Mesopotamia (p. 34-41)
The people in this river valley civilization worshipped many gods. What is the practice of worshipping many gods called?
polytheism
Egypt is located in the northeast corner of this continent.
Africa
Battle of Thermopylae
He led the Spartans during the Battle of Thermopylae.
Leonidas
Republic
The first written code of law was written by whom?
Hammurabi
He became Pharaoh at the age of 9 and was taking over Egypt after his father left it in chaos.
King Tut
He founded the Persian Empire.
Cyrus the Great
This Greek philosopher made major advancements in medical knowledge.
Hippocrates
This carried water from place to place throughout the Roman Empire. They are considered to be a major accomplishment of Rome.
aqueducts
In Mesopotamia (and other early river valley civilizations), people needed to build these to keep the river from flooding.
dams
This is what Egyptians did to important people so that they would be preserved in the after life.
mummification
He attempted to conquer Greece after his father failed.
Xerxes
This Greek Philosopher was forced to drink hemlock because he encouraged students to think for themselves.
Socrates
What do historians call the 200 year period of peace and prosperity in Rome?
Pax Romana
What was the pyramid like buildings where the people of Mesopotamia worshipped called?
Ziggurats
King Akhenaten upset most people in Egypt by claiming there was only one god. What is the type of worship called when you only worship one god?
monotheism
He allowed religious tolerance when he conquered peoples, which was very rare at this time in human history.
Cyrus the Great
What type of government did Sparta have?
Oligarchy
Which is the earliest of these 3 events?
Rome Falls in 476CE
Rome conquers Greece in 146BCE
Julius Caesar is assassinated in 44BCE.
Rome Conquers Greece.
Mesopotamia means the land between 2 rivers. What are the names of these two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Egypt made the earliest form of paper using this plant.
papyrus
This is a monotheistic religion practiced in Persia.
Zoroastrianism
These independently governed areas united under one independent government were common in Greece due to geography. Sparta was an example of this.
city-state or polis
He was the first emperor of the Roman Empire.
Octavian