River Valleys
Based across two rivers, it is the oldest civilization in the world
Mesopotamia
The ancient Egyptian written language, using pictorial symbols instead of words
Hieroglyphics
Which world religion was the first to be called 'monotheistic'?
Judaism (Jewish Faith)
______ started the Agricultural Revolution, allowing people to plant their food (and themselves) in one place.
Irrigation
The first emperor of the Roman Empire
Augustus Caesar
The River _____ gives its name to the country and civilizations of India
Indus River
The first form of writing, Mesopotamians made this by carving into wet clay and letting it dry
Cuneiform
The _____ was a temple in Mesopotamia designed to reach the heavens, and put one closer to the Gods.
Ziggurat
The discovery of this technology moved people from the paleolithic era into the neolithic era
Fire (Flint and stone)
Constantinople OR Byzantium
Early River Valley Civilizations in this modern-day country started around the 'Yellow' river, which flooded frequently until the people made channels to drain it.
China
The Civilization that invented (and spread) the first alphabet
Phoenicia
The leaders of this civilization were seen as Gods and Kings, chosen to lead among mortals but often depicted as Gods
Egypt- Pharaohs
There is documented evidence that early Chinese characters are like modern day characters because of their invention of ________.
Paper
The largest city created by the ancient Indus River Valley civilization, located in modern day Pakistan
Mohenjo-Daro
The Nile river valley supported these two simultaneous ancient civilizations by providing water for irrigation.
Egypt and Kush
The world's oldest used language
Sanskrit
In the Greek Pantheon, who is the God of Death and the Underworld?
Hades
Laws were invented and written first in which ancient civilization and society?
Mesopotamia- Babylon
The apostle who founded the Christian church in Rome, who was later crucified by the Roman Emperor Nero
Peter
The American Norte Chico (or Caral) people are the first in the americas to use rivers for irrigation, and are based out of this modern-day country.
Peru (and Ecuador)
The language most widely used in the Roman Empire
In the Roman pantheon, who is the God of time?
Saturn
Smelting together tin and copper yielded this stronger metal, that became widely used and named the new Era of technology following the Agricultural Revolution
Bronze (The Bronze Age)
The first Chinese Empress to rule as the sole leader
Empress Wu of the Tang Dynasty