The Classical Period with Greece and Rome
most famous Greek political figure that dominated Greek politics; an aristocrat part of a democratic political structure
Pericles
Greek mathematicians made amazing advances in the field of...
Astronomy
2 leading city-states in classical Greece
Athens and Sparta
Peloponnesian Wars
Athens and Sparta fought for total control of Greece
Eastern part of the Roman Empire
Byzantine empire
Greek interest in rationality
Carried over to a study of the physical environment to look for order.
Yellow Turbans
Daoist leaders that promised a golden age to be brought by divine magic during the decline of the Han dynasty
The doctrine of bodhisattvas
Doctrine that stated that some people could achieve nirvana through their own meditation
Mahayana, or Greater Vehicle
East Asian form of Buddhism where Buddha was a god
Greek art & culture merged with other Middle Eastern forms during this time period
Hellenistic period
Greek word for "city-state"
Polis (we use "politics")
Characteristics of a Mediterranean civilization
Political intensity Localism Diversity in political forms
Japan's most important religion. Provided for worship of political rulers and the spirits of nature.
Shintoism
Who encouraged his students to question conventional wisdom and was put to death because of it?
Socrates
Athenian dramatist that wrote plays like "Oedipus Rex" that revealed the psychological flaws of the main character...
Sophocles
1st civilization in Central America
The Olmecs
This kingdom existed along the upper Nile by 1000 BCE. They mastered the use of iron and made their own form of hieroglyphics.
The kingdom of Kush
Who was the head of the house?
The oldest man
What did the Mediterranean civilization lag in behind India and China?
The production of agricultural technology
A main force that led to the establishment of the Greek and Roman empires...
The rise of commercial agriculture
Greeks and religion
They did not have a main religion that originated from them. Christianity did rise during their time and they were influenced by the Romans, but it was not a product of the Greek or Roman culture.
Twelve Tables
best-known law code of the Roman Republic
2 leaders of the executive branch of Rome's republic
consuls
Roman conquest spread to North Africa after...
defeating Carthage in the Punic Wars
Benedict
developed the Christian institution of organized monasticism
Stoics
ethical system that emphasized an inner moral independence that would be made with strict discipline of the body & personal bravery
Senate
mainly aristocrats who held almost all executive offices in the Roman state
