Mesopotamia
This man made 282 laws to control his empire
Hammurabi
This Pharaoh was known more for trading than for fighting wars
The first of the 10 plagues involved this:
Turning the Nile River into blood
This was the winning side in the Peloponnesian War
Sparta
This is the name of the civilization that the Romans fought against in the Punic Wars
Carthage
This job, to write down or keep track of meetings was designed for only wealthy boys
Scribes
This was the commonly held belief system of the Egyptians, it was the belief in many Gods
Polytheism
ATB, Moses received the 10 commandments here
Mt. Sinai
The last battle of the Persian Wars was called:
The Battle of Plataea
These were the names of the three members of the First Triumvirate.
Pompey, Crassus, Caesar
In order to please his wife King Nebuchadnezzar designed this
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
This God was the God of the afterlife. Humans behaved well in order to please him and eventually make it to the afterlife
This man was the prophet who chose both Saul and David as King
Samuel
This was the form of government that was most common in the city-state of Athens
Direct Democracy
This position in Rome is most similar to a judge in the United States
Praetor
The names of the two rivers that Mesopotamia was between were the
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What important scientific discovery was made through the body embalming process
They learned more about medicine and the anatomy of the body
This was a Greek word that meant scattered. It represented when the Jewish people were forced out of Jerusalem
Diaspora
This man started the Persian Empire and also created Persia's Royal Road
This started out as a temporary position. A person would take over to stop an emergency and then return to their regular non-government related job
Dictator
A long curving strip of land in between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea was called the:
Fertile Crescent
The Nile River flows in this direction and empties in to this body of water
South to North and the Mediterranean Sea
Similar to Mr. Schruender, who once crossed the Pacific Ocean with a tiger, this prophet, according to the bible, was thrown into a lions den but was unharmed by the lions because God was protecting him.
Daniel
These were traditional stories that were fictional (not real) They usually had Gods or Goddesses within them
Myths
The members of the Second Triumvirate were:
Antony, Octavian (Augustus), and Lepidus