Ancient Peoples
The king of ancient Babylon after conquering Mesopotamia and created a list of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
Lasted from 2700 - 2200 BCE.
What is the Old Kingdom?
Betrayer of Rome and enemy of Augustus.
Who was Marc Antony?
The two rivers that Mesopotamia sat between.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates River?
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
The last pharaoh of Egypt.
Who is Cleopatra VII?
The age took place between the years 2050 - 1800 BCE.
What is the Turbulent Age?
The last ruling dynasty of ancient Egypt.
Who were the Ptolemics?
This mountain range protected Mesopotamia to its east while the other mountain range protected Egypt to its south.
What are the Zagros Mountains and the Ethiopian Highlands?
Believed to have been constructed by the command of King Nebuchadrezzar II for his wife.
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
He installed the Ptolemaics as the pharaohs of Egypt.
Who is Alexander the Great?
The year of Egypt's final collapse.
What is 30 BCE?
Famous for not having his tomb grave robbed during the collapse of the New Kingdom.
Who was King Tut?
The Nile Delta is found here.
What is Lower Egypt?
The Hellenstic capital of ancient Egypt.
What is the City of Alexandria?
The head of the Roman Republic.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The height of Egypt's power and glory, is known as the Empire Age, officially referred to as this and took place between these years.
The New Kingdom, 1550 - 1100 BCE.
Believed to have died from smallpox.
Who was Ramses V?
These two seas are geographical barriers for both Mesopotamia and Egypt.
What are the Med and Red Seas?
The turning point battle between Rome and Egypt's forces took place in this city.
What is Actium?
An emperor of the Roman Empire.
Who is Octavian Augustus?
The Hyksos controlled Egypt between these years.
What is ~1700 - 1550 BCE?
The unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who was Memes/Narmar?
If a pharaoh is from the southern regions of Egypt, which part of Egypt is the pharaoh from?
Upper Egypt
What is Kush?