Mesopotamia
Egypt
Greece
Rome
Lyrics
100
This is another name given to the Mesopotamian region because of its good soil.
the Fertile Crescent.
100
What is the name given to the style of writing found on ancient Egyptian artifacts?
Hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics.
100
According to ancient beliefs, on which mountain did the gods live?
Mount Olympus.
100
According to legend, which two brothers are said to have founded Rome?
Romulus and Remus.
100

Made a strict __________ cuz your laws were sloppy

Code

100
This was the largest and most important structure in a Sumerian city.
a ziggurat.
100
People whose job was to write and keep records were called ______.
scribes.
100
In this city-state, women could own property. (double points if you can tell me why!)
Sparta; because women needed to own land in case their husbands were killed in battle.
100

Who was quite literally stabbed in the back by his friends?

Julias Caesar

100

Democracy extended by _____________

The Greek leader that nobody could dare to be.

Pericles

100
These are the names of the two main rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
100
Why did ancient Egyptians preserve bodies of the dead?
To ensure they went to the afterlife.
100
How are the Iliad and the Odyssey similiar?
They are both epic poems.
100

What are two ways the Romans copied off the Greeks. 

Gods and Shipbuilding

100

Looks like symbols to me," naw, it's simple you see:

The _________ let us know how to decipher the code, 

Rosetta stone

100
According to our studies, this is the importance of Hammurabi's Code of Laws.
It was the first written code of law.
100

Egyptian sky god and a pharaoh of Egypt. He was the only child of Osiris and Isis

Horus

100
On which two seas did the Greeks primarily trade?
The Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
100

Who had elephants as a war tactic?

Hannible
100

Akkadians long ago ....... (the next 4 lyrics)

Conquered Sumer took control 

100
The process by which Mesopotamians brought water from rivers to their fields is called ________.
irrigation.
100
According to Egyptian beliefs, what happens when a person's heart is lighter than a feather? If it's heavier?
Lighter: happy afterlife; heavier: fed to a monster.
100
This is the name given to a person who illegally seizes (takes) power.
tyrant.
100

Who did the Plebians revolt from and why?

Patricians- they were not treated fairly or equally

100

Athens, Parthenon, ____________, Olpymia

Delphi

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