The Roman civilization used their military strength to fight off invaders and acquire land for their empire.
The Egyptians used hieroglyphics to record their history.
The first major citizen participation in government occurred in Athens.
The Greeks and the Romans had a significant impact on the world's
cultural development.
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a sudden overthrow of government usually by a small military group
coup d'etat
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the system of government in Roman culture where only the wealthy and well respected were allowed to vote and hold office
republic
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organized games in Greek culture that improved physical fitness and endurance
Olympic Games
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an Egyptian ruler
pharaoh
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a slab of black stone that contains two languages (Egyptian and Greek) written in three different scripts
Rosetta Stone
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symbolic picture writing
hieroglyphics
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an ancient civilization that was known for its well-structured temples
and settled in what is now Iraq southwest of Baghdad
Babylonian
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an ancient civilization that
is known for inventing the windmill and settled in what is now Iran
Persian
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an ancient civilization that was known for their agriculture and settled in what is now the lower part of Iraq
Sumerian
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an ancient civilization of great navigators that left their alphabet to the western world and settled in what is now Syria, Lebanon, and northern Israel
Phoenician
Social Studies: Ancient Civilization - Flashcards
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