Early Humans & Mesopotamia
Nomad
This was a tomb for the Pharaohs during the Old Kingdom?
Pyramids
Strong seasonal winds in India
Monsoons
What is a peninsula?
Landform with water on three sides
Rome is located on what peninsula?
Italy or Italian
Hunting and Gathering
Major River in Egypt
The Nile River
What is a family line of rulers
Dynasty
What are two city states that became powerful in Ancient Greece?
Sparta and Athens
The War fought between Rome and Carthage was called what?
Punic Wars
Names of the two rivers in Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
Why did the Egyptians mummify bodies?
Believed the soul would rejoin in the afterlife
These two religions began in Ancient India
Hinduism and Buddhism
How did the Greeks get the goods they needed?
Trade, Colonization and Conquest
Two social classes in Rome
System that allowed Mesopotamians to water their crops
Irrigation
These people were freed from slavery in Egypt during the rule of Ramses II
Jews
Early Indian civilization that mysteriously disappeared
Mohenjo Daro
Four systems of government developed in Ancient Greece?
Monarchy, Oligarchy, Tyranny, Democracy
Emperor who built the large aqueducts across the Roman Empire
Claudius
First System of Written Laws was called?
Hammurabi's Code
First Female Pharaoh
Hatshepsut
Belief that the right to rule was given to you by the gods
Mandate of Heaven
This leader united the ancient world by conquest and inclusion of other cultures.
Alexander the Great
What Roman achievement was the most influential to the modern day United States?