I. ID Universe (30 points).  I will choose five of the thirty terms below.  For each term be prepared to supply the following information: 1) who/what the term was 2) when the person or thing it represents was of importance and 3) its historical significance (i.e. why is it important to our understanding of the time & place with which it is associated).

Ahmosis, a.k.a. Amose (r. 1539-1527 B.C.E.)
Ur
High Court at Heliopolis
Code of Hammurabi
dependents
scribes (Egyptian)
client/puppet states
tin
Hittites
Marduk
Maat
Western Zhou (1122-771 B.C.E.)
Analects of Confucius
xiao
Han Feizi, Han Fei-tzu (280-233 B.C.E.)
Shihuangdi (r. 221-210 B.C.E.)
Legalism
Scholar-Gentry
Changan (Chang'an)
Thera/Santorini
hoplites
Pericles (495-429 B.C.E., Archon from 443-429 B.C.E.)
gerousia
helots
Darius (558-486 B.C.E., r. 522-486 B.C.E.)
Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.E.)
Socrates (470/469-399 B.C.E.)
kyrios
Antigonus II Gonatus (320-239 B.C.E., r. 276-239 B.C.E.)
Achaean League


II. Text Interpretation (40 points): I will select a portion of a primary source text from one of the primary sources assigned for reading for the period from 9.8.09 through 10.6.09.  Suggestion for preparation: review all primary sources assigned for that period and take brief notes on each document using the document analysis template.


III. Comparative Question (10 points): I will give you a broad comparative question that focuses on a phenomenon, institution, or group across two different societies/cultures.