Contributions To History
Known for developing writing and inventing the wheel.
Sumerians
Event that divides time into B.C. and A.D.
Christ's coming to earth
Largest city in Africa
Cairo
Once Called the "Spice Islands"
Indonesia
Largest African country
Sudan
Developed an alphabet
Phoenicians
Language most commonly spoken in the Middle East Today
Arabic
Built to control flood of the Nile River
Aswan High Dam
The "Father of American Missions"
Adoniram Judson
The 2 African countries that were never colonies of Europe
Liberia and Ethiopia
Creators of the Hanging Gardens
Babylonians
Sumerian wedge-shaped writing
cuneiform
Egyptian device for irrigating crops
shadoof
The "Queen of the Cannibals"
Mary Slessor
Country that contains The Serengeti National Park
Tanzania
Credited with minting the world's first coins
Lydians
The idea that man started out as an animal
evolution
Only woman Pharaoh of Eygpt
Hatshepsut
"Land of the Rising Sun"
Japan
First black president of Africa
Nelson Mandela
Sadly, they did not have any significant accomplishments of historical value
Canaanites
Country formerly known as Persia
Iran
First Egyptian leader to make peace with Isreal
Anwar Sadat
The "Father of Faith Missions"
Hudson Taylor
Location of the Barbary Coast
Mediterranean Sea