Famous Leaders
The teacher of Plato, he was put to death for supposedly corrupting the youth of Athens
Socrates
This river flows south to north, and its flood patterns led to the creation of 365 day calendar
The Nile
The system of government created by the Athenians
Democracy
The birthplace of democracy
Athens
Writer of works such as the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
The last "Pharaoh" of Egypt, she had a relationship with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony
Cleopatra
Situated between the Tigris and Euphrates river, this piece of land is called
Fertile Crescent
A leader considered "half-god, half-man" in Ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
This city was the name of two cities in Greece and Egypt, and was the kingdom of Oedipus in Sophocles' famous play
Thebes
He was the son of Philip II and was considered the greatest general of the Ancient World
Alexander the Great
The Egyptian Pharaoh who built the first Pyramid of Giza
Khufu
"Temple of All the Gods"
Pantheon
A government ruled by the nobility of a civilization
Aristocracy
"The City of the Seven Hills"
Rome
"Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! " is a famous quote from the poem "Ozymandias', the Greek name for which Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh
Ramses the Great
The last of the Five Good Emperors of Rome
Marcus Aurelius
The river that served as Rome's northern border in Italy
The Rubicon
The Greek-word for "City-State"
Polis
This city was the capital city of eastern Rome and later on the Byzantine Empire
Constatinople
This ancient city was built on Lake Texcoco, the present-day location of Mexico City
Tenochtitlán
The last Emperor of a united Rome, he legalized Christianity and made it the official religion of the empire
Constantine
This structure was situated on the highest hill in Athens
Parthenon
The chief executives who ran ancient Rome; commanded the armies and could appoint dictators
Consuls
This ancient Mesopotamian city housed one of the wonders of the ancient world, the Hanging Gardens
Babylon
He lived by the sword and died by the sword; this was the conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
Francisco Pizarro