The fertile crescent was the location of which "revolutionary" change in human economy?
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
100
These were built as tombs for the pharaohs and were located near modern-day Cairo.
What is pyramids at Giza?
100
People from central Asia whose languages are all related migrated into Mesopotamia around 1200 bce and brought with them iron technology.
What are Indo-Europeans?
100
Minoan civilization developed on which island of the southern coast of the Greek mainland.
What is Crete?
100
He was Alexander's father and the man responsible for setting the Macedonian army on its was to creating an empire, beginning with the conquest of Greece.
Who is Philip II?
200
This was the world's first city, located in Sumer.
What is Uruk?
200
This popular myth revolved around a family of gods, particularly this father and son who triumphed over chaos, represented by the god Seth.
What is Osiris and Horus?
200
Once conquered by the Chaldeans, the Hebrews were forced to leave their home in what is known to history as _____.
What is the Babylonian exile?
200
These soldiers formed the core of the Greek infantry.
What are hoplites?
200
Alexander's mother, who was from the kingdom of Epirus, taught young Alexander that he was related to the great warrior of the Iliad, Achilles.
Who is Olympias?
300
This period of world history lasted from around 3,500 to 1,200 bce and is defined by the metallurgy used at this time.
What is the Bronze Age?
300
These people invaded Egypt with their advanced bronze weaponry and brought an end to the Middle Kingdom.
What are Hyksos?
300
This document, written on a clay cylinder, contained the laws of Cyrus of Persia and is today considered the first human rights document for its religious toleration.
What is the Cyrus cylinder?
300
His policy of ending debt slavery, returning land to indebted farmers, and creating new political institutions in Athens started the city on the course to democracy.
What are the reforms of Solon?
300
This Persian king went down to defeat at the hands of Alexander's armies and was killed by his own people.
Who is Darius III?
400
He conquered Sumer with the world's first standing army and using advanced technology like the composite bow and the chariot.
What is Sargon of Akkad?
400
He was considered to be "heretic" pharaoh who tried to impose monotheism on the Egyptians, but failed.
What is Akhenaten?
400
He is responsible for building the great temple in Jerusalem but the united kingdom of Israel also collapsed after his death.
Who is King Solomon?
400
He is largely responsible for bringing Athens into a full, flourishing democracy and ushering in a golden age of art and culture.
Who is Pericles?
400
It's a term that has come to mean the spread of Greek culture and language into Persia.
What is Hellenism?
500
This list of laws was not the ancient world's first but were prominently displayed on basalt stele throughout his empire?
What is Code of Hammurabi?
500
Ramses II, the great, claimed to win this battle against the Hittites, which was more accurately fought to a stalemate.
What is Qadesh?
500
This empire ruled Mesopotamia from around 900-600 bce and was known for its ruthless treatment of the conquered, including forced relocations.
What is the Assyrian Empire?
500
At this great naval battle, the Athenians, with fewer but more maneuverable ships, defeated the Persians, who would never again invade Greece.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
500
At this battle, Philip II defeated the Greeks with the help of his teen-age son, Alexander.