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100
These were able to be start around rivers because of the fertile farmland.
What are civilizations?
100
The Silk Road allowed people to trade and travel, and spread aspects of their ________ across the land.
What is culture?
100
Rome gave us the founding ideas of this when they decided to protect all their citizens legally.
What is law?
100
This social system from India was extremely rigid and people were not allowed to marry anyone in another class.
What is the caste system?
100
This man is responsible for spreading Greek culture and expanding Greek borders through Europe and Asia.
Who is Alexander the Great?
200
This ancient civilization developed along the Nile River.
What is Egypt?
200
People from this empire spread Greek culture and used information from ancient Greece to grow their own knowledge.
What is Rome?
200
This system of government was created by Greeks, specifically by Athenians.
What is democracy?
200
These "ruling families" controlled China in ancient times.
What is a dynasty?
200
This Chinese philosopher is responsible for the Golden Rule and yin & yang.
Who is Confucius?
300
This ancient civilization is in modern day India.
What is the Indus River Valley?
300
This type of rule is when on state controls lots of different peoples. Persia was the first.
What is empire?
300
The Gupta Empire made these contributions to mathematics.
What are decimal system, zero, infinity, Arabic numerals?
300
People from China believed in this, which said that their rulers were given the grace of god to rule the way they did.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
300
This Greek city-state was known for its brutal warriors and fierce army.
What is Sparta?
400
This movement occurred, allowing people to go from a nomadic lifestyle to raising animals and growing plants.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
400
This long period of peace was a time of great growth and prosperity in ancient Rome.
What is Pax Romana?
400
The philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are still known today and came from this classical civilization.
What is Greece?
400
These two social groups came from Rome... the law that Rome is known for protected both groups.
Who are patricians and plebeians?
400
This city-state in Greece was known for its mathematics and education-based society.
What is Athens?
500
This ancient civilization is known for inventions such as the wheel, and developed between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
500
This blend of Greek, Persian, and Egyptian culture was spread by Alexander the Great.
What is Hellenistic culture?
500
This is one of the seven wonders of the world and was originally built as a protective barrier from invaders.
What is the Great Wall of China?
500
These were the lowest people in India's social system.
Who are the Untouchables?
500
This long travel route where people could trade precious goods stretched from China to Rome.
What is the Silk Road?