EX 1 - World I - Spring 17

He was a mighty wrestler and leader of the Igbo people of west Africa.

Constantine I was the first what?

Caesar Augustus began which of the following periods?

He promoted democracy in Athens.

These were slaves in Sparta.

Egyptian mummies were typically buried with a copy of this.

This system of laws required and eye for an eye.

His method has been torturing students for centuries.

This is what ancient Egyptians called their nation. It means "black land."

The great pyramid was built for him in about 2500 BCE.

What could you do with Ostraka?

This was a Spartan military school.

Who participated in the Heraea Games?

Heraclitus is best remembered for this concept.

He was the hero of the world's oldest surviving work of literature.

The Ahmes Papyrus was an Egyptian work on this subject.

His ideas killed George Washington.

Domitian gave his soldiers bonuses when they did this.

Pankration was similar to this modern sport.

He argued that the universe was knowable and made a fortune renting olive presses.

Commodus clubbed one of these to death in the arena.

Kalokagathia means this

The ancient Mesopotamian's built these things which were like pyramids.

The Epicurean Paradox is an attempt to disprove the existence of what?

The oldest one of these was found in Hohle Fels cave in Germany.

Xerxes I ruled this empire.

This Roman emperor became a footstool.

Caligula ordered his soldiers to collect what as proof that the ocean surrendered?

He might have been Rome's greatest general. He ruled over Rome's furthest frontiers.

This is the oldest form of writing.

This dog headed god weighed ancient Egyptian hearts against a feather.

They fought dangerous animals in the Roman arenas.

He borrowed a calendar from Egypt and renamed it the Julian calendar.

Pythagoras focused on the study of what?

He thought he was a musician and gave terrible performances. He might have burned Rome.

He was happy to fight in the shade of Persian arrows.

Diocletian did this to the empire.

Who said "Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion"?