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the naval alliance headed by athens after the persian wars, and teh basis of the athenian empire
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Delian League
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an independent city state based on citizenship
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polis (poleis)
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athenian democracy's annual procedure to block tyranny by sending a ote of six thousand citizens in the assembly
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ostracism
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naval power, lots of political and social freedom
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Athens
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authoritarian, militaristic, clearly defined rules and regulations/social structure
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Sparta
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ancient greek historian, "father of history"
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Herodotus
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this war= Athens & empire vs. Pelopponesian League of Sparta
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Pelopponesian war
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athenian statesman, lawmaker, poet
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Solon
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author of the Illiad & Odyssey..called greatest ancient greek poet
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Homer
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greek historian and author from Alimos...father of scientific history
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Thucydides
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series of conflicts btwn between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and city-states of the Hellenic world 499 BC-449 BC. The collision between the fractious political world of the Greeks and the enormous empire of the Persians began when Cyrus the Great conquered Ionia in 547 BC. Struggling to rule the independent-minded cities of Ionia, the Persians appointed tyrants to rule each of them. This would prove to be the source of much trouble for the Greeks and Persians alike.
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Persian wars
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tiberius & gaius, , Roman Plebians, both served as tribunes in 2nd century BC. They attempted to pass land reform legislation that would redistribute the major patrician landholdings among the plebeians, both assassinated
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grachhi brothers
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estates managed by states.......wealthy families bought them up post war=put slaves out of work
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latifundia
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people who believed the demands of the entire pop should determine policy
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populares
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republic should be defended against appeals to entire pop….the “best” people should rule democracy
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optimates
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in charge of collecting taxes
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equestrians
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novus homo
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new man
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The first Triumvirate
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Pompey, Crassus, Julius Caesar
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leader of Averni tribe
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Vercingetorix
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assinated julius caesar
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Marcus Brutus
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2nd Triumirate
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Marc Anntony, Lupedis, Octavian
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Battle of Actium
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Marc Antony defeated
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est. by Augustus to est. Roman tranquility
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Pretorian Guard
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legal title of dictator
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princeps
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there is a natural law as a result of a rational creator
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jus naturale
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erotic poet
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Ovid
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being Romanized…draws line btwn barbarians & romans
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romanitis
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Christos
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Greek for Messiah
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senator, equestrian, military family, etc. (celebrities/powerful families)
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Honestiores
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• East- Diocletian Augustus (Thrace, Asia, Egypt)
• Center/South- Maximian Augustus (Italy, Africa, Spain) • Far North- Galerius Caesar (Danube frontier, Balkans) • Far West- Constantius Caesar (Britain and Gaul) |
The Tetrarchy (284-305)
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Milvian Bridge
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where constantine wins battle & is converted to christianity
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letter signed by emperors Constantine I and Licinius that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire. AD 313
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Edict of Milan
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Neoplantoism
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Led by Plotius (205-270), advocated for return to Classical values
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Arianism
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Jesus and god are not one in the same, TRINITY
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Nestorianism
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Mary was impregnated with a mortal child by a man, but became the vessel of the spirit…no immaculate conception, no virgin birth
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Visigoths
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germanic tribe.....tried to make treaty with valans.....want protection from Rome, Visigoths then forced to serve in army, treated badly, rebel, kill emperor in
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islam
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believe jesus/muhammed=prophets
messiah has not come yet |
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Muhammed takes back Mecca
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battle of badr
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migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE.
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hijra
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five pillars
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1. Declaration of faith (shahada)
o 2. Prayer 5x daily (salat) o Ramadan o charity (zakat) o Hajjjjjj |
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Islamic Law
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Shari’a
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ummah
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community of believers
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SHIA
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Ali loyalists
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SUNNI
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no not believe Ali should have been caliph...more Orthadox, suuported four caliphs
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The Umayyad Caliphate
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certain religions protected: Christianity & Judaism: religions of the book
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Monophyistism:
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Christians that believed Jesus had one nature of composite and divine
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Corpus Juris Civilis
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o 1. The Code (imperial edicts since 117)
o 2. Novelle (Justinian edicts o 3. Digest (summary of major legal opinions o 4. institutes (textbook for legal scholars) |
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iconoclasm
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when justinian made icons legal for $$$ issues
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