AMS 1150 Ancient Lives finals terminology.docx
AMS 1150 Ancient Lives: Finals Terminology
Babylonian social classes
Epic of Gilgamesh
Epic of Creation
Marduk
En, Ensi & Lugal
Statue of Gudea
Bronze head of ruler (Sargon?)
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Hierarchy of scale
Cuneiform
Law Code of Hammurabi
Anu
Egyptian social classes
Pharaoh
Ra
Maat
Cartouche
Nemes headdress
Pschent/ Double Crown
Croox & flail
Vizier
Nomes/ nomarch
Nilometer
Scribe
Tyrranny
Law Code of Dreros
Law Code of Gortyn
Draco
Solon
Tyrant Slayers
Cleisthenes
Isonomia
Deme
Athenian Democracy/ Demokratia
Athenian Agora
Royal Stoa
King Archon
Bouleuterion/ boule
Ekklesiasterion/ ekklesia
Dikasterion
Stoa
Tholos
Ostraka
Bronze ballots
Kleroterion
Socrates
Roman Forum
Early Rome
Roman Republic/ Res publica
Patricians
Plebeians
Consuls
Senate
Tribunes
Dictator/ magister populi
Fasces
L’Arringatore/ the Orator
Rostra
Comitium
Curia
Basilica
Roman emperor
Augustus
Princeps
Imperium
Pontifex Maximus
Pax Romana
Prima Porta Augustus
Domus Aurea
Damnatio Memoriae
Flavian Palace
Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli
Triad of Heaven: Ea, Anu, Enlil
Mesopotamian religion
Warka Vase
Inanna
Ziggurat
Near Eastern temple
Cella
Ziggurat of Ur
Divination
Ashipu
Baru
Amulet
Amun-Ra
Osiris
Horus
Isis
Ptah
Thoth
Anubis
Sekhmet
Hathor
Cult statue
Egyptian priests
Egyptian temples
Pylons
Karnak Temple
Meket
Udjat/ Eye of Horus
Scarab
Ankh
Bes
Egyptian monotheism
Akhetaten
Aten
Greek sanctuaries
Temenos
Altar
Peristyle
Doric order
Ionic order
Column drum
Delphi
Pythia/ Delphic Oracle
Augury
Mt. Lykaion
Asclepius/ Asclepeion
Incubation
Parthenon
Chryselephantine
Parthenon frieze
Metopes
Pediments
Syncretism
Temple of Isis, Pompeii
Mystery Cult
Roman Temple
Vestal Virgin
Campus Martius
Horologium
Ara Pacis
Pantheon
Lares/ Lararium
Pharmakis
Necromancy
Curse tablet
Lamashtu
Tablet-house
Cylinder seal
Royal Game of Ur
Mudbrick
Bitumen
Baked brick
Mesopotamian house
Egyptian house
Gamos
Kyrios
Oikos
Heraia Festival
Gymnastike
Mousike
Agora Bone Well
Rich Athenian Lady
Greek grave stele
Greek house
Andron/ Andronitis
Gynaikonitis
Loomweight
Mosaic
Symposium
Sparta
Agoge system
Spartiate
Spartan women
Sappho Fresco
Roman house/ domus
Atrium house
Patronus
Peristyle House
Freedman
Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker
Royal Tombs at Ur
Death Pits
“The King’s Grave”
Tomb of Queen Puabi
The Great Death Pit
Mastaba
Pyramid
Step Pyramid of Djoser
Bent Pyramid at Dashur
Red Pyramid at Dashur
Ramp
Pyramid Complex of Giza
Pyramid chamber
Valley of the Kings
Mortuary Temple
Mummification
“The Most Perfect Method”
Prosthetics
Ushabti
Tomb of Tutankhamun
Book of the Dead
Field of Reeds
Ba & ka
Fayum Portraits
Griffin Warrior tomb
Kerameikos Cemetery
Tumulus
White-ground lekythos
Phaleron Cemetery
Royal Tombs at Vergina
Tomb II, Vergina
Etruscan tombs
Caere, Banditaccia Necropolis
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Imagines
Columbaria
Mausoleum
Sarcophagus
Necropolis
Mausoleum of Augustus
Hadrian’s Mausoleum
Jericho
Royal Battle Standard of Ur
Vulture Stele of Lagash
Assyrian armies
Siege warfare
Khopesh
Chariot
Battle of Kadesh
Bronze Age fortified citadels
Tell
Hittites
Casemate walls
Cyclopian masonry
Mycenaean plate armor
Boar’s tusk helmet
Pylos Combat Agate
Greek hoplite
Panoply
Phalanx
Corinthian helmet
Chigi Vase
Amazons
Scythians
Cylonian Conspiracy
Marathon tumulus
Temple of Athena Nike
Himera
Macedonian army
Sarissa
Alexander Mosaic
Nike of Samothrace
Roman infantry
Scutum/ pilum/ galea
Testudo formation
Slingshot
Roman fortifications
Punic wars
Trireme
Battering ram
Corvus
Roman legionary fort/ castra
Cardo & decumanus
Architecti
Vindolanda Tablets
Trajan’s Column
Triumphal Arch of Titus
Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
Dura-Europus
Ugarit/ Ras Shamra
Canaanites
Baal
Minet el-Beida port
Murex shell
Karum
Kultepe
Cape Gelidonya Wreck
Uluburun Shipwreck
Deben
Naucratis
Tell el-Daba wall paintings
Punt
Canal of the Pharaohs
Phoenicians
Kommos, Crete
Syrian craftsmen on Crete
Phoenician alphabet
Greek colonization
Emporion
Apoikia
Al-Mina
Pithekoussai
Nestor’s Cup
Bartering system
Ox-hide ingot
Kingdom of Bactria
Ai Khanoum
Ghandara art
Delos
Agora of the Italians
Romanization
Hadrian’s Wall
Chesters Fort
Reed instrument
Panpipes
Lyre
Lute
Bull-headed Lyre
Senet
Banquet scene from the Tomb Chapel of Nebamun
Ancient musical text
Kithara
Aulos
Hydraulis/ water organ
Ancient Olympic Games
Olympia
Dromos
Pan-Hellenic Games
Ancient pentathlon
Pankration
Symposium
Krater
Symposiarch
Rhyton/ rhyta
Kottabos
Kylix
Amphora
Oinochoe
Greek theater
Bull-leaping
Thespis
Orchestra
Chorus
Theatron
Paradoi
Skene
Proskenion
Theater of Dionysus
City Dionysia festival
Theater at Epidaurus
Chariot racing
Circus Maximus
Gladiator
Ludi
Naumachia
Amphitheater
Amphitheater at Pompeii
Colosseum
Velarium
Hypogeum
Mediterranean Triad
Fermentation
Egyptian breweries
Wine-making
Lever-press, screw-press
Plough
Threshing, winnowing
Grain milling
Donkey mill
Water wheel
Barbegal aqueduct and watermill
Ancient cookbooks
Leavened bread
Bread oven
Roman bakery
Popina
Beekeeping
General concepts to know:
Mesopotamian kingship & government
Egyptian kingship & government
Greek government forms
Imperial Rome
Mesopotamian religion
Mesopotamian priesthood
Egyptian religion
Egyptian priesthood
Greek/ Roman religion
Mesopotamian marriage
Egyptian marriage
Egyptian childhood
Greek childhood
Marriage in Ancient Greece
Motherhood in Ancient Greece
Marriage in Ancient Rome
Motherhood in Ancient Rome
Roman childhood
Roman women
Roman slaves
Mesopotamian funerary practices
Egyptian funerary practices/ grave goods/ afterlife
Greek funerary practices
Etruscan funerary practices
Roman funerary practices
Mesopotamian warfare/ early armies
Egyptian armies
Greek & Roman armies
Near Eastern trade
Egyptian trade
Greek trade & interaction
Diversity in ancient Rome
Egyptian & Mesopotamian music
Games in ancient Greece & Rome
Greek theater & performance
Roman gladiatorial combat