Early Man
This tool was discovered from 500,000 to 1.4 million years ago. This tool was often made by rubbing two sticks togther.
What is fire?
There were 6 of these rocky and rough waters in the Nile river. They protected Egypt from enemies that could use the river as means to invade.
What are cataracts?
This group of five books sewn together in one long scroll contain the stories and history of the Jewish people.
What is the Torah?
A set of 282 laws was written by this Babylonian King
Who was Hammurabi?
The Peloponnesian war was fought between these two Greek city states
What is Athens and Sparta?
The name of this age means " old stone age". It started 2.5 million years ago and ended in 8,000 B.C.
What was the Paleolithic Age?
This is what the kingdom of Kush was called when it was a part of Egypt.
What is Nubia?
This weekly day of worship was observed from Friday night to Saturday night.
What is the Sabbath?
A Sumerian form of writing written by pressing wedges into clay.
What is cuneiform?
The first Greek civilizations originated on this island in the Mediterranean sea.
What is Crete?
The agriculture first started in this place
What is Mesopotamia?
This stone tablet led to the modern understanding of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The Israelite kingdoms capital was Jerusalem and was made up of two tribes.
What was Judah?
These two rivers provided fertile soil and fresh water to the people of Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
This famous Greek Poet wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who was Homer?
This type of ancient people lived in groups or bands made up of 20 to 30 people. They traveled around to find food.
What are Nomads?
This Northern part of Egypt contains the Nile River delta.
What is lower Egypt?
Abraham moved from Mesopotamia to this land, the "promised land"
What is Canaan?
This palace in Babylon was one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World.
What were the hanging gardens of Babylon?
This vast empire tried to conquer Athens and failed. A messenger ran from the island of mararthon to inform the Athenians of their victory, giving name to a 26-mile race.
What is the Persian Empire?
This is a metal that you can get when mixing copper and tin. This is also the name of the time period when people first started using that metal.
What is bronze?
This city became Kush's Capital in about 540 B.C.
What is Meroe?
This set of laws dictates what the Jews can and can't eat. It means " That which is proper"
What is Kashrut?
The Chaldeans invented this tool to tell time
What is a sundial?
A marketplace surrounded by neighborhoods where politics were often discussed.
What is an Agora?