Vocabulary
A belief in a single God
Monotheism
Name of the River in Egypt
Nile
Babylonian ruler who is remembered for his law code
Hammurabi
Type of government founded in Athens
Democracy
Was the king of Macedonia who took over Greece
Philip II
A spartan slave
Helot
The Two Rivers of Ancient Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
This first system of writing originated in Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
Type of government developed by Sparta
Oligarchy
The son of Philip II of Macedonia
Alexander
A government made up of 3 people
Triumphirate
The main river in North America; empties into the Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Which came first, the Assyrians or the Neo-Babylonians
Assyrians
War fought between Athens and Sparta
Peloponessian War
Alexander was a commander in the army at this age
16
a government ruled by a small group of people
Oligarchy
Largest river in South America
Amazon
What was the other name for the Chaldean empire?
Neo-Babylonian
The Golden Age of Athens was under his leadership
Pericles
The Persians were defeated at this battle in 334 BCE
Granicus
Ancient Mesopotamian Temple
Ziggurat
The major river of Southeast Asia, it flows through Vietnam before emptying into the South China Sea
Mekong
This Akkadian ruler formed the world's first empire in about 2340 BCE.
Sargon
Was the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle
Plato
Alexander's army went as far as this modern-day country before finally stopping.
India