Famous Ancient Rulers
A great Assyrian king, he collected clay tablets and formed the world’s first library.
Ashurbanipal
Egyptians drove these people out of their land, using their own weapons against them.
Hyksos
The 12 tribes of the Jewish people are descendants of this man.
Abraham
It was the time period in which we know little about the early Greeks.
Greek Dark Ages
China became famous for this material used to make fine clothes.
Silk
A famous Babylonian king, he built a beautiful mountain with gardens for his Persian wife.
Nebuchadnezzar the Great
Egyptians and Sumerians used these two types of writing in stone or on clay tablets.
hieroglyphics and cuneiform
The Jews called him “The Anointed of the Lord” because he was a good and fair king.
Cyrus the Great
If you believe in multiple gods, liked the Greeks did, you may be called one of these.
Polytheist
Like Buddha, this man urged the Chinese people to be peaceful honest, kind, and non-violent.
Confucius
The first Sumerian dictator, he forced people to pay taxes under threat of severe punishment.
Sargon
It was the name for the most powerful time in Egypt.
The Golden Age of Egypt
Joseph's jealous brothers sent him to live in this country, where he became second in command.
Egypt
Fearless and strong since childhood, he fought the Persians and took over their whole territory.
Alexander the Great
The two rivers ran on either side of the Yellow River Valley.
The Yellow River and the Yangtze River
This great king of Babylon had the first set of laws (that we know of) written in stone.
Hammurabi
Rich grass, wild barley and wild wheat was easy to grow in this place because of its good soil and water.
Fertile crescent
Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt back to this place, where they lived for many years.
Canaan
Instead of looking for cities to attack, the Greeks became civilized, creating their own one of these and writing down stories about themselves.
alphabet
Chinese Emperor Qin Zheng, also known as Shi Huangdi, built this structure to keep the Mongols out.
The Great Wall of China
Sporting a white and red crown, he ruled both the Lower and Upper Kingdoms of Egypt.
King Narmer
Egyptians built these special tombs for their pharaohs, the most famous of which was built for Cheops.
pyramids
After the Jews rebelled against the Roman rulers, the Romans set fire to this holy building.
the Temple
The Athenians and the Spartans decided to stop fighting each other and instead fought attacks from this people group in a war that lasted 60 years.
Persians
During the Shang dynasty, the Chinese people wrote in picture-words, called these.
Pictograms