Ancient Rome
These 3 groups were the first to settle in the area around Rome.
Who are the Latins, Greeks, and Etruscans?
The elements of these two peoples combined to form early Greek culture.
Who are the Minoans and Mycenaeans?
The Nile River does this predictably every year, making it easier to use it as an irrigation tool.
What is flooding?
The flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers enabled this, causing Sumer to thrive.
What is large scale agriculture?
These brought seasonal storms to the subcontinent.
What are monsoons?
What were the 2 social groups in the Republic?
What are the Plebeians and the Patricians?
This person's law declared all to be equal before the law, causing the beginning of Athenian democracy.
Who is Draco?
Ancient Egypt had this type of government.
What is a theocracy?
Sumer was divided into these.
What are independent city-states?
Settlements by this river grew into farming communities and later expanded into cities.
What is the Indus River?
After the fall of the Republic, this person made himself emperor.
Who is Octavian?
This person contributed to democracy by outlawing debt slavery and by creating 4 social classes - the 3 highest classes allowed citizens to run for office, but all adult males (citizens) could vote.
Who is Solon?
The Ancient Egyptians had this kind of religion.
What is polytheistic?
This was at the center of every city-state, dedicated to a specific god or goddess.
What is a ziggurat?
This city became a center for economic and political power.
What is Harappa?
The discontent of the masses was kept under control by this.
What are free entertainments?
These people conquered Ionia, including Athens, during the Persian Wars.
Who are the Persians?
She was the first female pharaoh. She supported agriculture and mining, built a vast trading empire, and sent out many military expeditions to conquer.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Sumer was this type of civilization.
What is cultural?
This group of people conquered the Indus Valley and created an empire across the whole subcontinent.
Who are the Aryans?
Weak rulers, economic problems, and military and social issues all contributed to this.
What is the fall of the Roman Empire.
This Greek leader conquered Persia, parts of Asia, and even became Pharaoh.
Who is Alexander the Great?
Akhenaten was strongly disliked by the people because he attempted to impose this.
What is monotheism?
Wars between these left Sumer weak and opened the door for the first empire.
What are the independent city-states?
The rulers followed these principles or behavior standards.
What is dharma?