People
Asked God for wisdom to rule his kingdom
Solomon
First human king of Israel
Saul
Killed on the battlefield for his disobedience
Saul
He led the children of Israel into Canaan by crossing the Jordan River on dry ground
Joshua
He interpreted Nebuchadnezzar’s dream concerning prophetic empires
Daniel
Israel split into two kingdoms after his rule
Solomon
Greek philosopher who drank poison rather than being banished from Athens
Socrates
King of all the Greek gods
Zeus
Name given to the Southern Kingdom of Israel when the kingdom divided after Solomon’s reign
Judah
Greek poet who is credited with polishing and refining Greek mythology.
Homer
Prophet who warned Nineveh of God’s coming judgment
Jonah
Pushed Israel to its greatest extent
David
Persian leader who built the Royal Road
Darius
They spread the alphabet as they went on trading ventures
Phoenicians
Solon
He deported the 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel
Shalmaneser V
Led the brave Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
Who brought the Athenian democracy to its fullest measure?
Pericles
Babylonian empire fell to the Medes and Persians under his reign
Belshazzar
The battle of Salamis was a defeat for them.
Persians
Under what leader did the Assyrian Empire begin in earnest?
Tiglath-pileser II
Last great Assyrian king who collected a library of cuneiform clay tablets
Ashurbanipal
Macedonian king who conquered most of Greece before he was murdered.
Philip II
Persian king who allowed the Jews to return to their homeland
Cyrus
This group was aided in battle by strong weapons made of iron
Hittites