A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
What is a City-state?
100
emperor of the Qin Dynasty, unified China under harsh/strict rule
Who is Shi Huangdi?
100
an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
What is Hieroglyphics?
100
a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
What is a scribe?
100
The date Julius Caesar was assassinated
What is 44 B.C.E?
200
Oldest Neolithic community in the West Bank between Israel and Jordan
What is a Jericho?
200
a great military strategist and tactician, ruled the Greeks. Created the largest empire in the world during ancient times, empire stretched from Greece to Egypt to Pakistan. Ruled from 336 to 332 BCE
Who is Alexander the Great?
200
an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
What is Cuneiform?
200
an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements
What is Bronze?
200
The Empire of Rome is created as the Senate gives the title Augustus to Octavian, beginning a two hundred year period known as the Pax Romana.
What is 37 B.C.
300
Site of one of the great cities of the Indus Valley civilization of the third millennium B.C.E. It was located on the northwest frontier of the zone of cultivation , and may have been a center for the acquisition of raw materials.
What is Harappa?
300
highest in the Hindu caste systems; priests that stayed in power because they were literate (taught the ancient texts for the majority was illiterate). Taught from their sacred texts (vedas).
Who are the Brahmins?
300
a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.
What is Ziggurat?
300
paper made from a plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat
What is papyrus?
300
A war fought between the Roman and the Carthaginians
What is the Punic Wars?
400
Largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. It was centrally located in the extensive floodplain of the Indus River. Little is known about the political institutions of Indus Valley communities, but the large-scale implies central planning.
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
400
Indian prince that became Buddha; Buddhism is now a very popular religion in Asia
Who is Siddhartha Guatama?
400
Elaborate tombs for deceased nobility (rich people)
What are Pyramids?
400
This indicates the condition as to civilization and culture of a people using ______ as the material for their cutting tools and weapons.
What is iron?
400
King Ramesses II ruled from...
When is 1290-1224 B.C.E.
500
An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 100 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries.
What is Kush?
500
had conflict with the Chinese during this time, were nomadic people from central Asia; were believed to be Hun.
Who are the Xiongnu?
500
epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literary fiction.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
500
technology made in order to bring water from distant sources into their cities and towns, supplying public baths, latrines, fountains and private households.
What is an Aqueduct?
500
The ruler that united the bickering regional kingdoms in Egypt around 3100 B.C.E. He founded Memphis, near Cairo, and created a centralized state controlled by Pharaohs.