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Prehistoric
Egypt
Greece
100
Following the prehistoric era, Greek civilization flourished among these islands.
What are the Cylcadic Islands?
100
These prehistoric figures are generally believed to represent a mother and/or goddess
What are the Venus figures?
100
This prehistoric structure contains examples of abstract Neolithic art carved into its rocks.
What is the Newgrange cave?
100
In Egypt, this goddess embodied concepts or truth, harmony, and balance
Who is Ma'at?
100
The time period following the Paleolithic is known as...
What is the Neolithic period?
100
Several events, including the imbalance of wealth and power, brought an end to this period
What is the Old Kingdom?
100
This warring civilization brought an end to the peaceful, Minoan civilization
Who were the Myceneans?
200
The art in this cave suggests that the artists endeavored to depict three-dimensionality and movement in their artwork
What is the Chauvet Cave?
200
This group of people made cave painting of animals and people
Who are the Paleolithic people?
200
Wood huts and caves are two examples of dwellings used by this group of people
Who are the Paleolithic people?
200
According to Egyptian mythology, this god presides over the souls of the dead
Who is Osiris?
200
This development is a key factor in the transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic period
What is farming?
200
This pharoah reunified Upper and Lower Egypt during the Middle Kingdom.
Who was Mentuhotep?
200
Like the Egyptians, this civilization buried their dead with valuable items
Who were the Myceneans?
300
This river gave Ancient Egyptians a steady source of water.
What is the Nile?
300
Some of our most well-preserved cave art can be found in these two European countries
What is France and Spain?
300
Imhotep built this structure for the pharaoh king Khufu. It was also the first of its kind.
What is a pyramid?
300
According to this Egyptian text, a heart found heavier than a feather would not pass into the after life
What is the Book of the Dead?
300
Paleolithic people were forced to live this kind of lifestyle in order to hunt migrating animals
What is nomadism?
300
Ahmose I expelled this group of people and begin the New Kingdom in Egypt
Who were the Hyksos?
300
The myths created by this man reflect the turbulent times during Greece's Dark Age
Who was Homer?
400
Egyptian settlements along this river date back to the Neolithic period
What is the Nile River?
400
Many scholars believe prehistoric cultures may have been matriarchal due to the presence of these statues
What are the Venus statues?
400
This pharaoh used projects like his Great Temple to propagandize his victories in battle
Who was Ramses II?
400
This group of people believed in a tripartite soul (a soul consisting of 3 parts)
Who were the Ancient Egyptians?
400
This age follows after the Neolithic period and is distinguished by humans mixing copper and tin.
What is the Bronze Age?
400
This woman was the last Pharaoh
Who was Cleopatra?
400
While Solon restructured the social classes in Greece, this man pursued equal rights for Athenian citizens
Who was Cleisthenes?
500
The myth of the Minotaur originated from this island
What is Crete?
500
Although still debated, many scholars believe this structure was used to indicate seasonal changes in prehistoric culture or may have been used for funerary purposes
What is the Stonehenge?
500
Akhenaten promoted monotheism in Egypt with his promotion of this god
Who was Aten?
500
This pharaoh failed in keeping the Sea Peoples from invading Egypt
Who was Ramses III?
500
Greek democracy would influence this country's politics through principles such as democracy, separation of powers, and the rule of law
What is America?
600
Scholars named these statues after a Roman goddess
What are the Venus statues?
600
This pharaoh discontinued Akhenaten's promotion of monotheism in Egypt
Who was Tutankamun?
600
These wars started as a result of rebellion in the Ionia region
What are the Persian Wars?
700
This tablet memorializes king Narmer's unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
What is the Palette of Narmer?
700
This organization would make a rift between Athens and Sparta
What was the Delian League?
800
Egyptians believed these statues served as a resting place for the spirit
What are the Ka Statues?
800
While the pre-Socratics were concerned with the natural world, these two philosophers were more concerned with the individual mind
Who were Socrates and Plato?
900
This statue epitomizes Classical Greek art in that captures a muscular athlete in motion
What is the Discus Thrower?
900
This philosopher was atheistic in the sense that he did not believe in the traditional Greek gods
Who was Socrates?
1000
These two Hellensitc sculptures epitomize pain and sorrow
What was the Dying Gaul and the Boxer?
1000
This philosopher accepted the charge of capital punishment believing the law against investigating the heavens and earth was unjust
Who was Socrates?
1100
This leader wanted to spread Greek ideals to the East
Who was Alexander?
1200
This philosopher's focus on the natural world more resembles the concerns of the Pre-Socratics than of Socrates and Plato
Who was Aristotle?