History

a fight for the city of Troy; in reality it was a very minor conflict; Greeks continued to tell the story of it years after it happened beca

wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

expressed the values and ideas that Greeks thought were important; Odysseus’ journey home to Ithaca, he has so many obstacles (Cyclops, lotu

own society in the Greek peninsula; ruled by upper-class men; poor people worked the farms; women had no place and no rights, represented by

was the military power house; it is its own society in the Greek peninsula; all about agriculture; helots were the slaves who did most of th

a man hired to come in and reevaluate Draco’s Laws; created Solon’s Laws and the Council of 400

those who are connected to the issues that people had; slightly like our congress; listened to the people and then informed the government a

leader of Athens; created Draco’s Law; tried to keep the citizens from rising up; scared the people into submission; death was the punishmen

believed government should have the citizen’s interest in mind; one to move Athens closest to democracy; everyone mattered; made it to where

Persians were expanding; under Zerks everyone had to identify as Persians and the Greeks didn’t like that; created a Delian League which con

Athenian solider; ran from Athens to Sparta to ask Spartans for help in the battle, Sparta agrees, he ran back to Athens but the Athenian ar

everyone but the 300 Spartans either fled or was killed, so the 300 Spartans stayed and fought to the death; even though everyone died it sh

Greeks had an advantage, had lighter and faster ships, and used the speed of their ships to their advantage; Greeks won this battle; only ti

started with the breakdown of the Delian League; members began to fear each other’s power and feared their independence; Greek city states f

lead the attack on Greece because it was weak; son is Alexander the Great

son of Philip of Macedonia helped attack Greece

created the alphabet and spread it through their trade; had the best mariners and traders

recruited slaves, criminals, and prisoners of war; participated in real war reenactments, to the death; you were considered a hero if you wo

a philosopher that was tried for atheism and for corrupting the youth of Athens; the separation of the body and soul is not something to be

shaped western intellectual history; distinguishes the five senses from the world of ideas; Socrates’ pupil

Plato’s best pupil at The Academy; known as “the brain”; “the master of those who know”; based his own general concepts on logical argumenta

carefully evaluated historical evidence; believed history should chiefly provide an accurate record and analysis of past events as a basis f

founder of Buddhism, he is Buddha, his name means “sage of the sakyas”; married his cousin at 16

contested the denomination of brahmans; participate in a nonviolent and no injurious way toward living things; they are vegetarians and are

overthrew the king, got rid of the monarchy, became a republic; government officials represent the citizens; greatest legacy Rome left behin

lead to the end of the Jewish civil war; when Christianity is split from Judaism

written down law and constitution; allowed plebeians to marry patricians; and allowed plebeians to be elected as a consul

- since Rome was becoming so large it was hard to keep control and order, he was a consul but wanted more power for himself; launched an inv

- takes the lead after Julius Caesar; still representative government but will become an empire; rules for 45 years; next 300 years Rome rem

Christine Emperor; believed that as a Christian and an emperor meant he had direct access to God; made political decisions by saying “this i

leader of the invasion that caused the fall of the Roman Empire

took part in conquering and dividing the old territories of the Roman Empire

first king of isreal; former judge

during the Byzantine Empire became a major political force; was the center of all politics; Christian emperor Constantine gave it a whole ne

prevented the expansion if Islam into Europe; centrally located along trading routes between Asia and Europe; government was highly centrali

truly tried to connect politics and Christianity; wanted to use Christianity to enhance political power; his family growing up emphasized ed

supported Justinian; Channeled her ambition through her husband because she had no political power; convinces Justinian to stay and not flee

emphasis on the Law of Moses, purity, and scrupulous observance of the Sabbath; do not believe in the resurrection of the dead

only first century partisan of the Christian faith to leave a substantial written legacy; his letters constitute 1/4th of the New testament;

belonged to aristocratic families whose members often served as priests; did not have the same popular approval as the Pharises; did not bel

terrorist of political resistance groups; advocated revolutionary overthrow of the Roman authorities; wanted to establish a free nation base

new capital of the Byzantine Empire established my Constantine; was made a place of learning and where the intellectual elite would come and

when Augustine argues that the disruction of the roman empire might be God’s plan and the humans aught give their permanent allegiance not t