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The Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Curriculum
Study Questions
Ethiopian painting of the Battle of Adwa 1896.
Unit 1: Ancient Africa (200,000 B.C.E. – 476 A.C.E.)
History Channel Documentary: Hannibal The Annihilator (43:27 mins)
1. Who is Hannibal's sworn enemy?
2. What was the name of the wars between Carthage and Rome?
3. How many casualties in the 1st Punic War?
4. Who was Hannibal's father? What country did his father take over after the first Punic War?
5. What age was Hannibal when he became Commander of the entire Carthaginian Army?
6. Why does Hannibal not have a Navy during the 2nd Punic War?
7. Who was the Roman General that fought against Hannibal in the 2nd Punic War?
8. Why did Hannibal choose the harsh route to Rome across the Alps? What animal did he carry with him across the Alps?
9. Who were the tribes that attacked Hannibal along the way to Rome?
10. How does Hannibal replenish his forces in Italy on the way to Rome?
11. What is a mercenary?
12. How was the Roman army structured and outfitted? How were they trained?
13. What was Hannibal's strategy against the highly organized and highly structured Roman army?
14. Who was the general the Romans sent to replace Scipio?
15. How did Hannibal's elephants help defeat the Roman strategy?
16. In the Battle of the Trevia, what was the result?
Class 16: Hannibal Barca – Defender of Carthage (247 B.C.E. – 183/181 B.C.E.)
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Emperor Menelik II. Close to the end of the 19th century, the ancient kingdom of Ethiopia remained one of the few nations within the continent of Africa that had not fallen to European colonialism. Compared to the other great powers of Europe, Italy was late in its efforts to colonize, and possessed only the small acquisitions of Eritrea and Somalia. Italy therefore sought to increase its dominance over the region by conquering Ethiopia and creating a land bridge between its two provinces.
Opposing Italy's quest for an African empire was the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II.
