Cities
This is the ancient wonder of the world constructed by Nebuchadnezzar.
The land between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
Anno domini
What is the Year of our Lord?
This is the development that defines history
What is written language?
This heir to Persian King Cyrus was killed by his brother but impersonated by a Magi.
Who is Smerdis?
This is the narrow strip of land that Corinth charged a toll to take boats across, thus eliminating the need for taxes.
What is an isthmus?
What is Hammurabi's Code?
The century in which the Greco Persian war took place
This civilization had the first alphabet
Who are the Phoenicians?
These are the two sources of the Nile River
What are Blue Nile and White Nile
One of the world's three most ancient cities
Where is Jericho? Also Where is Catal-Hayuk?
The world's first emperor
Who was Sargon I?
This time period from 8000 BC to 4000 BC was defined by the development of farming
What is Neolithic Perioid?
This is the first written language, in ancient Sumeria
What is cuneiform?
This is the famous architect of the pyramids
Who is Imhotep?
The city on Crete of the Minoans with a large palace
The two main rivers of Mesopotamia that flood to deposit nutrients for soil
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This group of invaders from the north plunged Greece into its Dark Age due to no written language
Who are the Dorians?
This is the Egyptian written language
What is hieroglyphics?
This is the Babylonian king of peasant origins who got people mad at him, and the Persians were able to easily conquer because his own people hated him.
Who is Nabonidus
The leader who began democracy in Athens
Who is Cleisthenes
The semitic people who moved into Sumeria when the Sumerians died out. Also called Neo-Babylonians.
Who are the Chaldeans?
This is the written language of the Minoans
What is Linear A?
This is the major language group from which the languages of almost half of modern people speak
What is Indo European?
This Assyrian king was defeated by the Hebrews
Who is Sennacherib?