Ancient Mesopotamia
A set of laws and punishments developed by the king of Babylonia
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
The massive structures built of stone, usually having a square base and four triangular sides that slope upward
What are pyramids?
Game honoring a god
What is the Olympics?
A succession of rulers from a single family.
What is a dynasty?
According to legend, these twin brothers founded Rome
Who are Romulus and Remus?
Kingdom that covered all of Mesopotamia, ruled by King Hammurabi
What is Babylonia?
The life after death
What is afterlife?
Taught Plato
Who is Socrates?
Another name for the Huang He River
What is the yellow river?
Usually slaves forced to fight to the death to entertain Roman crowds
What are gladiators?
Building with irrigated terraces planted with trees and flowers and having pool and fountains
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
A certain time period in history
What is an era?
A Greek city-state
What is a polis?
This was considered a sign of beauty
What are small feet?
A volcano that erupted and buried the town of Pompeii
What is Vesuvius?
The study of the universe, including the movement of the stars and planets
What is astronomy?
The flat, fan-shaped land made of silt deposited at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
god of war
Who is Ares?
This item was not something invented by the Chinese.
What is the microscope?
A closed structure built on a high platform, usually with a deep columned porch on the front
What is a Roman temple?
The Babylonians adopted most of their culture from these people
Who are the Sumerians?
This is what the delta region in the north was called
What is Lower Egypt?
What are Greek pillar styles?
Chinese people felt that this prevented a dead body from decaying.
What is jade?
An area of open space that served as the commercial and social center of a Roman city
What is the Forum?