Beginnings
Noah's ark settled on this mountain.
Mount Ararat
The ancient Egyptians wrote in this pictorial script.
Hieroglyphics
A stacked pyramid, a type of structure built in ancient Mesopotamia
Ziggurat
The first Aegean (Greek) civilization
The Minoan civilization on Crete
A loose robe worn by men in Ancient Rome
A toga
On what rivers was Mesopotamia situated?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is the most significant fact about the Pharaoh Hatshepsut?
She was a woman
He was the first Babylonian king and wrote the "Code of Laws" (famous for its severity).
Hammurabi
The main Greek god
Zeus
A Carthaginian leader that tried to invade Rome by crossing the Alps
Hannibal
He wrote "The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" and is considered the father of the theory of evolution.
Charles Darwin
What does the name Moses mean and what is the story behind the name of this Jewish leader?
Moses means 'taken out of water' and it is the name the Pharaoh's daughter gave to the baby rescued from the Nile
Where was the city of Babylon situated?
In ancient Mesopotamia, on the river Euphrates
The three types of Greek columns
Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian columns
An island located off the Italian coast, controlled respectively by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Muslims, Normans and Spanish
Sicily
This is the study of the remains of relics, artifacts, and lost cities to learn how ancient civilizations lived.
Archaeology
One of the only remaining Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, situated in Egypt
The Great Pyramid of Giza (the Pyramid of Cheops)
What were the Sumerians most famous for?
The invention of writing (cuneiform script)
A world-famous conqueror and Macedonian general who was 20 when he became a king
Alexander the Great
What is the upper class of Rome called?
The Patricians
How did the Earth begin and develop? Give the name of the two most popular scientific theories
The Big Bang theory and the theory of evolution
What was the nationality of Cleopatra?
She was Greek (Macedonian) - as was all Ptolemaic dynasty
Tall, light skinned people that migrated into the Indus River Valley around 1500BC
The Aryans (Indo-Europeans)
A man that prophesied the rise, dividing, and fall of Alexander's kingdom. One of the Old Testament prophets
Daniel
The name of the Germanic tribe that invaded the city of Rome in 410
Visigoths