building, deaughters as high priestesses
Diff: civil admin and control of production |
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Four social groups of Ionian tribes
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phratriai, demos, thetes, slaves
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What did Suppiluilumas do to secure Hittite's position in the region?
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Sacked the Mittani capital at Washukanni
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Who retrieved the stolen statue of Marduk?
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Agum II Katrime
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What was a praetor?
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judicial officer that evolved into a general and commanded a province
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What event was significant in making possible Persia's rise to empire?
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sacking of the Assyrian capital by Cyaxares
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