Ancient Mesopotamia
Earliest period in the stone age.
What was the Paleolithic age?
A reed that grows wild along the Nile.
What is Papyrus?
Storytellers.
Who were Bards?
Something that is worth value like coins or paper money.
What is currency?
A large group of Roman soldiers.
What is a legion?
A place where people worship.
What is a Shrine?
A bucket on a long pole to transfer river water.
What was a Shadoof?
A Greek city-state.
What is a Polis?
A system of Beliefs which a king must follow.
What is Dao?
Head of office, and has limited time in office.
Who were Consuls?
The latest period in the stone age.
What was the Neolithic age?
A system of writing based on pictures and sounds.
What is Hieroglyphics?
Enslaved people in ancient Sparta.
Who were Helots?
The beliefs that a kings right to rule came from the gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
To reject.
What is Veto?
Small states.
What are Satrapies?
The process of treating the body so it doesn't decay.
What was embalming?
A high ranked government official who was elected by a council of elders.
Who were Ephors?
A system of beliefs based on the beliefs of Confucius.
What is Confucianism?
A form of government on which they elect their leaders.
What is a Republic?
A religion that started in Ancient Persia.
What was Zoroastrianism?
A government by a religious leader.
What was Theocracy?
The three periods of Ancient Greece.
What was the Arkaik, Classical, and Heleenies Periods?
The responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents.
What is Filial Piety?
Large farming estates.
What is Latifundia?