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Really Old School
Famous Greeks
Greek gods
Mesopotamia
100
This lifestyle involves killing game animals, and collecting plants and seeds for food.
Hunting and Gathering
100
This man was Alexander's most famous teacher.
Aristotle.
100
He is the chief god, the most powerful.
Zeus
100
This is probably Mesopotamia's most famous province.
Sumer/Sumeria
200
Why did people stop walking around? What made them stay put?
Agriculture
200
This man founded the first Western university.
Plato
200
He is the god of the seas.
Poseidon
200
These two rivers were the life blood of Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
300
What would be a good definition of "agriculture" as we learned it?
The domestication of plants and animals, to provide a stable food supply.
300
This geographer determined the Earth's correct diameter to within 200 miles.
Eratosthenes
300
She is the goddess of love and beauty.
Aphrodite
300
This is perhaps the oldest city we have discovered.
Ur
400
Once farms and towns are established, what tends to happen to religion?
It becomes more complicated.
400
This man is famous for his work in medicine.
Hippocrates
400
She is the goddess of the home, and family harmony.
Hestia
400
The Mesopotamians developed this type of writing.
Cuniform
500
Why it the main reason towns throughout the world have build walls around them?
To control who enters and exits.
500
He god of both the Olympics and of theater.
Dionysus
500
What are two things a society can do with a food surplus?
Sell it, store it, give it away, trade it.