Mesopotamia and Egypt
What two rivers flow through Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Major event when the Israelites left Egypt?
The Exodus
Two major cities in Ancient India
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
First Ever Emperor of Rome?
Caesar Augustus
Athens
River in Egypt. Longest in the World.
Nile
Ancestor Worship
Ancient Persia was located in what MODERN day country.
Iran
The government of Rome when it first began?
Monarchy. (Kings)
City-state that focused on military strength above all else.
Sparta
These were built as tombs for the pharoahs.
What are Pyramids?
The Israelites worshipped only one God - that means they were _________________________
Monotheistic
Major religion from Ancient India - one of the oldest religions in the world.
Hinduism
Julius Caesar
Three Famous philosophers of Greece?
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Mesopotamia made the first writing system called _____________, later, the Egyptians writing was called _______________________,
Cuneiform, Hieroglyphics
Name of the "Yellow River" in China
Huang He
Major religion from India created by Siddartha Guatama
Buddhism
In 509 BC what happened in Rome?
They started the Republic of Rome and ended the Monarchy.
King of Macedonia who united all of Greece and started the Greek Empire.
Alexander the Great
Empire that conquered the Mesopotamians....
Akkadians
Two important EARLY dynasties in China
Shang, and Zhou
Persia's first great leader who founded the Persian Empire.
Cyrus the Great
Two social classes in the Republic?
Plebians and Patricians.
What form of Government started in Athens?
Democracy