Romine Pre-AP World History Unit 2 Review

A Chaldean king; restored and ruled Babylon and its empire; built the Hanging Gardens.

a period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 b.c. to a.d. 180.

a war, fought around 1200 b.c., in which an army led by Mycenaean kings attacked the city of Troy in Anatolia.

Jesus’ disciples, or pupils. These 12 men later came to be known as...

questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge; invented a method for arguing logically

a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility.

a government controlled by its citizens, either directly or through representatives.

an Indo-European person who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 b.c.

A region of Africa that straddled the upper Nile River who traded with Egypt during the Middle Kingdom period.

A powerful warlord and chieftain who united the Huns and invaded both halves of the Roman Empire in 444a.d.

a philosophy of universal harmony that urged its practitioners not to get too involved in worldly affairs.

Military genius; showed kindness towards those whom he conquered; freed Jews from Babylonian slavery.

18-year-old grandnephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar; first emperor of Rome; birth name is Octavian.

a war, lasting from 431 to 404 b.c., in which Athens and its allies were defeated by Sparta and its allies.

he believed that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice; once said, "The unexamined life is not worth living

promotes the notion of strict law and order and harsh, collective punishments.

Dynasty that ruled China for more than 400 years, is divided into two periods, Former ___ & Later ___

a government in which power is in the hands of a single person, usually a hereditary king or queen.

a Jew born in Bethlehem in Judea; He taught the importance of love for God, and kindness and mercy towards others.

A student of Socrates; wrote his most famous work, 'The Republic' in roughly 370b.c.

Egypt's third period of glory, from 1570b.c.-1075bc.

a government in which power is in the hands of a few people—especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.

relating to the civilization, art, science, and literature of the Greek world.

located north of Greece; had rough terrain and a cold climate; people mostly lived in mountain villages.

Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, known today as Istanbul, Turkey.

Son of Phillip II of Macedon; claimed the throne at the age of 20; conquered Darius III and all of Persia; died at 33.

a series of three wars between rome and Carthage (264–146 b.c.); resulted in the destruction of Carthage.

the Roman emperor who, in 313a.d. ended the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire

Scholar and government minister who taught an ethic of moral uprightness, social order, and filial responsibility.

Egyptian Pharaoh who signed the first known peace treaty in human history with a Hittite king after the battle of Kadesh

in ancient Rome, the supreme governing body, originally made up only of aristocrats.

Second empire in India, founded by Chandra Gupta I in 320a.d.

Nubian kingdom that lasted about a thousand years, from 2000b.c. to 1000b.c.

Bishop of Rome and the father or head of the Christian Church.

a government that has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner.

a form of government in which power is in the hands of representatives elected by citizens.

a military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields.

a strong leader and a genius at military strategy; In 44 b.c., named dictator for life; assassinated that same year.

Cambyses’s successor; a noble of the ruling dynasty; began his career as a member of the king’s bodyguard.

the first empire in India, founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 321 b.c.

a military unit of the ancient roman army, made up of about 5,000 foot soldiers and a group of soldiers on horseback.