Early Humans
The Old Stone Age.
Paleolithic
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
The land between the Rivers
Term for an Egyptian king.
Pharaoh
What dominates Greek geography?
Where did the heavily outnumbered Spartans and their allies hold of the Persians for 3 days in 480 BCE?
Extra food supplies brought about by agriculture.
Surplus
This was created in response to unpredictable flooding.
Irrigation
Who was Egypt's most important god through much of its history?
Ra
What people represented the first mainland Greek civilization?
Mycenaeans
Who did the Greeks defeat twice, in 490 and 480 BC?
Persia
The New Stone Age.
Neolithic
The world's first civilization.
Sumer
The process of preserving a body for a trip to the afterlife.
Mummification
The most famous Greek temple built on the Acropolis in Athens.
The Parthenon
Where did the Athenians defeat the Persians in 490 BCE?
Marathon
Nomadic people who relied on wild game, nuts, and seeds to survive.
Hunter-gatherers
The basic political unit of Mesopotamia.
City-States
Powerful woman pharaoh who made Egypt rich.
Hatshepsut
Term for a Greek soldier.
Hoplite
Where did the Athenian fleet defeat the Persians in 480 BCE?
Salamis
The process of changing plants and animals for human use.
Domestication
Worlds first writing system.
Cuneiform
How did Akhenaten change Egypt?
Made it monotheistic
Battle formation favored by the Greeks.
Phalanx
Where did a unified Greek army finally defeat the Persians in 479 BCE?
Plataea