Geography Matters
This pair of rivers gave Mesopotamia its fertile land and nickname “The Fertile Crescent.”
Tigris and Euphrates
This Mesopotamian king created one of the first written law codes.
Hammurabi
These soldiers were the backbone of the Roman army and conquered vast lands.
Roman legions
Mesopotamians developed this earliest known writing system using wedge shapes.
Cuneiform
Mesopotamians believed in many gods, which is called this.
Polytheism
This river flooded yearly and made Egyptian farming possible.
Nile River
Egypt was ruled by leaders believed to be gods on Earth, called this.
Pharaoh
This long war between Athens and Sparta weakened Greece.
Peloponnesian War
Egyptians are famous for building these massive tombs for their rulers.
Pyramids
Egyptians believed in preserving the body for the afterlife through this process.
mummification
Mountains and water separated Greek cities, leading to this type of government structure where every city is ran like its own country
City-States
This form of government in Athens allowed citizens to vote directly on laws.
Democracy
This Greek formation used overlapping shields and long spears.
Phalanx
Greek thinkers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were known for this field.
Philosophy
The Greeks believed their gods lived on this mountain.
Mount Olympus
Rome’s location on this river helped with trade and protection.
Tiber River
This Roman document established that laws had to be written down for all to see.
Twelve Tables
This invader from Macedonia conquered Greece and spread Greek culture.
Alexander the Great
Romans are famous for engineering structures like roads, aqueducts, and these.
arches
Romans adopted many gods from this earlier civilization.
Greece
This sea connected Egypt, Greece, and Rome for trade and cultural exchange.
Mediterranean Sea
This Roman political body was made up of wealthy patricians who advised leaders.
Senate
Rome fought three wars against this North African city led by Hannibal.
Carthage
This epic poem tells the story of a Mesopotamian king searching for immortality.
Epic of Gilgamesh
This Egyptian god of the afterlife weighed a person’s heart against a feather.
Anubis