european empire webquest

European Empires Webquest Words

1. Mycenaean- is a cultural period of Ancient Greece taking its name from the archaeological site of Mycenae in northeastern Argolis,
2. Trojan War- was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta
3. Homer- is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet,
4. Polis- is a city, a city-state and also citizenship and body of citizens.
5. Helot- were an unfree population group that formed the main population of Laconia and the whole of Messenia (areas of Sparta).
6. Phalanx- is a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar weapons.
7. Persian War- were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and city-states of the Hellenic world that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC
8. Peloponnesian War- was an ancient Greek war, fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta.
9. Socrates- was a Classical Greek philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy
10. Plato- was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens
11. Aristotle- was a Greek philosopher
12. Alexander the Great- was a Greeki[›] king (basileus) of Macedon
13. Republic- is a form of government in which the head of state is not a monarch
14. Patrician- A person of exceptional education, background and refinement, an aristocrat
15. Plebeian- The Plebs were the general body of Roman citizens
16. Punic Wars- are a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 to 146 BC
17. Hannibal- was a Carthaginian military commander and tactician who is popularly credited as one of the most talented commanders in history
18. Julius Caesar- was a Roman military and political leader.
19. Triumvirate- is a political regime dominated by three powerful individuals
20. Augustus- was the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 31 BC until his death in AD 14
21. Jesus- also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity, which views him as the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament,
22. Constantine- commonly known in English as Constantine I,
23. Constantinople- in formal Ottoman Turkish: قسطنطينيه Kostantiniyye) was the imperial capital
24. Attila- widely known as Attila the Hun, was the Emperor of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453.
25. Justinian- widely known as Attila the Hun, was the Emperor of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453.
26. Hagia Sophia- is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul,
27. Gengis Khan- was the founder, Khan (ruler) and Khagan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history.
28. Kublai Khan- was the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1294 and the founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China