Exam Flashcards
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When was Rome created?
753 BCE
Egypt geography
Nike river Med sea Desert Cataracts Good soil
Greece geography
Aegean Sea Islands Hills, cliffs Few connective rivers Poor soil
Rome geography
Good soil Abundant in supplies Alps 7 hills Tiber river Middle of the med sea Lots of coastline
What were the three reasons the Roman Republic came to and end
- Gap between rich and poor
- 3.
Constantine
Edict of Milan - first legal code to allow free religion
First Roman emperor to allow Christianity
Persian Wars
Greek were settling in Asia Minor
Darius conquers
Ionians Appel to Athenians and revolt
Darius crushes and remembers
Marathon
1st battle of the Persian Wars
Athenians win with less members
Hammurabi
The Hammurabi code
Babylon
First written legal code
Clovis I
Middle Ages
United Frankish tribes and expanded
Wrote Salic Law
Djosser
Egyptian pharaoh
Commissioned the first pyramid
Amenhatep (Akhenaten)
Egyptian Pharaoh
Crazy, son of Tut
Moved Capital, changed religion
Ramses II
Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. He often is regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire.
Built a lot and fought
Imhotep
Imhotep was an Egyptian polymath who served under the Third Dynasty king Djoser as chancellor to the pharaoh and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis.
He was one of only a few commoners ever to be accorded divine status after death.
Hadrian
Roman Emperor
built a wall to stop Rome from expanding
Caesar
Part of the first turmuvriate
Became Romes first dictator (emperor)
Augustus
Augustus was the founder of the Roman Principate and considered the first Roman emperor, controlling the Roman Empire
Trajan
Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman history, leading the empire to attain its maximum territorial extent by the time of his death. He is also known for his philanthropic rule, overseeing extensive public building programs and implementing social welfare policies, which earned him his enduring reputation as the second of the Five Good Emperors who presided over an era of peace and prosperity in the Mediterranean world.
First non-Italian emperor
Vespasian
First non-julio-claudio Emperor
After Nero
Built the Colosseum
Solon
First of Greek reforms
closer to democracy
Alexander the Great
Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon
He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, and he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world by the age of thirty, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history’s most successful military commanders.
Pericles
The reason why culture exists in Greece
General of Athens during Golden Age
Peloponesian war- built the long wall
Cleisthenes
He is credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508/7 BC.For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as “the father of Athenian democracy.”
Joan of Arc
Religious saints instructed her to support Charles VII and recover France from English domination late in the Hundred Years’ War. The uncrowned King Charles VII sent Joan to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief mission. She gained prominence after the siege was lifted only nine days later. Several additional swift victories led to Charles VII’s coronation at Reims. This long-awaited event boosted French morale and paved the way for the final French victory.
