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The names of the sixth grade history teachers
Who are Miss Smith, Dr P. and Mr. Higa?
Like Egypt, Nubians built these structures for their kings - but theirs were smaller and steeper
What are the pyramids?
The name of the proclamation buried under a temple in Babylon following Cyrus's conquest
What is the Cyrus Cylinder
The birthplace of democracy
What is Athens?
The name for a belief system in which people worship ONE god
What is Monotheism?
This was a title for a powerful queen who ruled in ancient Nubia
Who is a Kandake?
The Greek General who burned Persepolis to the Ground
Who is Alexander the Great?
The age at which Spartan boys were sent for military training
What is aged 7?
An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest
What is an artifact?
These rocky rapids in the Nile River made travel and invasion difficult between Egypt and Nubia
What are the cataracts?
The Persian King who carried out a second invasion of Greece in 480 BC
Who is Xerxes?
The meaning of the word "democracy"
What is the rule of the people?
The blue stone which decorated the Standard of Ur
What is Lapis Lazuli?
The name of the Kandake who defeated the Romans
Who is Queen Amanirenas?
The battle where the Persian army defeated 300 Spartans
The Battle of Thermopylae
The Greek term meaning "high city" and a major tourist site in Athens today
Early humans who did not settle down and live in one place
What are nomads?
This ancient Nubian script has never been deciphered
What is Meroitic?
The conquered King whose life Cyrus spares and who he adopts as his father
King Astyages
The Father of History