Inventions
The writing system invented by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
The top person was the Pharaoh.
Who were the ancient Egyptians.
The first civilization to practice Christianity.
What was the Roman?
The home of the Greek gods.
What is Mount Olympus?
The most important building in a Mesopotamian city-state.
What is a ziggurat?
The biggest building in ancient Rome.
What is the colosseum?
These two ancient civilizations had emperors.
Who were the Chinese and the Romans.
The civilization that ancient Romans borrowed their gods from?
Who were the Greeks?
The most important city-state in ancient Greece.
What is Athens?
The colosseum held this many people.
What is 50,000?
Three Chinese inventions that changed humanity the most.
What are gun powder, paper, and the compass?
Merchants were the lowest class in this ancient civilization.
Who were the ancient Chinese?
Who is Aphrodite?
The two rivers that cradled Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
The two nicknames of Mesopotamia.
What are...?
- the cradle of civilization
- the land between two rivers
This invention helped the Romans easily trade and expand their empire.
What are roads?
The highest ranking Mayan official.
What is the chief?
The most powerful god of ancient China.
Who is the Jade Emperor?
Home of the first 'public' library in ancient times (hint: it's in Egypt).
What is Alexandria?
The timeline of ancient China.
What is 1750 BCE to 500 CE?
Name two ingredients in the ancient Egyptian recipe for toothpaste.
What are powder of ox hooves, ashes, burnt eggshells and pumice?
What is the lowest class in ancient India?
The most important Mayan god.
Who is Itzamna?
One of the two most important cities of the Indus River Valley Civilization.
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-daro?
The ancient Greeks are most famous for this activity that your teachers ask you to do almost all day long.
What is thinking? (philosophy, medicine, ethics, theatre, democracy/politics, science, debating....)