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  • Mesopotamia means....
    Land between the rivers
  • How did the Spartans use Greece's geography to their advantage against the Persian Empire at Thermopolyae?
    They used a narrow passage to make the Persians #s count for nothing, as they only had a few thousand Greeks to defend.
  • What 3 roman men made up the 1st Triumvirate?
    Pompey, Crassus, Caesar
  • List 3 pieces of information you know about the position of the Consul in Rome?
    1 year term, 10 years in between terms, most powerful position in Rome, had to be 42, etc
  • What happened at these ages in a males life in Sparta? Age 7, 13, 30, 60
    7 = Start Agoge, 13 = Wilderness Training 30 = Full citizen, member of army 60 = RETIRE!
  • What is the title of this pyramid made by Snefru?
    The Red Pyramid
  • Identify 3 cities located in Ancient Mesopotmia
    Uruk, Ur, Akkad, Babylon
  • What are the 5 pillars of Islam
    Belief, Charity, Prayer, Fasting, Pilgrimage
  • What man is given credit, in Mesopotamia, for holding the world's first standing army and empire?
    Sargon
  • What man created the world's first law code?
    Hammurabi!
  • Why was the position of Tribune of the Plebs powerful?
    They could VETO as well as propose legislation
  • Identify 4 Gods in the Egyptian painting
    Various Answers
  • Briefly describe the process of how a law becomes such in Rome
    Started by a Consul or Tribune, voted on by the Senate, passes to the people, becomes a law.
  • Identify the branches of the Roman Tripartite
    Magistrates, Assembly, and Senate
  • What empire is shown on the map
    The Roman Empire!
  • Identify 2 ways that Roman Consul's held each other in check from becoming a king?
    Fasces, power every other month, VETO.
  • What is the title of this pyramid?
    Collapsed!
  • Who were the Punic Wars fought between and what were they fought over?
    Carthage and Rome over power over the Mediterranean Sea
  • In Egyptian Mythology, why was Anubis given the power of Mummification?
    He put Osiris body back together after Seth had killed him and cut him up.
  • Identify a reason why all Greece city states were independent?
    Mountains and terrain kept most of them seperate
  • Identify 2 reasons that Medieval Christians went on Crusades
    In search of forgiveness or in search of wealth, fame
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