Egypt
The _______________ River is the longest river in the world.
Nile River
A government system where citizens have the power to rule.
Democracy
Engineers designed the _____________ on a slope so that water would run down hill into the city.
Aqueducts
duct=lead
aqua = water
The absolute ruler of an Empire
Emperor
The 1000 years between the fall of Rome in 476 CE and the Renaissance in 1450 CE.
The Middle Ages
The ________________ was the most powerful person in ancient Egypt and was often shown wearing the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.
Pharaoh
A long (big) poem telling of the adventures of heroes.
Epic
The Roman _________________ was famous for its discipline and fighting abilities.
Legion
The estate of a lord or ruler, which include his land, fields and villages.
Manor
The first five hundred years after the fall of Rome, these ages got their name because there was very little art, trade or literacy and mostly wars.
Dark Ages
While we use an alphabet today, ancient Egyptians used ____________________the decorate their walls and tombs.
Hieroglyphics
The name of a fort or temple at the "top" of the hill in a "city".
Acropolis
Acro - top
Polis - city
The Peace of Rome was called what in Latin
Pax Romana
Pax = Peace
Romana = Rome
A mineral used for preserving food, it was almost as valuable as gold.
Salt
The religion founded in the 7th century CE that spread across Africa and The Middle East
Islam
To ensure a person's soul could return to its body in the afterlife, Egyptians perfected the process of ______________________ to preserve dead bodies.
Mummification
A state owned slave in Spartan society
Helot
Roman leaders, like the American President, could use a _________________ to stop a law or proposal.
Veto
A series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims from 1000 CE to 1300 CE.
Crusades
Empires like Ghana, Mali that became rich during the Middle Ages.
The Kingdoms of Africa
Paper made of reeds is called __________________.
Papyrus
The blend of Greek and Eastern cultures often seen in art, architecture and sculpture.
Hellenistic
A Triumvirate was a political alliance of how many people?
Three
Tri=Three
The Eastern half of the former Roman Empire, it survived until 1453 when it was conquered by Muslim armies.
Byzantium (Constantinople)
A global pandemic that killed close to 1/2 of Europe's population in the 1300's
The Black Plague or Black Death