People
Who is Pythagoras?
Civilization known for dynasties, sometimes lasting up to several hundred years.
What was ancient China?
Where the Pyramids of Giza are located.
Where is Egypt?
She is remembered each year during the festival of Purim for bravely asking the king to spare her people.
Who is Esther?
Located in Egypt, the only ancient wonder still standing.
What are the Pyramids at Giza?
He is known as the Father of Philosophy.
Who is Socrates?
The empire that conquered Babylon.
Who is Persia?
Located in England, this megalith consists of large stones weighing up to 28 tons each.
What is Stonehenge?
Who is King David?
The Olympic games originated here.
Where is Greece?
The king who conquered Babylon and let the Jews return to Jerusalem and rebuild their temple.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
The empire that conquered Persia.
Who is Greece?
Country that in ancient times was difficult to travel to because is is surrounded by mountains. Known for the silk road.
Where is China?
Major Prophet who was captured by the Babylonians and interpreted King Nebuchadnezzar's dreams.
Who is Daniel?
Battle between Persia and Greece with a famous distance of over 25 miles. We still use the term for a race today.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
Born in India to a wealthy family, he became a monk and created the Eightfold Path toward enlightenment.
Who is Buddha?
The civilization who lived on the island of Crete in the Mediterranean. Known for ocean trade and fresco paintings.
Who are the Minoans?
Where is Greece?
He approached the Pharaoh 12 times asking to let his people go. He parted the Red Sea and led them through the desert toward the land God promised.
Who is Moses?
The ancient wonder King Nebuchadnezzar had build for his wife. It contained lush plants and flowers.
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Who is Confucious?
The empire who first conquered Israel before falling to Babylon.
Who is The Assyrian Empire?
Known as The Cradle of Civilization. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are located here.
What is The Fertile Crescent? (Or Mesopotamia)
She was a Canaanite woman who stayed with her mother in law, even though she wasn't a Jew. She is famously quoted as saying, "wherever you go I will go, and your God will be my God." A book of the bible is written about her.
Who is Ruth?
Significant event in Israel's history that occurred in 600 BC and lasted 70 years.
What is The Babylonian Captivity?