Ancient Egypt
Name 3 geographic and climatic features that existed which were challenging for the early Egyptians living in Egypt?
An ancient Greek warship having 3 tiers of oars on each side.
triremes
The group of 300 older Patrician men in the Roman government responsible for writing and passing laws. Later, even Plebeians could join this council.
Senators
A structure used to transport water from long distances away.
Aquaduct
Soldiers who fought on horseback.
Calvary
Which Rivers are in Mesopotamia?
The Euphrates and Tigris.
At this battle 300 mighty Spartan soldiers under the command of Leonidas sacrificed their lives at a narrow mountain pass in order to slow down the Persian army.
Battle of Thermopylae
A foundation for all future Roman laws.
The 12 Tables
The Great Sewer in Rome.
Cloaca Maxima.
In Ancient Rome this is a structure used to transport water from long distances away.
Aquaduct
Why did the Egyptians stop building pyramids and instead construct tombs in the Valley of the Kings?
Grave robbers and it took too long to build.
The last of the 4 Persian War battles occurred here where Xerxes and his Persian troops are finally defeated by the Greeks.
Plataea
The ancient Roman city completely buried by a volcano but preserved under volcanic ash which allowed us to know about life in an ancient Roman city.
Pompeii
The volcano that erupted and destroyed Pompeii.
A system in the Middle Ages where landowning nobles govern and protect the people in return for services.
List 3 ways Egyptians benefited from living by the Nile River.
Water to drink, crops, plants, food, transportation, trading, bathing, protection.
This was a group of Greek city-states that was formed after the Persian War in an attempt to organize themselves for defense if ever they were attacked by an outside force.
Delian League
Fought against Rome in the 3 Punic Wars; located in northern Africa.
Carthage
The most famous arena that could seat 45,000 spectators where gladiators would battle.
Colosseum
In Egypt, this person unlocked the mystery of Egyptian writing (hieroglyphics) by decoding the Rosetta Stone.
Champollion.
A green area in a desert fed by underground water.
Oasis
These early Greeks lived on the Peloponnesus Peninsula and were more warlike due to a lack of natural resources which caused them to lead a life of conquest rather than trade.
Mycenaeans
The Roman Emperor who moved the capital of Rome to Byzantium and first accepted Christianity as a religion in Rome.
Constantine
The "Great Dome" built in honor of the gods.
Pantheon
In Egypt, this was the warrior king who extended the empire to its widest limits.
Thutmose III