Chapter 2 Flashcards
(35 cards)
Were brought back to build their massive temples and cities
Conquered people
Were among the most ruthless of the ancient middle east
Assyrian Rulers
The largest empire of the ancient world to that point
Cyrus The Great (Kings of Kings)
The Persians, military strengths and culture toleration were the foundations for
Maintaining order in the empire
Governors duties include
- Keeping Order
- Enrolling troops
- Sending revenue to royal treasure
The world is an arena for an ongoing battle for control between divine forces of good and evil
Moral dualism
Israelites had to follow a strict religious and moral code
The 10 Commandments
Throughout this period Jewish prophets preaches their defends were divine punishment for
Negated the Sinai covenant and mistreating the poor
The creation of ________ ______ was the most crucial development for the history not only of Judaism but also Christianity and Islam
Sacred Text
The mycenaean period became the historical setting of much of ancient Greek
Literature and Mythology
The mycenaeans valued war more than
Religion
the Greeks that emerged had lost their writing, eventually adopting the
Phoenician Empire
Competitive individual execellance
Arete
Greece’s most famous author, Homer who wrote the epic poem’s
The Iliad and the Odyssey
the major Theme uniting the Iliad and the Odyssey is
Do not under any circumstances incur the wrath of the gods
The Greeks called their lands ____ and themselves ________
Hellas, Hellenes
They value
Excellence
The Polis
An independent community of citizens inhabiting a city and the surrounding countryside
the Mediterranean climate and the steepness of the terrain limited
Crops and how much of them could be grown
Population increases usually led to population exodus
As a Result
Greek colonies throughout the Mediterranean and black sea
They also valued
Self-Sufficiency or individualism
The Greek Polis was unique in that it was based on the concept of
Citizenship for all its free males
The 3rd thing they valued was
Civic Virtue
There were 3 types of government, in Greek city-states
- Tyrannies
- Oligarchies
- Democracies
