There's a first for everything!
"between two rivers", between Tigris & Euphrates
What is Mesopotamia
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: expansion of a desert area, 1 cause & 1 effect
What is desertification?
Causes: overgrazing of livestock, overuse by farmers, overcutting of trees for firewood
Effects: Bantu peoples migrated south and east in search of fertile land, spread knowledge of farming and ironworking, language
1st Mesopotamian civilization
What is Sumer
Connected the whole Roman Empire and helped the movement of troops, trade, etc.
What are Roman Roads?
Pyramids, hieroglyphics, calendar, papyrus, irrigation
What are Egyptian Achievements?
1st written set of laws
What is Hammurabi's Code
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Rome's form of government where citizens elected officials to rule. Why was it established?
What is the Roman Republic? It prevented any individual from gaining too much power.
Name given to Roman officials who were elected to serve as leader of the government. There were 2 elected for 1 year terms.
Who are Consuls?
Trade Networks - Gold & Salt
Timbuktu Major Trading City
What are Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?
The first alphabet was from the Egyptians, but their alphabet preceded the Greeks, also known as the "carriers of civilization"
Who are the Phoenicians?
Concrete structures that brought water from distant land to cities
What are aqueducts
Ruler that started off with high moral standards, but used Christians as scapegoats for problems
Who is Nero
King of Mali who practiced religious tolerance and expanded the empire to the North and West, based justice on Quran
Who is Mansa Musa?
Greek Philosopher who influenced physics and biology, the idea that leaders should be virtuous
Who is Aristotle
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Fought in the Punic Wars, 1 cause and 1 effect
Rome vs. Carthage, conflict over Mediterranean Sea, Carthage destroyed - survivors killed or enslaved