The polis Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods correct answers Hunter-gatherer and agricultural revolution Mesopotamia (c. 3500-c. 2350 BCE) correct answers Formed at the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers - Invented writing, military expertise, city-states, Code of Hammurabi. Sumer constructed dikes and reservoirs. Invention of writing in 3500 BCE marks the beginning of civilization. Iraq Shatt Al - Arab - largest Date Palm forest Ancient Egypt (c. 2711-c. 1090 BCE) correct answers Influence of geography, h...

HUMN-303: Introduction to the Humanities Terms in this set (136) 1.Which of the following is the Greek term for city-state? Correct answer: Polis 2.Which of the following is the Greek term for an open meeting place? Correct answer: Agora Brainpower 3.Which of the following is the Greek term for "the good or flourishing life"? Correct answer: Eudaimonia 4.Who is considered the author of the "Illiad" and the "Odyssey"? Correct answer: Homer 5.Which of the following Greek terms can...

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HIST 1110 Midterm Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers res publica - answer"The public thing" -republic -ideal citizen is serving the common good Roman Principate - answerA term used to characterize Roman government in the first three centuries C.E., based on the ambiguous title princeps ('first citizen') adopted by Augustus to conceal his military dictatorship. Roman Senate - answera council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city's leaders Salamis - answer-naval...

Late Bronze Age correct answers aka Mycenaean Period BC all info from this period comes from palaces sources: linear B tablets, all writing is administrative info from palaces, including gods and goddesses Dark Age correct answers aka Geometric Period 1150-800 BC started with total collapse of society no known sources, no known writing marked by return on smaller, simpler village society Archaic Period correct answers 800-480 BC WRITING!! (changed greek forever) marked by the rise ...

How do Mesopotamia and Egypt view nature - it was part of their worldview How did Hebrews View God? - God is above all nature don't see God as a rock Homer - "Shaper of the Greek thought" What did Homer believe? - there was a universal order to things what did Cosmologist believe? - They searched for the underlying principal of the universe What did the Greeks move from in terms of religion? - Myth making to Monotheism Name 3 Greek Thinkers - Plato Aristotle Socrates W...

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HST 1100 Module 4 - Hellenistic World How was Alexander able to amass his empire, and what might his rule have been like if he had lived longer? Alexander was the king of Macedonia, groomed for kingship by his father, Phillip. He amassed his empire with the use of advanced tactical skills used to win battles, well organized campaigns, merciless killings, and extensive conquests. He smothered rebellions, one specifically in Thebes where he killed most of the male inhabitants and sold the women a...

Crat, cras – Oid 2024 crat, cras mix crater (noun) a depression that is bowl or cup-shaped idiosyncrasy (noun) a characteristic distinguishing an individual; an eccentricity theocrasy (noun) a mixture of different gods eucrasia (noun) normal health; physical well-being dyscrasia (noun) abnormal condition of the body cosm world; order cosmos (noun) the universe conceived as an orderly and harmonious system cosmopolitan (adjective) belonging to all the world; not local cosmog...

Grade 7, Abeka History, Chapter 6 Review Already Passed JAVAN Japheth's son who was the ancestor of the Greeks MINOANS the people who built the earliest civilization in the vicinity of Greece MYCENAEANS the people who flourished on the mainland of Greece between 1600 and 1200 B.C. DORIANS Invaders from the north who helped to bring about a dark age in Greece which started about 1200 B.C. HOMER The blind poet who greatly influenced Greek culture and portrayed the gods as glorified human bein...