Ancient Sumer
Name for the arc of fertile land that spans from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean, aka the Cradle of Civilization.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Slaves were sometimes trained to be these type of fighters in Rome.
What are gladiators?
A large landmass attached to a continent.
What is a subcontinent?
The name for a group of families all who claim a common ancestor.
What is a clan?
This term is used to describe the taming of animals for use as pets or food.
What is domestication?
Name of the two rivers that were important to the ancient Sumerians.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
This military general and leader expanded the Greek empire all the way to India before he died.
Who is Alexander the Great?
The name for the seasonal winds that bring in hot dry air in October and wet weather and flooding in the summer in India.
What are monsoons?
When the Zhou overthrew the Shang, they used this to justify their actions and their right to be the new rulers.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
A state that is powerful enough to expand and conquer other states, often keeping them as colonies and oppressing the people in them.
What is an empire?
The earliest type of writing, developed in ancient Sumer, whose name means "wedge-writing.
What is cuneiform?
This famous Roman leader declared himself dictator for life but died in 44 BCE.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The name AND occupation of the highest class in the Indian caste system.
Who are the Brahmins and they are priests and scholars?
A system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military support to the ruler.
What is feudalism?
The term given to people who worship many gods.
What is polytheistic?
The name of the epic which described how one legendary Sumerian ruler went on a quest for immortality.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
This famous arena in Rome was built for entertainment purposes and still exists today.
What is the colosseum?
The name of the people who migrated to India after the fall of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa.
Who are the Aryans?
Once a prince, this man rejected many of the teachings of Hinduism and founded a new religion in India.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama, a.k.a. Buddha?
Name at least four of the basic features of a civilization.
What are: religions, government, arts and architecture, writing, job specialization, social classes, cities?
The name of the code of law that taught "an eye for an eye".
What is the Law Code of Hammurabi?
This ancient Greek god was the father of Hercules.
Who is Zeus?
The name of the religion that was founded in the Vedas, and evolved into one of the world's major religions.
What is Hinduism?
The name for the 4,000 mile trade route connected China to the rest of the world.
What is the Silk Road?
A political unit that included a city and its surrounding lands and villages.
What is a city-state?