Mesopotamia
The earliest form of law developed in Babylon
Hammurabi's Code
This mountain range made it difficult for ideas to spread in and out of Ancient China.
Himalayas
The hard to travel geography of Greece led to the creation of these instead of a united civilization.
City-States
This popular Roman leader led to the downfall of the Roman Republic and rise of the Roman Emperor.
Julius Caesar
The pre-history era dominated by hunter-gatherer societies.
Old Stone Age
First written language developed by Sumerian's in 3,200 BCE
Cuneiform
Earliest examples of Chinese writing were left by Shang priests.
Oracle Bones
Following the Persian Wars, this city-state dominated much of Greece.
In the Punic Wars, Romans gained much of the surrounding lands in the Mediterranean Sea by defeating
Carthage
The start of a new era with the development of farming.
Neolithic Era
The world's first civilization developed between the Tigris and Euphrates River.
Sumer
Which Chinese philosophy encouraged strict laws and harsh punishments as a way of controlling the populations.
Legalism
Present in each city-states and was typically built on the highest point to worship the gods.
Acropolis
Rome gained the trust of their conquered enemies by offering them
Citizenship
In order for mass farm production, early civilizations relied on these to support their large populations.
Rivers
The spread of ideas across the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia) is an example of
Cultural Diffusion
Belief that Chinese emperors are chosen by the gods and removed by the gods when famine, war, and corruption takes place.
Placed emphasis on the development of the individual, especially with focus on military capability.
Spartans
This Roman emperor attempted to restore order in Rome by dividing the empire into two regions.
Diocletian
What early activity caused cultural diffusion between people as they came into contact.
Trade
Hammurabi's Code is an example of which two types of law.
Criminal and Civil
Silk Road
Conflict between the Athenians and Spartans resulted in...
Peloponnesian War
Offerings of gladiator shows and food to the people of Rome were examples of what system to keep people distracted from their economic hardships.
Breads and Circuses
To study writings of the past to understand cultures and events is the practice of...
Historian