Early Civilizations
Early achaeological site located in England.
What is Stonehenge?
God of Thunder in Ancient Greece.
Who is Zeus?
200 years of peace in ancient Rome.
What is the Pax Romana?
This world religion has its roots in Judaism.
What is Christianity?
Founder of Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
Early civilization located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
Greek city-state that founded democracy.
What is Athens?
Majority of ancient Rome's population.
Who are the plebeians?
Sacred texts of Hinduism.
What are the Vedas and Upanishads?
Forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215.
Who is King John?
He had the Great Wall of China built for protection.
Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?
Greek city-state with a rigid social structure and militaristic society.
What is Sparta?
Rome's first emporer.
Who is Augustus Caesar?
Chinese religion based on the simple life and humility (modesty).
What is Confucianism?
Gave a famous speech that started the Crusades.
Who is Pope Urban II?
Rulers are given the power to lead by the gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Hellenistic is the blending of these two cultures.
What are Greek and Asian?
Series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage.
What are the Punic Wars?
Founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddartha Gauatama?
Roman leader loved by the people, assassinated by the Senate.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Two important cities in the Indus River Valley.
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
What are the Persian and Peloponnesian?
Roman emporer who moved the captial from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it after himself.
Who is Constantine?
Religion of the Persian Empire.
What is Zoroastrianism?
Carthinian general who invaded the Italian Penninsula during the 2nd Punic War.
Who is Hannibal?