COURSE NOTES GRADED A+ 2026.
⫸ Cuneiform. Ans: A form of writing developed by the Sumerians
using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
⫸ Nile River. Ans: The river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were
centered around.
⫸ Lower Egypt. Ans: The northern part of ancient Egypt
⫸ Upper Egypt. Ans: the southern part of ancient Egypt
⫸ Pyramid of Giza. Ans: Is the largest man made pyramid in Egypt.
450 ft
⫸ Sea Peoples. Ans: Unknown group of strong warriors who crushed
the Hittites and destroyed cities in southwest Asia, who fought the
Egyptians for 50 years.
⫸ Hortensian Law. Ans: said that all the plebians laws were binding
to the patricians as well, Created the Republic, 287 BC
⫸ Veto. Ans: only power given to tribune of the plebs
, ⫸ the covenant and the law. Ans: established at Mt. Sinai, produces
an earthly Jerusalem which is identified with Hagar the slave
⫸ Code of Hammurabi. Ans: A collection of 282 laws. One of the
first (but not THE first) examples of written law in the ancient world.
⫸ Mycenaeans. Ans: first Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans;
dominated Greek world 1400 B.C. to 1200 B.C.; sea traders; lived in
separate city-states; invovled in Trojan War against Troy
⫸ School of Athens. Ans: academy of thought that dominated greece
based on platos ideas
⫸ Punic Wars. Ans: A series of three wars between Rome and
Carthage (264-146 B.C.); resulted in the destruction of Carthage and
Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean.
⫸ Tribal Assembly. Ans: assembly organized by plebeians that
elected tribunes and made laws for common people
⫸ patricians. Ans: Powerful landowners who controlled Roman
government and society
⫸ Consul. Ans: Under the Roman Republic, one of the two
magistrates holding supreme civil and military authority. Nominated
by the Senate and elected by citizens in the Comitia Centuriata, the