Mesopotamia
What do we call early members of society that found food for survival?
What are Hunters & Gatherers?
Longest river in the world used for transportation
What is the Nile?
The early river system in China that was both a blessing and a curse.
What is the Yellow River (Yangtze)?
Two famous City States- One known for it's strength the other for it's intelligence
What is Sparta and Athens?
Two mythological brothers raised by a She Wolf and responsible for naming Rome
Who are Romulus and Remus?
These two things allowed primitive man to settle and create villages
What is domestication and agriculture?
Egyptian form of writing using symbols to represent things and ideas
What are Hieroglyphics?
The division of Indian society based on wealth, rank and occupation.
What is the Caste system?
This was a fight between Athens and Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
Roman contribution to the system of Government
What are a Written Constitution & Representative Democracy?
Two important rivers from Mesopotamia flooded on a yearly basis.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Major Egyptian building that doubled as a grave for a Pharaoh King
What is a Pyramid?
Religion based on the spiritual teachings of Siddartha Guatama, that started in India and spread to Asia
What is Buddhism?
Ancient form of Greek government still used today
What is Democracy?
Monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ from Nazareth
What is Christianity?
Set of ancient Civil Laws in Mesopotamia that were often cruel
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
Female ruler of Egypt that united the empire and expanded trade.
Who is Queen Hatsheput?
Chinese philosopher that focused on unifying Chinese society and preached family, societal, and government values.
Who is Confucius?
Macedonian ruler responsible for spreading Greek culture to Europe, Asia and Africa
Who is Alexander the Great?
Roman General and Dictator that transformed Rome from a Republic to an Empire
Who is Julius Caesar?
First civilization from Mesopotamia to develop a writing system
Who are the Sumerians?
What group of people living within Egypt switched from polytheism to Monotheism?
Who are the ancient Hebrews?
Major trade routes in China that spread throughout the Asian continent
What is the Silk Road?
System of thought to seeks to understand the mysteries of life
What is Philosophy?
This was a series of battles between the Carthaginians and the Romans
What is the Punic war?