Communication
This was the name of the first form of writing.
What is cuneiform?
What river flows through Egypt?
What is the Nile?
The monument in present-day United Kingdom is aligned with the sunrise on the summer solstice and the sunset on the winter solstice, indicating a possible purpose as an observatory or calendar.
What is Stonehenge?
This civilization had their own language of Latin, and lasted almost 1,000 years.
What is Rome (or the Roman Empire)?
This was the title of the leader of the Egyptian government.
What is a Pharaoh?
This was the natural product the Mesopotamians wrote on.
What is clay?
These two rivers surrounded ancient Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
This immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648, is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage.
What is the Taj Mahal.
Ancient ________ astronomers created a calendar much like ours—based on the sun’s rotation—and are thought to be the first civilization to measure a year using 365 days.
What is Egyptian?
This was the creator of the first set of written laws in Ancient Mesopotamia.
Who is King Hammurabi?
This was the plant the Egyptians made a type of paper product out of (called by the same name as the plant)?
What is papyrus
Mesopotamia is also known the ________________ due its prime location between two rivers that created rich soil.
What is "Fertile Crescent"
A terracotta army of clay soldiers was found in the tomb of the First Qin Emperor in this ancient civilization.
What is Ancient China?
These professional warriors were of pre-industrial Japan and were known for their military prowess, loyalty, and adherence to a strict code of conduct called Bushido.
Who are the Samurai?
This form of writing was invented by ancient Egyptians.
What is hieroglyphics?
These are three benefits that societies living in a river valley had over other civilizations.
What is trade, transportation, rich soil, various resources, food, water source, etc.
This is a series of fortifications in China that were built as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe. The first section was built during the 7th century BC.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This is a large society that is highly organized and can pass down written information from one generation to the next.
What is a civilization?
This saying describes the type of punishments given in Hammurabi's Code.
What is "an eye for an eye"?
This is the name of the stone with writings that have been translated into the same message in three different languages. It is also the name of a language learning program.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The Maya and Aztec were ancient civilizations from the region of this modern country.
What is Mexico?
Built in the 15th century and later abandoned, this citadel is renowned for its sophisticated dry-stone walls that fuse huge blocks without the use of mortar, intriguing buildings that play on astronomical alignments and panoramic views.
What is Machu Picchu?
A volcano erupted and buried this city and its people under rock and ash, which kept everything preserved for a very long time.
What is Pompeii?
Cyrus the Great and Darius the Great were rulers of this ancient empire.
What is Persia?