World History chapters 1-10 (made this the second time....) stamal
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Iconoclastic Controversy | "image destroyer", under the rule of Leo III.... |
| Plebians | the lower class "outsiders" to Roman political and cultural life... |
| Pedagogue | educated Greek slave... |
| Oligarchy | means rule by the few or also known as rule by the few rich... |
| Apologists | early Christian writers, attempted to reasonably defend Christiamity against pagan defamations... |
| Acropolis | the typical polis surrounded a hilltop fortress called... |
| Reincarnation | continuous process of rebirth... |
| Gladiator | prisoners of war, slaves forced to fight in public against men and beasts to the death... |
| Catacombs | subterranean galleries beneath the city of Rome... |
| Democracy | means rule by the many or common people... |
| Chiang Kai-Shek | commander of the army, became leader of the nationalists... |
| Peisistratus | a nobleman aspiring to office, seized control ofthe city and became the first tyrant of Athens... |
| Pantheon | the most famous from the three pagan temples, located in Rome... |
| Theodora | greatly inspired Justinian... |
| William Carey | Father of Modern Missions... |
| Battle of Salamis | the first major naval battle in history, broke Xerxes, determination... |
| Zeus | the chief and father of gods, was associated with thunder & lightning... |
| Jerome | translated the scriptures out of Hebrew and Greek into the common Bible of the early western Church... |
| Marco Polo | ..., Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324) |
| Minoans | developed the first important European civilization after the flood... |
| Hippocrates | the father of medicine... |
| Ottoman Turks | had conquered the remainder of Byzantine lands and laid siege to Constantinople, forcing the city to fight for its very life... |
| Sulla | champion of the senate, fought Romes first civil war... |
| Philip II | became the king of Macedonia, determined to do what no man, Greek or barbarian, had ever done, to become master of all Greece... |
| Cyril & Methodius | who is the "Apostle to the Slaves", and the one who carried Eastern Orthodoxy to the bulgars... |
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