Leaders
Rivers
Roles in Society
Wild Card
Wild Card II
100
This ruler was responsible for dividing the empire into provinces.
Who is Darius the Great?
100
This river supplies Egypt with fertile lands every year it floods.
What is The Nile?
100
These people were viewed as the main work force of the large empires.
Who are the slaves and laborers?
100
When you combine copper and tin you get this, which revolutionized the early empires.
What is bronze?
100
A series or system of customs and beliefs.
What is culture?
200
This early leader of the Persian Empire was known as a great builder, with some of the structures still standing today.
Who is Darius the Great?
200
These 2 rivers supplied early Mesopotamia with water and fertile soil.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
200
These people were the high ranking religious and social figures who were just below the pharaohs.
Who are the priests and nobles?
200
This was a belief in many gods, representative of early Egyptian religion.
What is polytheism?
200
When farmers harvested their crops, sometimes they would end of with this, which they would use for trade.
What is a surplus?
300
These people were viewed as Gods, and sat atop the social structure of their empire.
Who are the pharaohs?
300
This engineering technique was used to bring water from the rivers to farmer's crops.
What is irrigation?
300
These people were responsible for building goods and dealing with trade.
Who are the craftspeople and merchants?
300
This position was created by Darius the Great in order to maintain his provinces.
What is a satrap?
300
These people were some of the earliest known teachers, who taught reading and writing.
What is a scribe?
400
Before their were kings, these people were the heads of their communities.
Who are priests?
400
Aside from watering crops and providing fertile soil, the rivers were also used for 2 other main reasons, what were they?
What is travel and transportation/trading of goods.
400
These people made up a large segment of the population, and without them everyone would go hungry.
Who are the farmers?
400
An early form of writing, the Egyptians used these as a way to tell their stories rather than the letters and words were are use to today.
What is hieroglyphs?
400
This word means "land between the rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
500
This ruler conquered many lands and people, bring the empire together under the rule of toleration.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
500
With the establishment of farms near river banks, these started popping up all along the rivers (think, large groups of people).
What are civilizations?
500
Viewed as a god, pyramids were built in their honor.
What is a pharaoh?
500
This form of rule was enacted by Cyrus the Great, which allowed people to maintain their culture.
What is toleration?
500
Once it was established, this was used for trade and travel, and for once you didn't need a boat.
What is the Royal Road?
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