Early Civ / Meso.
Most early civilizations settled around these geographical features.
Rivers
The Ancient Egyptians settled on this river.
Nile
This aspect of Hinduism was a consequence of your actions and determined how you would live in the next life.
Karma
This city is known for having the first "democracy".
Athens
This era of Rome ended in 180 CE, what means "Roman Peace".
Pax Romana
Mesopotamian civilizations primarily settled around this river valley.
Euphrates
This tablet was used to translate Ancient Egypt hieroglyphics.
Rosetta Stone
This body of water influenced early Chinese civilization and settlement, known in China as "Huang He".
Yellow River
This city-state did not focus on the arts, but rather on militaristic matters.
Sparta
This form of public execution was common in Rome, and is most associated today with the death of Jesus.
Crucifixion
This Mesopotamian king established the first set of codified laws.
King Hammurabi
Judaism was the first religion like this, where they only believed in one god rather than many gods.
Monotheistic
This cycle allowed powerful families to rule in China for many years.
Dynastic Cycle
This god was the patron, or highly honored god, of Athens.
Athena
Before Emperor Constantine, Romans generally disliked Christians for this reason.
Christians did not worship the Emperor as a god.
This code of ancient laws would most likely agree with the phrase, "an eye for an eye."
Hammurabi's Code
An important prophet in Judaism, he led his people out of Egypt and delivered the Ten Commandments.
Moses
This ancient text in Hinduism was written in Sanskrit and migrated into India with the Aryans.
The Vedas
This philosopher was the student of Plato and the teacher to Alexander the Great.
Aristotle
True or False: After Saul converted to Christianity, he changed his name to Paul.
True
This is one feature of early civilization.
Government, Religion, Job Specialization, Art and Architecture, Social Classes, Public Works, and Writing.
People in Egypt followed the rule of the Pharaoh because they viewed him in this way.
Their Leader and Closest to God / the gods.
In Hinduism and according to the Caste System, this group was closest to the gods.
Brahmins
Most of Greece is within this many miles of the coast.
50
Romans visited this venue, famously seen in "The Gladiator", for forms of entertainment.
Coliseum