Greek Guys
A famous Greek historian
Herodotus
Ancient Egyptians buried pharaohs here
Pyramids
The longest river in the world
The Nile River
Monotheistic means...
Belief in ONE god
What is the oldest written language?
Cuneiform
Died at age 32 after conquering nearly all of the known world.
Alexander the Great (he was technically Macedonian)
A column that was the least decorated version.
Doric Column
A land that was good for growing crops in the ancient world.
The Fertile Crescent
Polytheistic means...
Belief in MANY gods
Language of Ancient Egypt
Hieroglyphics
Philosopher and teacher known for asking lots of questions
Socrates
A kind of outdoor theater originally built by the Greeks.
Amphitheater.
The word that describes halves of the Earth. Hint: in the Northern _____, winter happens in December.
Hemisphere
Anubis was the god of...
death/underworld
What kind of paper did ancient Egyptians write on?
Papyrus
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
The name for a Greek city's marketplace
Agora
A ______ connects two larger bodies of water
A strait
Judaism is the religion of...
Ancient Israel
What tool did ancient scribes use to write symbols into clay?
Stylus
Mathematician who helped us calculate the sides of triangles
Pythagoras
Name for the last remaining wall of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem that was burned by the Romans in 70AD.
The Wailing Wall
This canal connects the Mediterranean with the Red Sea.
Suez Canal
The Parthenon was a Greek temple built for which god or goddess?
Athena
What is a nikud?
It's a mark in the Hebrew written language that gives words vowel sounds.