World History Chapter 5 And 7 (Greece And Rome)
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Chapter 5 and 7 Vocabulary for World History Honors class
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- 1.Founded Persian Empire by 550 BCE; successor state to Mesopotamian empires
- 2.Persian religion that saw material existence as a battle between the forces of good and evil; stressed the importance of moral choice
- 3.Culture derived from the Greek civilization that flourished between 800 and 400 BCE
- 4.Culture associated with the spread of Greek influence and intermixture with other cultures as a result of Macedonian conquests
- 5.A regional dynasty after the death of Alexander; ruled in EGYPT
- 6.A regional dynasty after the death of Alexander; ruled in Persia
- 7.A regional dynasty after the death of Alexander; ruled in MACEDON and GREECE
- 8.Hellenistic philosophers; they emphasized inner moral independence cultivated by strict discipline of the body and personal bravery
- 9.Conquered indigenous peoples of Sparta; provided agricultural labor for Spartan landowners
- 10.Culture that ruled Rome prior to the republic; ruled through powerful kings and well-organized armies
- 11.Two chief executives of the Roman republic; elected annually by the assembly dominated by the aristocracy
- 12.The basic infantry unit of the Roman military
- 13.Founded by Phoenicians at Tunisia, fought the three Punic Wars with Rome; defeated and destroyed by Romans
- 14.Plebeian officials elected annually during the Roman republic
- 15.Tribunes who tried to introduce land and citizenship reform under the late Roman republic; both assassinated
- 16.Conservative senator and Stoic philosopher; great orator
- 17.Emperor who instituted a more aggressive imperial foreign policy resulting in expansion of the empire to its greatest limits
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