Politics
This system of government was first developed by the Athenians, who utilized a council of 500 and an assembly of all male citizens who voted as a means of making decisions during the classical period. However, women, slaves, and foreign-born people were excluded from this system in Athens.
What is Democracy?
The ancient Egyptians built these massive tombs for deceased pharaohs due to their belief in the afterlife.
What are the Egyptian Pyramids?
This human innovation developed all around the world following the end of a 2 million year long ice age and led to the development of urban areas and specialization of labor.
What is farming?
A way of life in which people move from place to place rather than settling permanently.
What is nomadic?
This overland trade route connected East Asia to Europe.
What is the Silk Road?
This massive classical empire that developed in the middle east built the royal roads and was known for its religious and cultural tolerance.
What is the Persian Empire?
This Chinese belief allowed new rulers to justify the overthrow of a declining dynasty.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This metal is made from tin and copper and provided humans with a better alternative to the stone tools of the Neolithic Era.
What is bronze?
A system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded.
What is patriarchy?
The ancient civilization is located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Also known as the fertile crescent.
What is Mesopotamia?
This Indian empire ruled in Classical India during a long period of peace, prosperity, and oversaw advances in math, science, art, and literature in what is known as the Golden Age of India.
What is the Gupta Empire?
This religion, started by Siddhartha Gautama in India, grew in popularity following its adoption by Emperor Ashoka and offered women and men the possibility of monastic life as an alternative to marriage.
What is Buddhism?
This Mesopotamian writing system was the first writing system ever developed.
What is cuneiform?
This geographic feature in Greece led to the formation of city-states, such as Athens and Sparta, which developed dramatically different social norms.
What are mountains.
All of the first major civilizations developed around this geographic feature which provided fertile soil for the cultivation of crops, a fresh water source, and a means of transportation.
What is a river?
This empire, which lasted until 1453 C.E., arose out of the Eastern Roman Empire following a sharp decline in the population and wealth of the Western Roman Empire.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
This philosophical tradition places special importance on filial piety, the bettering of oneself through education, and learning from one's mistakes.
What is Confucianism?
These ancient people developed purple dye, advanced ship making tactics, and the world's first phonetic alphabet.
Who are the Phoenicians?
This rigid social hierarchy created a stable social order in India by providing a sense of identity to all members of society.
What is the caste system?
The first known written law.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This Macedonian conqueror promoted ideas and traditions from several cultures within his empire including that of the Greeks, Persians, Indians, and Egyptians.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This region was home to the rise and spread of Christianity during the time of the Roman Empire.
What is Europe and/or the Mediterranean? (either is acceptable)
This Indo-European society was the first to successfully develop and introduce iron making technology.
Who are the Hitties?
These were the first Mesoamerican people to produce an agricultural surplus and gain fame for their building projects, including colossal sculptured stone heads.
Who are the Olmecs?
This ancient Mesopotamian Empire conquered the Kingdom of Israel and triggered the first Jewish Diaspora.
Who are the Assyrians?