River Valley Civilizations
Mesopotamia was also known as this...
The Fertile Crescent
OR
The Cradle of Civilization
Collapse
Ashurbanipal was emperor of which empire?
A) Assyria
B) Chaldea
C) Persia
A) Assyria
The Greeks believed they were all descendants of a man named _________
Hellen
Copper + Tin =
Bronze
The first civilization in Mesopotamia was...
Sumer (The Sumerians)
What group attacked and destroyed many Bronze Age civilizations?
The Sea Peoples
Which Persian Emperor was known for "strategic mercy"?
A) Cyrus the Great
B) Darius I
C) Xerxes I
A) Cyrus the Great
Who said "All I know is that I know nothing."
Socrates
The Epic of Gilgamesh was written in what writing system?
Cuneiform
Who was the first emperor in history?
Sargon of Akkad
How did people make their fires hot enough to produce iron? (What did they burn?)
Charcoal
Ashurbanipal built the Library of ________, where archeologists uncovered The Epic of Gilgamesh
Nineveh
The Greek aristocrat Cleisthenes is known as the "Father of ________"
Democracy
What was the name of Gilgamesh's companion?
Spelling counts!
Enkidu
The Code of Hammurabi provided ________ justice
standardized
What technology enabled the Hittites to be undefeated in battle?
Chariots
A coalition of the ________s and the _________s defeated the Assyrian Empire.
Medes and Chaldeans
At what age could Spartan men retire from the military?
60
What is the term for "A historic social order in India that determines a person’s rank, jobs, and value."
Caste System
Define "River Valley"
A valley formed and nourished by a river
What region were the Hittites from?
Anatolia
Persian coins were called _________
(Hint: They were named after the emperor who created them)
Darics
The Peloponessian Wars were fought between Athens and:
A) Persia
B) Corinth
C) Phoenicia
D) Sparta
D) Sparta
Which empire was also known as the "Neo-Babylonian Empire"?
Chaldeans