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40 Cards in this Set
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King of Egypt, he keep things in order. |
Pharaoh |
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Greatest ruler of 66 years, he signs what is that to be the first peace treaty, last Great ruler of Egypt. |
Ramses II |
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Used for worship, kept invaders out. |
Acropolis |
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Key to translate hieroglyphics, a stone that had symbols. |
Rosetta Stone |
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He conquered the rest of Egypt Greece Persia he then moved to India, he expanded his empire. |
Alexander the great |
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There were 300 of them, people who have money and land. |
Patricians |
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The preservation of dead bodies, prepare them for afterlife. |
Mummification |
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Skilled states man, led Athens during golden age |
Pericles |
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Roman emperor, military leader and rose to power up. |
Diocletian |
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Responsible for conquering gaul, provides jobs for poor. |
Julius Caesar |
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City states in Greece, why ancient Greek is divided. |
Polis |
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Stop public funds to buy grain for poor, threat to rich people. |
Gauis gracchus |
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Fighting style, very hard to break, shield in one hand speaker in the other. |
Phalanx |
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Poor people, they elected the Tribune, their voices were heard |
Plebeians |
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King of upper Egypt any conquers lower Egypt, unifies them both. |
King Menes |
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Reasons why pyramids were built. |
Protects pharaohs body so they remain and bothered at rest. |
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Mud, this allows replenishment of nutrients. |
Silt |
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Used for trade and shipping goods and it helped grow food. |
The Nile river |
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Ruling family. |
Dynasty |
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What were the Ancient Egyptian kingdoms? |
Old middle and new kingdom. |
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Reasons for decline of each civilization. |
Old: failures, power struggles, and cost of pyramid building. Middle: they get Conquered New: they get conquered by Alexander the great. |
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Glorified the individual, extended rights to more citizens. |
City state of Athens |
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The Minoan civilization lived where? |
Island of Crete, their rulers lived in Knossos. |
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Stressed military virtues, strong discipline. |
City state of Sparta |
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300 Spartans, 7000 Athens, Spartans were wiped out and Persia won. |
Battle of Thermopylae |
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Minoan civilization is based around what? |
Trade |
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Where did Greece originate? |
Greece |
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Experienced soldier, he believe his empire with some day reach the whole world. He was also romes first dictator. |
Alexander the great |
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Organized into 5000 men, little army is that acted independently. |
Legions |
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Large farming Estates, the wealthy get wealthier and the poor become more poor, slaves do farming and farmers are unable to compete |
Latifundia |
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Explain the Punic wars |
1st: Rome expanded. 2nd: was a draw. 3rd: Rome won burned down and salted Carthage. |
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He manages Rome very well, he builds a wall to keep out great Britain, and he brags about being homosexual. |
Hadrian |
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"Roman peace" |
Pax Romana |
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Capital city of Rome. |
Constantinople |
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Enemies of Athens, including Sparta |
Peloponnesian league |
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Alliance with Greek city states also with Athens |
Delian league |
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Gracchus brothers |
They were trying to help the poor and rich people saw this as a threat and assassinated them both. |
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Group of fighting barbarians. |
Huns |
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What were the reasons why Rome fell? |
Military, economics, politics, social. |
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Mycenaeans fought against Troy |
Trojan war |
