Chapter 7 Matching Exercise

Interaction and Adaptation in Western Eurasia: Persia, Greece, and Rome, 550 BCE–600 CE

Temples where humans could consult priests or priestesses to determine the will of the gods.

Period of Greek history from 323 BCE to 31 BCE.

Greek foot soldiers fighting in closed ranks, called "phalanxes."

Heavily armed and protected cavalry soldiers.

State without a royal dynasty and with an elected executive.

"King of kings," the title of Persian rulers.

Roman foot soldiers fighting in semiclosed ranks.

Jewish meeting places for prayer and legal consultation.

Representation in painting or sculpture that is highly restrained or severe in emotional import.

Basic Christian doctrine defining faith as belief in God, the Father; Jesus Christ, his son of the same substance; and the Holy Ghost.

Realm of reality above and beyond the limits of sensory experience.

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