Ancient History flashcards
28 TCE Ancient History cards across 8 modules (10 definitions, 18 key facts, 0 fill-the-gap, 0 formulas). Each session gives you 20 cards, due cards first. Swipe right for easy, left for hard, down for again. Keyboard: Space to flip, 1 to 4 to rate.
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What this deck covers
Ancient Assyria (4 cards, 2 dot points)
Ancient China (4 cards, 2 dot points)
Studying an Ancient Civilisation (4 cards, 2 dot points)
Ancient Egypt (2 cards, 2 dot points)
Ancient Greece (2 cards, 2 dot points)
Historical Skills and Inquiry (4 cards, 3 dot points)
The Nature of Power and Authority (6 cards, 3 dot points)
Ancient Rome (2 cards, 2 dot points)
Sample cards from this deck
Definition
Assyrian Warfare, Art and the Fall of Nineveh - TCE Ancient History (Tasmania)
Define Imperial overstretch
Imperial overstretch describes a situation in which an empire expands beyond the point its resources and administration can sustain, so that the cost of defending and controlling its territory outruns the wealth it can extract.
Definition
Han Dynasty Society and Governance - TCE Ancient History (Tasmania)
Define Mandate of Heaven
The Mandate of Heaven was the Chinese doctrine that legitimate rule was granted by Heaven to a ruler who governed justly. Floods, famines and revolts could be read as signs that Heaven had withdrawn its mandate, which justified the overthrow of a failing dynasty and the rise of a new one.
Definition
Geographical Context, Continuity and Change - TCE Ancient History (Tasmania)
Define Continuity and change
Continuity and change is a historical concept used to analyse how societies develop over time. Continuity refers to features that persist, such as institutions, beliefs or practices, while change refers to what is transformed.
Key fact
New Kingdom Egypt to the Amarna Period - TCE Ancient History (Tasmania)
Tell me about Amun, Karnak and royal wealth
By the reign of Amenhotep III (around 1390 to 1352 BCE) the temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak was the richest institution in Egypt, holding vast estates, granaries and labour.
Key fact
Periclean Athens and Democracy - TCE Ancient History (Tasmania)
Tell me about Pericles and pay for office
Pericles introduced payment for jury service and other public duties, which meant that poorer citizens could afford to participate rather than only the wealthy. Funded partly by the tribute of the empire, this measure widened active participation.
Definition
Historical Inquiry and Evidence-Based Argument - TCE Ancient History (Tasmania)
Define Corroboration
Corroboration is the process of checking a claim against other independent sources. If several sources of different origins support the same point, it is more secure; if they conflict, the historian must weigh their relative reliability and explain the disagreement.
Definition
Control, Propaganda and Monuments - TCE Ancient History (Tasmania)
Define Propaganda
Propaganda is communication designed to influence attitudes and behaviour in favour of a particular cause or ruler, often by selective presentation rather than open argument.
Key fact
Augustus and the Roman Principate - TCE Ancient History (Tasmania)
Tell me about The Res Gestae as autobiography and propaganda
The Res Gestae Divi Augusti, the deeds of the divine Augustus, is a first-person account of his achievements inscribed on monuments after his death in 14 CE.
Definition
The Neo-Assyrian Empire and Its Kings - TCE Ancient History (Tasmania)
Define Royal annals
Royal annals were year-by-year inscribed accounts of a king's campaigns and building works, carved on palace walls, clay prisms and cylinders. As sources they are invaluable for chronology and royal ideology but systematically one-sided, since defeats were minimised or omitted.
Definition
The Qin Unification of China - TCE Ancient History (Tasmania)
Define Legalism
Legalism was the political philosophy that underpinned the Qin state.