Ancient Humans
This period was when early humans hunted animals and gathered wild plants, using early tools.
Stone Age
This Greek city-state is famous for developing an early form of democracy.
Athens
This river provided ancient Egypt with water, fertile soil, and transportation.
Nile
This discovery allowed early humans to cook food, stay warm, and scare away predators.
Fire
This Greek city-state was famous for its military training and disciplined soldiers.
Sparta
These massive stone structures served as tombs for some Egyptian pharaohs.
Pyramids
This is what humans did over time.
Evolve
This ancient Greek poet is traditionally credited with writing the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Homer
This process did ancient Egyptians use to preserve bodies for the afterlife?
Mummification
This development allowed early humans to settle in permanent villages and eventually build cities.
Agriculture
Unlike the representative democracy used in the United States today, this type of democracy allowed eligible citizens to vote directly on decisions.
Direct Democracy
This Egyptian writing system used picture symbols to represent words and sounds.
Hieroglyphics
We still have this "left over" from our ancestors.
Instincts
This Macedonian ruler conquered the Persian Empire and spread Greek culture across a vast territory reaching into Asia.
Alexander the Great
Discovered in 1799, this artifact helped scholars decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics because it contained the same decree in three scripts.
Rosetta Stone