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Word History: Ancient, Classical Civilizations Flashcards

1
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Fertile Crescent:

(4)

A

Ancient Egypt, Rome, China, Greece

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Sumerian development - earliest form of writing using characters to form words

A

Cuneiform

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3
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Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth

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The code of Hammurabi

BABYlonia

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4
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Astronomy

24 hour time system

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Egyptians

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5
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Bronze technology
Horses
Wheeled technology
Walled cities

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China Shang dynasty

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6
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_ dynasty

_ states emperor had divine mandate to rule,based on the understanding the land was divinely inherited

A

Zhou dynasty

Mandate of Heaven

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Philosophy emphasizing harmony and respect for hierarchy

_ dynasty

A

Confucius

Zhou dynasty

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_ dynasty

Centralized administration
Infrastructure
Weight and measures
Strict imperial control

A

Qin dynas y

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9
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Great Wall of China constructed by emperor

A

Qin Shihuangdi.

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10
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First known democracy

Military stat Sparta

A

Greece

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Greek word for “people power”

A

Demokratia

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Greece became unified under Athens

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Peloponnesian war btwn Athens and Sparta

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Parthenon and other Greek architecture occured during

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Golden age

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14
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Greek culture conquered by

A

Rome

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15
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Greek word “polis”

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City-state or community

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16
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A period of stability in the Mediterranean region under the Roman Empire

Rome controlled Mediterranean region, Europe, Middle East and North Africa

  • ruled by a powerful emperor, Augustus Caesar
A

Pax Romana

17
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Hierarchy where land and prot cation were offered in exchange for loyalty

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Feudalism

18
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_ swore loyalty to lords for protection, then rewarded with _

A

Vassals

Fiefs (land)

19
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_ were tied to the land, worked in exchange for protection, not obligated to fight

A

Serfs

20
Q

Magna Carta

Signed by:
Year:

A

King John

1215

21
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Scandavian seafaring civilization

A

Vikings

22
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North African Muslims , invaded Iberia

A

Moors

23
Q

Confederation of small states in Central Europe

Charlemagne was emperor

962-1806

A

Holy Roman Empire

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