Ap World History Midterm Review

The Fertile Crescent stretches like a crescent moon from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf, containing Egypt and Mesopotamia. The terms mentioned throughout the essay are different empires and locations. Sumer was the first civilization and is located in the narrowing plain between the lower reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. About 5,000 years ago, Sumerians developed writing, construction of cities, and domestication of animals. The Akkadians took over Sumer around 2350 BCE when Sargon I. became leader and began seizing territories as reward for winning a war. Ancient egypt, laid southwest of the Fertile Crescent alongside the Nile River in Africa. People have lived there since around 5000 BCE and began

The Trojan War and its characters are detailed in the writings of Homer, Vergil, Dante and many others. It is a fantastical tale of a decade-long siege of a powerful city by a massive pan-hellenic force. However, even though it has proved to be such a rich source of inspiration for writers, poets and artists throughout history, it is debated whether it

1. Based on your reading of the two primary source documents for this module, in what ways do you feel these documents are historically significant? In what ways do documents such as these help historians to understand history? In the end, what were the main reasons for dropping these two weapons on Japan?

Chapter three labeled "Empire Urban life and imperial Majesty in Rome,China,and India. In Republican Rome a man named Romulus inaugurated traditional distinction between the patricians and the plebian. The patricians were the where the land owners who were also aristocrats that served as priests, magistrates, lawyers and/or judges. The plebian were the lower classed poor people who consisted of craftsmen, merchants and laborers. In 510 BCE the roman people expelled the last Etruscan kings and decided to rule themselves with without the need for a monarchy.

The Trojan War and its characters are detailed in the writings of Homer, Vergil, Dante and many others. It is a fantastical tale of a decade-long siege of a powerful city by a massive pan-hellenic force. However, even though it has proved to be such a rich source of inspiration for writers, poets and artists throughout

Gilgamesh began his kingship in 2800 and 2700BCE. Gilgamesh perceived himself to being equals of the gods, or ever more powerful. He was stronger then any man, and a king who used his people. He had the people of Uruk become servants, and do as he wished. He and his servants built great walls of copper, and temples for the gods.

Akkadians who was ruled by Sargon the great took over the Babylon’s and all the city- stated which he turned into the first ever empire. Sargon of Akkad ruled from 2334 to 2279

Heinrich Schliemann was an archaeologist who is considered by some to be the founder of the modern study of Aegean Civilization. In 1869, he began to search for Homer’s Troy, he started by studying the Iliad in which there were descriptions of geography that appeared to be similar to a place located in Hissarlik, Turkey. There he found a multilayered site which located the closest chronological approximation of Homer’s Troy, which was found in the sixth level up from the bedrock.

I have chosen Mentuhotep II was a pharaoh of the 11th dynasty who ruled for 51 years. Mentuhotep's father is Intef III who was the third pharaoh of the eleventh dynasty of Egypt he ruled for 8 years over Upper Egypt, his mother Iah was queen of Egypt during the 11th dynasty and also had a son named Mentuhotep III was a pharaoh of Egypt during the middle kingdom.

The Minoans were an advanced civilisation, ready to take on the world. But their progressive empire was brought to a sudden end, their demise unknown to many archaeologists and scientists alike, UNTIL NOW.

The Hatti were indigenous people who inhabited central Anatolia. The Hatti established trade with the cities of Mesopotamia which helped in the development of their kingdom. In 2500 BCE, the Hatti were able to establish their capital city on a hill at the city of Hattusa (Mark, 2012)..

King tut took power of egypt in 1332 B.C.E, Becoming the youngest pharaoh in egypt.Seeing as though he was a very young pharaoh, he had and elder also known as vizier to help him.He married his half

The Minoan society is considered to be the first European civilization, which had derived from the heritage of Asia Minor. I have also discovered that in Minoan society women had the liberty to do all that men were able to, aside from ruling. Also, the Minoans were not at large regarding war, they may have had a navy to protect their ships, but besides from that, they were larger on trade with others from the Mediterranean.

Barry Strauss, professor of classics at Cornell University attempts to redefine a one of history’s biggest love affairs, the Trojan War. Strauss explains how certain events and characters from Homers “The Odyssey” might have actually existed, but also uses modern discoveries from the Bronze Age to compare Homers account to those of Egypt, the Middle East, and etc. While Homer’s epic should not be read as a historical document which recounts the Trojan War hundred percent accurately, it can still be seen as document which embodies some historical truth. The novel as a whole explains the customs, economic standing, fighting styles and beliefs of the Greeks. Strauss’s writing style allows for the book to be accessible to both students and historians. He argues that just like Franz Ferdinand was the spark which ignited World War 1, Helen on the other hand was just a spark which escalated an existing tension between the Greeks and Trojans. Strauss’s personal input on the war itself gives the novel a different outlook on the Trojan War because, it allows for readers to see beyond the facts and make connections with ideas that Strauss had made with recent discoveries and Homers epic.

BCE. Their population was so large they began to migrate to other islands. The name Minoans