Ancient Mesopotamia
The job of a Mesopotamian Scribe was to
write
What continent is Egypt on?
Africa
India is a sub-____________
Continent
a royal family, made up of kings and queens, rules a city-state.
monarchy
Rome is located in which modern day country?
Italy
Empires of Mesopotamia built ziggurats to honor their gods. This meant that they were polytheistic which meant that they did what?
Worshiped more than one god
Where did most of the farming of the Ancient Egyptians occur?
Along the Nile River
a force that decides the forms that people will be reborn as in their next lives
karma
Gods and goddesses lived on ______________________ (2 words) and behaved much like humans.
Mount Olympus
the difference between a plebeian and a patrician is that a patrician is _______ and a plebeian is _______.
rich, poor
The location of the ancient land known as the Mesopotamia was between these two rivers.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What did the Egyptians turn their pharaohs into when they died?
Mummies
The hierarchy of Ancient India
Caste System
Name one of the two major cities in Greece
There was a story about Romulus and Remus which is a myth that tells the story about what?
How Rome began
Name one of the three major civilizations that occupied the Fertile Crescent during Ancient Mesopotamia.
Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians
Where did the Egyptians put their pharaohs when they died?
In pyramids (if they liked them enough)
Name one of the two main religions of India
Hinduism and Buddhism
The ruler of all the Greek gods
Zeus
Name one of the rights and responsibilities of Roman citizens.
vote
pay taxes
serve in the army
There were, at one time, 282 laws that had to be followed. These laws, created by the leader of Mesopotamia, were known as...
Code of Hammurabi
Osiris
What mountain range sets to the north of India?
Himalayan Mountains
Who was the leader of Athens after the defeat of the Persians and took Athens into a "Golden Age" of prosperity and achievement?
Pericles
Julius Caesar