Final WH Semster 1

Means like the Greeks

Emperor of Rome who was known for playing his lyre while watching Rome burn.

Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus were part of this.

Greek scientist known as the father of modern medicine. Wrote the Hippocratic Oath.

A system of government in which one-person rules with unlimited power and authority.

Complex socities.

German monk who wrote the 95 Thesis. He started the Protestant Reformation.

Political alliance of three people.

The collection and study of myths.

The holy book of Judaism.

A play that asks the question "is it better to follow orders or do what is right?"

Development of different jobs.

Poem that expresses strong emotions about life.

The great nephew of Caesar. He started the second triumvirate.

He became king of Macedonia at the age of 20. He defeated the Persian Empire and created the largest empire.

The conditional promises made to humanity by God, as reveled in Scripture.

The sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence.

Government in which all citizens share in running the government.

System of government in which a small group holds power.

Record keepers.

He was the emperor of Rome in 312 A.D. He made Christianity the official religion of Rome.

Battle during the Persian War in which a soldier ran about 25 miles to Athens to tell the Greeks abou the battle.

Divine law

Mythical Greek king that murdered his father and married his mother. A psycholgical condition is named after him.

The highest state one can attain, a state of enlightenment.

Dominated by men.

Work that pokes fun at human weaknesses.

This was a meeting where the books of the New Testament were decided upon.

Groups of traveling merchants.

Roman peace.

A form of autocracy with a hereditary king or queen exercising supreme power.

The holy book of Islam.

Two brothers who were abandoned and raised by a she wolf. Rome is named after them.

She was the wife of Menelaus. She left with the prince of Troy, Paris. The Trojan War started over her.

Turning point of the Persian War. Spartan soldiers held off the Persian army at a small pass.

A member of the common people in Rome.

Tame animals and plants for human use.

Form of government in which the leader is not a king or a queen but a person elected by citizens.

This means one god.

To reject

He was born over 2500 years ago. He became enlightened. Started the Buddhism religion.

He believed there was an absolute right and wrong. He was arrested for corrupting the youth.

Land between two rivers.

These were the first code of laws that were adopted by the Romans in 450 B.C.

This was based on a system of justice in Babylon. There were over 250 laws or codes to be followed.

This means many gods.

Greek poet who wrote the Illiad and the Odyseesy.

Wealthy landowners and members of the ruling class in ancient Rome.

People who move from place to place.

The rebirth of a soul into a new body.

First form of writing. It used hundreds of wedge-shaped marks cut into damp clay tablets.

Son of Darius. Became king of Persia in 468 B.C. Wanted to avenge the loss of his father.

He was responsible for creating the Sikhism religion.

He is considered the spiritual leader of the Islamic religion. He began teaching in 610 A.D.

Emperor of Rome that took military advice from his horse.

Desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness.

System of government in which citizens choose a smaller group to make laws and governmental decisions.

The holy book of Christianity.