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Cleisthenes
- expanded democracy
- granted citizenship to more males
- permitted men of all classes to serve on the council
- adopted the practice of ostracism
Alexander the Great
- conquered the entire Persian Empire: Asia Minor, Egypt, Fertile Crescent, and Persia
- son of Philip II of Macedonia
- student of Aristotle
Hippocrates
- "father of medicine"
- "Hippocratic Oath" still used today
Homer

blind poet who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey
Solon
- rewrote the laws to
- 1) cancel mortgages on land
- 2) free persons enslaved for debt
- 3) limit the amount of land owned by one person
- 4) allowed male citizens to serve on juries
- 5) grant male commoners the right to vote in the legislature
Socrates
- "know thyself"
- Socratic method- sought truth my persistent questioning
- forced to drink hemloch
- Plato was one of his students
Pericles
- headed Athenian govt
- great orator and popular leader
- removed restrictions on office holding and paid salaries to public officials
- expressed democratic ideals in Funeral Oration
- years of his leadership were Golden Age
Plato
- wrote the Dialogues and The Republic
- his ideal gov't was an aristocracy of the intelligent or a philosopher emperor
- taught Aristotle
Aristotle
- wrote treatises on philosophy, science, gov't, and lit.
- wrote Logic and Politics
- taught Alexander the Great
Aristophanes
- satirized political and cultural leadership of Athens
- "Lysistrata" and "Frogs" were 2 of his plays
Pythagorus
- philosopher and mathematician
- Pythagorean Theorem: a² + b² = c²
Herodotus
- "father of history"
- described the Persian invasions of Greece
Constantine
- issued the Edict of Milan
- ruled that Christianity would be permitted
Theodosius

made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
Attila
- powerful leader of the Huns
- led an attack against Gaul and the Northern Empire
All of the following were reasons for the rapid rise of Christianity EXCEPT
a) the missionary zeal of its leaders
b) its appeal to the lower classes
c) the Pax Romana
d) its privileged status in the early empire

d) its privileged status in the Early Empire
Which of the following established the unity of Christian teachings for the Church?
a) jus romana
b) Nicene Creed
c) Benedictine Rule
d) Law of the Twelve Tables

b) Nicene Creed
A major reason for the ending of the persecution of the Christians by the 4th century was that
a) Romans had become less warlike
b) they had become more numerous and influential
c) the division of the Roman Empire
d) the conversion of German barbarians

b) they had become more numerous and influential

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greece and rome world history cards

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2010-10-09T21:39:52Z

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