The earliest nomads lived in this area of the world.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
This river flooded each year, depositing rich soil to grow crops. It was extremely important to the Egyptian people.
What is the Nile?
This king of the Babylonians created the first written code of laws.
Who was Hammurabi?
This Greek city was known for having fierce warriors who started training when they were children!
What is Sparta?
What are aqueducts?
Ancient China was famous for producing this type of cloth--there was even a road named after it!
What is silk?
The Egyptian pharaoh Cheops had this special monument built for his tomb.
What is the Great Pyramid?
This Assyrian king conquered Babylon and formed the world's first library.
Who was Ashurbanipal?
This Greek city was known for its culture--art, music, books, and education.
What is Athens?
The Romans had a famous war with this city, whose leader Hannibal brought elephants over the mountains in a sneak attack!
What is Carthage?
This famous structure in Ancient China was built by the Qin people for protection.
What is the Great Wall of China?
The Sumerians wrote on clay tablets using these special pictures.
What is cuneiform?
This famous Babylonian ruler conquered Assyria and created a beautiful hanging garden that is now one of the ancient wonders of the world.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
This king of the Greek gods was known for throwing lightning bolts when he was displeased.
Who is Zeus?
He was the famous Roman consul and war hero that became Rome's first emperor. When he became too powerful, the Senate plotted to kill him.
Who was Julius Caesar?
A rich man who lived in the Aryan civilization in India gave up his fortune and became poor to find the meaning of life. He taught peacefulness to others, and became known as the ________.
What is the Buddha?
This Akkadian king conquered all of Sumeria and established a military dictatorship.
Who was Sargon?
King Cyrus the Great was the leader of this group of people who conquered Babylon once and for all.
Who were the Persians?
The Greeks had a war with this nation that lasted 60 years.
What is Persia?
This Roman emperor blamed the Christians for a fire in Rome. They began meeting underground to avoid getting in trouble.
Who is Nero?
These three Barbarian tribes attacked and eventually conquered Rome.
Who are the Huns, the Visigoths, the Vandals?
This Egyptian pharaoh pretended to be a man and even wore a false beard in order to take the throne.
Who was Hatshepsut?
These ancient people lived in Canaan and were famous for being the best sailors in the ancient world.
Who were the Phoenicians?
This great leader of the Greeks conquered the Persians and used elephants in combat.
Who was Alexander the Great?
Rome grew too large and was divided into the Western Roman Empire, located in Rome, and the Eastern Roman Empire, located in this city.
What is Constantinople?