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A long wall running east and west along the border with the Qin dynasty's northern border. The purpose of the wall was to defend the empire from invading nomads.
What is the Great Wall of China?
The dominant religion of India for the last 2,000 years. Hindus believe that everyone is born with a soul that will one day reunite with the universe.
What is Hinduism?
A large stone with Egyptian and Greek writing, used to translate ancient hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
City in Ancient Greece known for its achievements in art, literature, philosophy, and the creation of democracy. They led Greece against the Persians.
What is Athens?
Considered one of the greatest pharaohs of all time, known for his military victories and for his expansion of Egypt during the New Kingdom.
Who is Ramses the Great?
King of the Old Babylonians. He was an excellent military leader who created a set of harsh laws known as "Hammurabi's Code" for all to follow.
Who is Hammurabi?
Ruled Egypt for more than 20 years. She served as queen alongside her husband, but after his death she claimed the role of pharaoh.
Who is Hatshepsut?
First emperor of the Qin dynasty, he began work on the Great Wall to defend his empire. Legalism was used to enforce his power on the people.
Who is Shi Huangdi?
A Roman general who helped the end the Roman Republic when he seized power and declared himself "dictator for life". He was later murdered.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Took control of the Middle East from 539 BCE to 331 BCE, becoming one of the largest empires in the world. Eventually defeated by Alexander.
What is the Persian Empire?
Queen of Egypt who became allies with Julius Caesar in order to keep her throne.
Who is Cleopatra?
Follows the Bronze Age when the use of iron weapons and tools was common throughout the world.
What is the Iron Age?
The Roman Republic evolved into the powerful Roman Empire after Augustus took control. This empire became one of history's strongest empires.
What is the Roman Empire?
A period following the Stone Age and preceding the Iron Age. Bronze weapons and tools were used throughout the world.
What is the Bronze Age?
A war between Sparta and Athens lasting on and off for 27 years after many Greeks feared that Athens was becoming too powerful.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
Political problems, civil war, economic strife, and foreign invasion all combined to lead to the collapse of this empire.
What is the fall of Rome?
The language once spoken throughout Ancient Rome, but is considered a "dead" language today.
What is Latin?
The Buddha, a religious leader and the founder of Buddhism. Buddhism spread to other parts of the world (especially China) through missionaries.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
First Roman emperor, he was the heir and sucessor to Julius Caesar. He supported arts and literature while improving the Roman Empire.
Who is Augustus Caesar?
Three wars waged by Rome against Carthage, resulting in the destruction of Carthage and Rome taking control of the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Punic Wars?
Communities of Jewish people who lived outside of Israel after being scattered/dispersed.
What is the Diaspora?
Poet who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey. These poems reflected the Greek's belief that the gods controlled human lives.
Who is Homer?
A network of trade routes that crossed Asia, connecting China and Southwest Asia.
What is the Silk Road?
Also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, after the Roman Empire was split in half. The capital of this empire was Constantinople.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
A long period of peace and prosperity in Rome from 27 BCE to 180 CE after Rome became an empire. Means "Roman Peace" in Latin.
What is Pax Romana?