Inventions
Mesopotamian inventions for transportation (2)
the wheel and the sail
Ancient Egyptian writing
Hieroglyphics
built as temples for dead pharaohs
pyramids
King Saul
Julius Caesar
Dictator of Rome (for life), assassinated for his growing power
Discovery by the ancient hunter- gatherers that changed their lives
Fire
Ancient Mesopotamian writing system
Cuneiform
Roman structures designed to carry fresh water
aqueducts
Alexander the Great
Spread Hellenistic Culture, Was emperor of one of the largest empires in history
Socrates
Taught by asking questions and then questioning the answers
Chinese solution to a lack of flat land for farming
terrace farming
Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
Invention of the Greeks used in buildings to bear weight and add decoration
columns
Augustus Caesar
First emperor of Rome, Started the Pax Romana
Cyrus the Great
Freed the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity
3 Inventions of the Han Dynasty
the magnetic compass, woodblock printing, and paper making
Philosopher who wrote the Republic
Plato
Mesopotamian temples
ziggurats
Ramses the Great (Ramses II)
Fought the famous Battle of Kadesh
Philip II
Macedonian King who conquered Greece after the Peloponnesian Wars
Indian Invention; symbols for #0-9
Hindu- Arabic Numerals
Writing of the Ancient Aryans; a dead language today
Means "high city" in Greek
Acropolis
Sargon the Great
Started the world's first empire
Constantine
Moved the capital of Rome to Constantinople and named the city after himself