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450
Helen fo Troy
Most beautiful woman in the world. Married to a Spartan king. Daughter of Zeus. Abducted by Trojan prince, Paris, starting the war -
526
Darius
Unified Cyurs' persian empire. First ruler to divide rule with provinces and governors. Developed a new code of law. He also created the first money system -
576
Cyrus the great
Conqured Babylon by just walking through the stream grates -
Oct 10, 625
Nebuchadnezzar
Returned Babylon to glory. Created an empire that stretched from the persian gulf to the mediteranian sea. Made two anctient wonders- the hanging gardens and the great wall of babylon -
Oct 31, 750
The Legend
The legened of the Trojan War comes from the two epic poems, Iliad and The Odyssey. Credited to the poet, Homer. -
Oct 31, 1184
The Victory
As a victory gift the Greeks brought the Trojans a big giant horse. But little did the Trojans know there were Greek soldiers piled inside the giant horse and around midnight while the trojans were celebrating their victory the Greeks piled out of the horse and burned the city of troy to the ground -
Oct 31, 1194
The War
Greeks sailed to troy for a long ten years of fighting. Lead by Achilles. Achilles is killed when an arrow strikes him in the heel and all seems lost for the Greeks. -
Oct 31, 1400
Knossos
Capital city of Minoans. Europes oldest city. Complex sewer system, sanitation and aqueduct system. Home to many shrines of gods and goddesses -
Oct 31, 1400
Mycenaeans
Located in Southern Greece, Pelopnnesia. Conquered all of Greece mainland and the Minoans of Crete. Lived in wealthy city-states -
Oct 31, 1472
Hatshepsut
First female ruler in world history. Ruled for 14 years (1472-1458) B.C. Lead massive construction projects and trade expeditions to central Africa. -
Oct 31, 1479
Thutmose III
Stepson of Hatshepsut. Stretched Egypts borders to their greatest extent. -
Minoans
Lived on the island of Crete. They were hunter-gatherers, somewhat peaceful, sporty. Civilization was based on trade not conquest. -
Hammurabi
brought most of mesopotamia under his control. created Hammurabi's code, the worlds first known written laws -
Aristotle
Made a democracy (mob rule). Came up with how people should live. Set up a revolutionary academy called Lyceum (model for the first universities) -
The Army of the Republic
Created a Legion which is basicaly a millitary unit, they made it up of 5,000 citizen-soldiers. They conquered lands, the lands they conquered they treated the people fairly, allowed them to keep their customs, money and local government. But they adopted Roman customs, traditions and language. -
Pax Romana
This era was the most peaceful of Roman times. It was safe, easy to travel, academic achievements, wealthy and cultural advancements. -
Caeser Crosses the Rubicon
When Caeser crossed the Rubicon that marked the beginning of the end of the Roman Republic. Caeser passsed a series of laws that made himself dictator and also increased the Senate to 900, filled positions with his friends and gave himself all executive power -
Pericles
Lived from 460-429 B.C. Economic exellence. Direct democracy, citizens ran the day to day affairs of the government. policies like stipend, juries and ostracism -
Thomas Becket
Excommunicated most of Henrys friends and hits England with an interdict -
The Holy Roman Empire
Not too holy, not Roman also not much of an empire. Was united by Otto I of Saxony. HRE and the Pope are BFF's until 1054 with the lay investiture. -
3rd Century Crisis (235-284)
Agressive barbarians, ruled by rival armies (civil war) Economic depression, Plague of Cyprian- likely smallpox -
Tetrarchy
Military success, a "united" empire, Economic reform, sfaety restored -
Plato
Didn't trust democracy. Rejected Athenian democracy and wrote the republic. Believed the state should protect the best interest of the people. -
Diocletian
Son of a slave, was born in modern day Croatia. Was an Imperial bodygaurd and suddenly two emperors mesteriously die. Avenged the two emperors death and comes to power in 284. Realized Rome is too big and has too many problems to be ruled by only one person. -
Socrates
Passed days in square garden asking people about their beliefs. Socratic Method- Poses a series of questions to student to challenge the to examine their answer. Was condemned to death for corrupting youth -
Middle Egyptian Kingdom
Characterized by turbulence, coruption and rebellion causes the Egyptians to be conquered by the Hyksos. -
Sargon
Ruler of Akkad invaded and conquered sumeria. he built the worlds first know empire -
Sumeria
where the first known form of writing called cuneiform was invented. thought to have invented the first wheeled vehicle. created complex religious systems and built ziggurats. first to study astronomy, mathematics and are responsible for the creation of the hour. -
Old egyptian kingdom
Pharos were belived to be both god and man. Complex socail class system. Pyramids were home to the deceased. -
Indus civilization
Lasted 700 years. Located at the indus river valley. Little known. Covered the largest amount of land before sargon. had plumbing like toilets -
New Stone Age
neolithic revolution -
Old Stone Age
old stone age. neandrethals
