Ancient
Mesopotamia (Unit 1)
Mesopotamia (Unit 1)
The belief in many gods describes the ancient Sumerians' religious practice.
What is Polytheism?
The difference between Egyptian pharaohs and Mesopotamian kings.
What is absolute or unlimited power?
What is 753 BCE - 60 CE?
Another word that is used to describe the hajj
What is the pilgrimage (journey) to Mecca?
The Silk Road consists of many of these
What are trade networks that extend from the Mediterranean Sea to Eastern China?
A group of people not considered Mesopotamians.
What are Egyptians?
Egyptian kingdom remembered as the "Expansion Age".
What is the Middle Kingdom?
The people the Romans learned to build cities, the different art forms, and the practice of Christianity.
WHo are the Etruscans?
Buddhas real name
What is Siddartha Gautama?
Forms of transportation on the Silk Road
What are camel caravans, boats, donkeys, and walking?
The central city in the Indus Valley.
What is Harappa?
Years in which the earliest Pyramids were constructed.
What is 2630 BCE - 2611 BCE?
The social class that served in the Roman government.
What is Aristocracy?
The birthplace of Christianity
What is a territory at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea? Romans called it Judea. It was once part of the ancient Kingdom of Isreal.
Items traded on the Silk Road
What are foods, rare animals, jewelry, Chinese porcelains, and silk?
This caused ancient India to have little to no contact with other civilizations.
What is no language?
These pharaohs, Akhenaten, Cleopatra, and Ramses the Great are from this kingdom.
What is the New Kingdom?
The name of the Roman law code
What are the 12 tables?
The job Muhammad had before his vision from Allah
What is merchant?
Inventions created for traveling the Silk Road
What are Chinese magnetic compass, printed Chinese paper, and ancient Chinese paper?
How is the government of Mehenjo - Daro similar to the government of the United States? How is it different?
Both the Mehenjo - Daro government and our government have three branches of government. The United States has a president and they had a king as a leader. Mehenjo - Daro made their laws based off of their religion.
Which "kingdom" of Egyptian history was well known as the "Golden Age"? Why?
The kingdom well known by the name the "Golden Age" is the Old Kingdom. It was known as the "Golden Age" because of the great achievements that occurred during this time period. Such as mathematics, astronomy, science, religion, and philosophy.
Why were the Romans and Carthage rivals (before the Punic Wars)?
How did the Buddha's experience leaving his palace (where he was raised) create the "4 Noble Truths"?
The Buddha was a prince who had everything handed to him but he wanted to get out of the palace and see the world. Once he stepped outside saw an old man, someone who was very ill, and he saw death on the streets. The Buddha wanted to help end the suffering he saw when he stepped out of his palace. That's how the Buddha's experience leaving his palace created the "4 Noble Truths".
How did the Silk Road contribute to diseases being spread?
On the Silk Road, a lot of people came into contact with each other therefore many diseases and illnesses were spread. Especially the foreign people who were not immune to those people's diseases. Examples are small pox and measles.