This king succeeded his father, Philip II, to the throne at age 20.
Who is Alexander the Great?
100
Iraq, Syria and Kuwait
What is modern day Mesopotamia?
100
The first part of the Christian Bible originally written in Hebrew.
What is the Old Testament?
100
The largest Egyptian pyramid.
What is the Pyramid of Khufu (Great Pyramid of Giza)?
100
The native language of Ancient Romans.
What is Latin?
200
This Ancient Greek poet wrote many famous works such as the Odyssey and the Illiad and is believed to be the first epic poet.
Who is Homer?
200
The two river systems Mesopotamia lies between.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
200
Led the jews out of slavery in Egypt and led them to the holy land that god promised them.
Who is Moses?
200
Sacred animals which Egyptians believed would bring good luck
What are cats?
200
The Roman invention that brings water from distant sources into cities and towns.
What is the aqueduct?
300
Built for the goddess Athena, the Greeks held many other statues of their gods and goddesses at this famous temple.
What is the Parthenon?
300
The watering of land to make it ready for agriculture.
What is irrigation?
300
Name a body of water that borders Israel and is the world’s saltiest bodies of water.
What is the Dead Sea?
300
The first Egyptian pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
300
Volcano responsible for destroying Pompeii and other ancient Roman cities.
What is Mount Vesuvius?
400
This form of government was born in Athens Greece, and consisted of three parts: the Assembly, the Council, and the courts.
What is democracy?
400
The indigenous peoples who dominated Mesopotamia from the beginning of written history.
What are the Sumerians and the Akkadians?
400
The Jewish state comes to an end in the 70 AD when the Romans begin to actively drive Jews from the home they had lived in for over a millennium.
What is The Diaspora?
400
The process of preserving a body for the after life.
What is mummification?
400
Founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.
Who is Augustus?
500
Mainland Greece is a mountainous area that is almost completely surrounded by this body of water.
What is Mediterranean Sea?
500
Babylonian leader who took control of Mesopotamia, known for his "eye for an eye" code of law.
Who is Hammurabi?
500
He was the first king of Israel by the judge Samuel. He displayed a strength in battle and an ability to inspire his followers that place him high in the ranks of the military.
Who is King Saul?
500
The banks of this are covered in silt after yearly flood.
What is the Nile River?
500
The system of government created by the Romans which was inspiration to our modern day democracy.