Early Civilizations
River Valley Civilizations
Greece
Rome
Religions
100
This is the Neolithic Revolution.
What is the move from hunter-gathers to systemic agriculture?
100
Mesopotamia is the land between these two rivers.
What are Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
100
This Macedonian king created the largest empire the world had yet seen.
Who is Alexander the Great?
100
He was the first Roman emperor.
Who is Caesar Augustus?
100
What religion believes that all things have spirits?
What is Animism?
200
The discovery of this allowed people to migrate to cooler temperature areas.
What is fire?
200
Kings of Egypt were known as this.
What are Pharaohs?
200
This organization of Greek city-states, headed by Athens, was created to protect against invasion from Persia.
What is the Delian League?
200
This 200 year period in Roman history was marked by peace and stability in the economy.
What is Pax Romana?
200
This Jewish teacher preached a new religion in the cities of Judea and Galile.
Who is Jesus of Nazareth?
300
The era was marked by the use of a new metal alloy made from copper and tin.
What is the Bronze Age?
300
This kingdom invented writing?
What is Sumerians?
300
This war was fought between Athens and Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
300
These were the members of the First Triumvirate.
Who are Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar?
300
This thinker created a new philosophy as a result of the chaos of the Zhou period.
Who is Laozi?
400
As a result of this, people adopted new customs, skills, and technologies.
What is cultural diffusion?
400
This social hierarchy in India determined was of life such as employment and marriage.
What is the caste system?
400
This was a heavily armored foot soldier in Sparta.
What is a hoplite?
400
This Germanic tribe's movement across the Danube River into Roman territory was forced by the Hun's movement into Europe.
Who are the Visigoths?
400
The belief in Brahman, the eternal being that created and preserves the world is key to this religion.
What is Hinduism?
500
These are three of the characteristics of civilization.
What are developed cities, organized government, formalized religion, specialization of labor, social classes, record keeping, and art?
500
This was the longest lasting Chinese dynasty.
What is Zhou.
500
This means rule by the few.
What is Oligarchy?
500
What Carthaginian general gained fame by crossing the Alps and sacking the Italian countryside.
Who is Hannibal?
500
These are the Five Pillars of Islam.
What are the declaration of faith, five daily prayers, giving of alms, fasting, and hajj?