European Empires
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mycenaean | people who settled on the greek mainland around 2000 B.C were later called MYCENAEANS |
| Trojan War | (Greek mythology) a great war fought between Greece and Troy |
| Homer | ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC) |
| Polis | Greek city-state |
| Helot | (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord |
| Phalanx | formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense) |
| Persian War | a war fought between a coalition led by the United States and Iraq to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders |
| Peloponnesian War | a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta |
| Socrates | ancient Athenian philosopher. |
| Plato | ancient Athenian philosopher taught Aristotle. |
| Aristotle | one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers |
| Alexander the Great | Conquered and ruled an empire stretching from Macedonia to the Indus Valley |
| Republic | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| Patrician | a member of the aristocracy |
| Plebeian | one of the common people |
| Punic Wars | 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. |
| Hannibal | general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War |
| Julius Caesar | conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC) |
| Triumvirate | In ancient Rome, a group of three leaders sharing control of the government. |
| Augustus | Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC |
| Jesus | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth |
| Constantine | a walled city in northeastern Algeria east of Algiers |
| Constantinople | the largest city and former capital of Turkey |
| Attila | king of the Huns |
| Justinian | Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians |
| Hagia Sophia | Most famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. |
| Gengis Khan | ruler of the Mongols, he led his people in attacks against China and other parts of Asia |
| Kublai Khan | Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China |
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