Semester I Review

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Semester I Review

• List 3 and More

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• Mongols
• China felt threatened by a group of mighty
  warriors to the north known for their outstanding
  horsemanship, speed, and vicious tactics in
  battle against soldiers and civilians alike.
• Genghis Khan
• From 1162-1227 the Mongolslater called the
  Golden Horde by frightened Europeanswere led by
  one of the fiercest warriors of all time.

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• Athens Sparta
• Two of the strongest Greek city-states
• Athens
• Birthplace of democracy, students studies
  grammar, arts, poetry, theater, rhetoric to
  develop their minds
• Sparta
• Militaristic society, boys removed from homes at
  7 to learn to become soldiers
• Homer
• Author of two famous epic poems Iliad and
  Odyssey
• Epic
• Long poem based on historical theme

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• Tyrant
• In Ancient Greece, rulers who seized power by
  force but who ruled with the support of the
  people, eventually meant a brutal ruler
• Golden Age of Greece
• The era of Greek cultural, literary, and artistic
  advancements
• Olympic Games purpose
• To honor Zeus
• Aristocrats
• means best man and was used to describe the
  rulers of early city-states, later meant
  privileged landholders

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• Alexander the Great
• In 13 years he almost never lost a battle in his
  quest to control all of the land between his home
  in Macedon and the far-off Indus River Valley.
  Only his death at the age of 32 brought an end to
  his quest.
• Hellenistic Culture
• Alexander the Great purposely spread Greek
  culture where his armies marched. As Greek ways
  spread across the Mediterranean and Asia, the
  three cultures blended together to form a new
  culture.

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• Rome
• The Classical Greek Culture went on to have a
  significant influence on a neighboring kingdom.
• Republic
• Roman form of government that replaced the Roman
  monarchy
• Assembly, magistrates, senate
• Three groups that used checks and balances to run
  the Roman government

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• Patricians
• Powerful land holders of Rome
• Plebians
• Roman working class
• Julius Caesar
• The Republic eventually grew too large and the
  Punic Wars weakened it socially and economically,
  in 46 B.C. the general that raised a powerful
  army and used it to take control of Rome.

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• Ides of March
• Assassination of Julius Caesar in the Roman
  Senate
• Christianity
• New religion Roman people turned to in time of
  Romes collapse and turmoil
• Reasons for Romes Fall
• Invasion by Germanic tribes, economic, political
  and social collapse