Ancient Mesopatamia
Special Characters that can be put together to make words
What is the Phoenician Alphabet?
This Process consisted of drying a body so it could live in the afterlife
What was the process of Mummification?
This phrase means Philosophy
What is "Lover of Wisdom"?
This material was very famous in trading routes and was made from a special worm and cocoons
What is Silk?
a mixture that was used to make structures that held up nicely when hardened
What is Concrete?
The first group to live in Mesopotamia
Who were the Sumerians?
A river that flows over 4,000 miles long and goes north from Africa to its headstream
What is the Nile River?
Three types of Greek pillars in order
What is Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian?
A philosopher that taught people to live simply normal lives and stay away from being rich or famous
What was Lao-tzu?
a language that meant love
What is the Latin language?
A king who felt it was his duty to spread his religion, Zoroastrianism
Who was Cyrus the Great?
The first Pharoah to unite Egypt
Who was Menes?
An Architectural Ratio
What is the Golden section?
This god was called "The Ruler Above"
Who was Shang Ti?
The first emperor of Rome
Who was Augustus?
Two rivers in Mesopotamia
what are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
An item that was made of Reeds from the Nile river
What is Papyrus?
Play writers who wrote comedies or tragedies
Who were Sophocles and Aristophanes?
The first dynasty to rule China
What was the Xia Dynasty?
A man killed because he was getting to powerful
Who was Julius Caesar?
People so powerful for their religious ways that they became kings in Sumerian
Who were Priests?
The last female Pharaoh
Who was Cleopatra?
A word that meant excellence, virtue, perfection,, and was reflected in Greek sculptures
What is Arête?
By doing this Chinese women were considered Beautiful
What was Foot Binding?
Areas that Rome covered
what are Europe, north Africa, and the Middle East?