Persian Empire
The name of the road connecting the capital cities in the Persian Empire
What is the Royal Road?
The two great city-states in Greece
What are Athens and Sparta?
The first form of government in Rome, in which people elected representatives
What is a Republic?
Became the official religion of the Roman Empire when Emperor Constantine converted
What is Christianity
The Empire that had a collection of over 60,000 miles of roads across their entire territory
What is the Roman Empire?
The three key economic elements of the Persian Empire
What are trade, tribute and taxes?
The city-state responsible for the development of democracy
What is Athens?
The Roman general who was named dictator for life in 46 BCE
Who is Julius Caesar?
A monotheistic religion founded by Abraham with the Torah as the sacred text
What is Judaism?
This culture had a pantheon of gods, including specific ones for each city-state
What is the Greek Empire?
The main religion of Persia
What was Zoroastrianism?
The great king who conquered and then united all the Greek city-states
Who is Alexander the Great?
The large system Romans developed to deliver water to the major cities
What are aqueducts?
The five pillars of faith include worship the one God, daily prayer, share with the less fortunate, fast during Ramadan and take a pilgrimage to Mecca.
What is Islam?
This Empire was the first to coin money. They had the stamp of Darius I on their money.
What is the Persian Empire?
Payment made as a sign of submission to the king
What is a tribute?
The blending of Greek, Persian and Indian cultures into one new and unique culture
What is the Hellenistic culture?
The giant arena built in Rome for gladiator fights, chariot races and other forms of entertainment
What is the Colosseum?
A polytheistic religion with the Vedic texts as of primary importance and the idea of karma that says the way one's life is lived directly impacts the next life.
What is Hinduism?
Core belief was that a better society would bring people closer to heaven
What is Confucianism?
The first great Persian ruler
Who was Cyrus the Great?
Games played to honor the Greek gods
What are the Olympics?
Towards the end of the Roman Empire, Constantine moved the capital of Rome to this city
What is Constantinople?
Founded by Siddhartha Guatama, who taught that the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-Fold Path will ease a person's suffering in life.
What is Buddhism?
The coolest, most rad IA around
Who is Ms. Rice?