Egypt
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?
King Narmer united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Mesopotamia means "land between two rivers." What are those two rivers?
Those two rivers are the Euphrates and the Tigris.
Which city did Solon and Lycurgus belong to respectively?
Solon belonged to Athens and Lycurgus belonged to Sparta
Who was the legendary founder of Rome?
Romulus was the legendary founder of Rome.
What group of people were united by King Clovis?
The Franks were united by King Clovis.
What was a mastaba?
A mastaba was a funerary structure that predated the pyramid.
What was the first empire in Mesopotamia?
What was the name of the earliest civilization on the Peloponnesian Peninsula?
What river passed through Rome?
The Tiber River passed through Rome.
Name two brothers that signed the Treaty of Verdun.
Charles the Bald, Lothair, and Louis the German signed the Treaty of Verdun.
What two wonders of the ancient world existed in Egypt?
The Great Pyramid of Giza and the Lighthouse of Alexandria were two wonders of the ancient world in Egypt.
What was the name of the wedge-shaped writing that appears in ancient Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform is the wedge-shaped writing in ancient Mesopotamia.
What was the name of the palace in Minoan Crete?
Knossos was the palace in Minoan Crete.
Who were the two sides that fought in the Punic Wars?
The two sides that fought in the Punic Wars were Rome and Carthage.
What two religions formed as a result of the Great Schism?
Catholicism and Greek Orthodox formed as a result of the Great Schism.
What was the city that Akhenaten built and what was the name of his son?
Akhenaten built Akhetaten and his son was King Tut.
What does "Sumer" mean and what are two cities of ancient Sumer?
Sumer means "land of the first kings" and cities in Sumer were Lagash, Nippur, Ur, Uruk, and Eridu.
What was the name of the battle in which Leonidas, king of Sparta, defeated a Persian invasion?
The name of the battle was the Battle of Thermopylae.
The two sides that fought in the battle of Actium were Octavian versus Cleopatra and Marc Antony.
What year was the Battle of Bouvines?
The Battle of Bouvines was fought in 1214.
What was the name of the first true pyramid and who built it?
The name of the first true pyramid was the Red Pyramid and it was built by Sneferu.
What was the largest empire prior to the existence of the Persian Empire?
The Assyrian Empire was the largest empire prior to the existence of the Persian Empire.
Name one of the battles in the Peloponnesian war in which the Spartans defeated Athens.
The Battle of Syracuse or the Battle of Aegospotami were battles in which Sparta defeated Athens.
Who was one of the emperors during Rome's Golden Age?
Marcus Aurelius/Hadrian/Trajan was one of the emperors during the Golden Age.
What centuries make up the Early Middle Ages and what centuries make up the High Middle Ages?
The Early Middle Ages took place from 500 to 1000 AD, and the High Middle Ages took place from 1000 to 1300 AD.