Ancient Greece
Greece defeated this empire in the Battle of Salamis.
What is Persia?
This is what upper class Romans were known as.
What are Patricians?
The Huang River is also known by this color because it's the muddiest river in the world, filled with fine dirt and sediment.
What is Yellow?
This written language of the Egyptians included over 700 pictorial characters.
What is Hieroglyphics?
This was the first group of people to live in Mesopotamia.
Who are the Sumerians?
This marble building surrounded by huge columns included a monumental statue of Athena inside.
What is the Parthenon?
These public works projects were used to bring water to Roman cities for baths and fountains.
What is an aqueduct?
This was built to stop raids from nomads and prevent invasions from outsiders.
What is the Great Wall of China?
They were kings of Egypt and mediators between the world of men and the gods.
Who are Pharaohs.
This wedge-shaped writing was developed by the Sumerians.
What is Cuneiform?
Before democracy in Greece, many city-states were led by a single ruler called this.
What is a Tyrant?
Under Augustus, Rome enjoyed this 200 year long period of peace.
What is the Pax Romana?
This 8th Wonder of the World was found in the tomb of Shi Huangdi.
What is the Terracotta Army.
This was a unit of measurement created by Egyptians, measuring from the tip of the longest finger to the elbow.
What is the Cubit?
This wedge shaped stone in an arch causes the arch to lock together.
What is a Keystone?
This was the war between the city-states of Athens and Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
When Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in 395 AD, the eastern half, also known as this, survived as a center of trade and culture.
What is the Byzantine Empire.
This established that Chinese rulers must be just to keep the approval of the gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Egypt is located along this river.
What is the Nile River?
This pyramidal structure with terraced sides and exterior staircases was a temple in Sumerian religion.
What is a Ziggurat?
These two men are synonymous with Hellinism, the spreading of Greek culture.
Who are Phillip II of Macedonia and his son, Alexander the Great.
This is considered the most important contribution of the Romans to the world.
What are the Twelve Tables of Written Laws?
This route covering 4,000 miles from China to the Mediterranean Sea led to the trade of goods and the spreading of ideas.
What is the Silk Road?
This Egyptian invention helped improve communication and record keeping.
What is Papyrus?
This was the one great disadvantage of Mesopotamia.
What is a lack of natural protection or barriers.