Mesopotamia
These two rivers provided the water necessary for the first civilizations to grow in the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This river is often called the "lifeblood" of Egypt because its predictable flooding allowed for agriculture.
What is the Nile?
This massive defensive structure was built and connected over centuries to protect China from northern invaders.
What is the Great Wall?
This city-state is known as the birthplace of direct democracy.
What is Athens?
This massive amphitheater was used for gladiator contests and public spectacles.
What is the Colosseum?
This early system of writing used wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets.
What is Cuneiform?
This discovery in 1799 allowed historians to finally decode Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
This philosophy emphasizes social order through respect for elders, parents, and rulers.
What is Confucianism?
This war-loving city-state required all boys to start military training at the age of seven.
What is Sparta?
These Roman structures used gravity to bring fresh water from the mountains into the cities.
What are Aqueducts?
This Babylonian king is famous for his "eye for an eye" code of laws.
Who was Hammurabi?
This female pharaoh is famous for expanding Egyptian trade and building a massive mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari and was most likely killed by her nephew.
Who was Hatshepsut?
This trade route connected China to the Roman Empire, allowing for the exchange of goods and ideas.
What is the Silk Road?
This city in Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great, became a famous center of learning
What is Alexandria?
He was the Roman general who was named "Dictator for Life" before being assassinated on the Ides of March.
Who was Julius Caesar?
This massive, tiered temple structure sat at the center of Mesopotamian city-states.
What is a Ziggurat?
This was the salt-like mineral used to dry out bodies during the mummification process.
What is Natron?
This concept suggests that a ruler holds power only as long as they have the approval of the gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This Macedonian king created one of the largest empires in history, reaching as far as India.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This form of government, where citizens elect representatives to make laws, was Rome's contribution to modern politics.
What is a Republic?
Considered the oldest piece of literature in history, this epic tells the story of a legendary king searching for immortality.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
During the Old Kingdom, these massive structures were built at Giza as eternal tombs for pharaohs.
What are the Pyramids?
This massive structure, famously spanning over 13,000 miles, is often referred to as the longest cemetery in the world due to the workers who died building it.
What is the Great Wall of China?
She is the goddess of wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who sprang fully grown from Zeus's forehead.
Who is Athena?
He made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
Who is Constantine?