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Kayla often finds herself immersed in elaborate daydreams and incorporates these thoughts in the fictional stories she enjoys writing. We can assume that Kayla is high in the trait of

80-year-old Isaac would have the greatest number of autobiographical memories from his…

The Persian king, Cyrus the Great, ruled his vast empire through a system of , or Persian governors.    Hegemon, Hoplites, Etruscans, Intermediate, Thermopylae, Carthage, Sparta, Cuneiform, Rhetoric, Canuleian, Assyrians, Satraps, Civilization, Ziggurat, Hortensian, Gaugamela, Peloponnesian, Spartacus, Athens, Mountains, Vestal Virgins, Hanging Gardens, Julius Caesar, Code of Hammurabi, Hannibal

The greatest enemy of Greece was the Persian Empire. During the second Persian War, under the leadership of the Spartan king Leonidas and  his  contingent of  three hundred Spartans, a Greek force numbering close to nine thousand held off  the Persian army at the Battle of for  two  days.  The  Spartan  troops  were  especially  brave.  When  told  that  Persian  arrows  would  darken  the  sky  in  battle,  one  Spartan warrior supposedly responded, “That is good news. We will  fight  in  the  shade!”   Hegemon, Hoplites, Etruscans, Intermediate, Thermopylae, Carthage, Sparta, Cuneiform, Rhetoric, Canuleian, Assyrians, Satraps, Civilization, Ziggurat, Hortensian, Gaugamela, Peloponnesian, Spartacus, Athens, Mountains, Vestal Virgins, Hanging Gardens, Julius Caesar, Code of Hammurabi, Hannibal

Chapter 5 begins by discussing the importance of geography to the development of Rome. Italy’s were less of a barrier to unity and trade than Greece, it had more farmland, and the fact that it was a peninsula made regional trade easier.   Hegemon, Hoplites, Etruscans, Intermediate, Thermopylae, Carthage, Sparta, Cuneiform, Rhetoric, Canuleian, Assyrians, Satraps, Civilization, Ziggurat, Hortensian, Gaugamela, Peloponnesian, Spartacus, Athens, Mountains, Vestal Virgins, Hanging Gardens, Julius Caesar, Code of Hammurabi, Hannibal

A is a complex culture in which large numbers  of   human  beings  share  a  variety  of   common  elements.     Hegemon, Hoplites, Etruscans, Intermediate, Thermopylae, Carthage, Sparta, Cuneiform, Rhetoric, Canuleian, Assyrians, Satraps, Civilization, Ziggurat, Hortensian, Gaugamela, Peloponnesian, Spartacus, Athens, Mountains, Vestal Virgins, Hanging Gardens, Julius Caesar, Code of Hammurabi, Hannibal

The  most  prominent  building  in  a  Sumerian  city  was  the  temple,  which  was  dedicated  to  the  chief   god  or  goddess  of   the  city  and  often  built  atop  a  massive  stepped  tower  called  a  .    Hegemon, Hoplites, Etruscans, Intermediate, Thermopylae, Carthage, Sparta, Cuneiform, Rhetoric, Canuleian, Assyrians, Satraps, Civilization, Ziggurat, Hortensian, Gaugamela, Peloponnesian, Spartacus, Athens, Mountains, Vestal Virgins, Hanging Gardens, Julius Caesar, Code of Hammurabi, Hannibal

The Carthaginian leader was Rome’s most effective enemy.   Hegemon, Hoplites, Etruscans, Intermediate, Thermopylae, Carthage, Sparta, Cuneiform, Rhetoric, Canuleian, Assyrians, Satraps, Civilization, Ziggurat, Hortensian, Gaugamela, Peloponnesian, Spartacus, Athens, Mountains, Vestal Virgins, Hanging Gardens, Julius Caesar, Code of Hammurabi, Hannibal

Historians have typically divided Egyptian history into three periods, the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom. These kingdoms were separated by periods of decline, war, and political chaos known as Periods.   Hegemon, Hoplites, Etruscans, Intermediate, Thermopylae, Carthage, Sparta, Cuneiform, Rhetoric, Canuleian, Assyrians, Satraps, Civilization, Ziggurat, Hortensian, Gaugamela, Peloponnesian, Spartacus, Athens, Mountains, Vestal Virgins, Hanging Gardens, Julius Caesar, Code of Hammurabi, Hannibal

The  oldest  Mesopotamian  texts  date  to  around  3000 B.C. and  were  written  by the Sumerians, who used a system  of   writing.    Hegemon, Hoplites, Etruscans, Intermediate, Thermopylae, Carthage, Sparta, Cuneiform, Rhetoric, Canuleian, Assyrians, Satraps, Civilization, Ziggurat, Hortensian, Gaugamela, Peloponnesian, Spartacus, Athens, Mountains, Vestal Virgins, Hanging Gardens, Julius Caesar, Code of Hammurabi, Hannibal