Tuesday, May 22, 2012

A is for Alfred the Great, who formed the Anglo-Saxon tribe.
B is for Bloody Mary, who restored the Roman Catholic faith.
C is for city-state, which is the form of government that includes a city and the surrounding land controlled by it.
D is for deomcracy, which is a government in which citizens take part.
E is for Englightenment, which was the time in the 1700s when philosphers applied the scientic method to use reason and explain human nature logically.
F is for fief, which was a grant of land given to a vassal from a lord.
G is for gladiators, which were trained fighters who fought in arenas as entertainment.
H is for Hundred Years' War, which was a war between England and France between 1337 to 1453.
I is for Iliad, which was Homer's great epic that tells the story of the Trojan War.
J is for Julio-Claudian Emperors, who were relatives of Caesar who ruled for 54 years following the death of Augustus.
K is for King Henry VIII, who founded the Anglican Church.
L is for Lutheranism, which was a religion formed from the Protestant Reformation by Martin Luther.
M is for mechanization, which is the use of automatic machinery to increase production.
N is for Niccolo Machiavelli, who was a Renaissance writer who wrote The Prince.
O is for Olympics, which were a series of festivals created in ancient Greece that included sports and literature.
P is for partricians, who were powerful landowners that controlled Roman government and society.
Q is for Queen Elizabeth, who lead an era of flourishing English drama.
R is for republic, which is a form of government where voters elect officals to run the state.
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