Meso. / Egypt
What is the oldest, readable written language?
Cuneiform
When was the Golden Age of Ancient India?
Gupta Dynasty
Who was the first queen of the Silla Kingdom?
Queen Seondeok
The center for Greek life, economy, and politics was known as what?
The agora
Whose death caused the end of the Roman Republic?
Julius Caesar
What are Canopic Jars?
Used by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process, to store and preserve the organs of the deceased
The IRV civilization was aided by what weather pattern?
Monsoons
What were the civil wars between Chinese Dynasties called?
Warring States Period
What were the two genres of theater in Ancient Greece?
Tragedy and Comedy
Name 3 Roman gods and explain their domain/power.
Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Ceres, Juno, Mercury, Vulcan, Bacchus, Venus, Mars, Apollo, Diana, and Minerva
What was the world's first monotheistic religion?
Judaism
What system of social organization is directly tied to Hinduism?
The Caste System
What is 1 religion/philosophy that started in Ancient China?
Confucianism, D/Taoism
Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta & Allies vs. Athens & Delian League
What two social classes were free Romans divided into?
Patricians and Plebians
Who is Hammurabi?
Ruler of Mesopotamia, Code of Hammurabi
Indus River and the Ganges River
What are the 3 kingdoms (+1 confederacy) that we studied in Ancient Korea?
Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, and Gaya
The highest part of the city, where the city-state would typically build a temple to the gods was known as what?
The acropolis
Who were the Punic Wars fought between?
The Roman Republic and Carthage
What allowed historians to translate Egyptian Hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
Who was the Buddha?
Siddhartha Gautama
Which dynasty is known as Ancient China's golden age?
Han Dynasty
A Greek city-state is also know as what?
Polis
In ancient Greece and Rome, a person who communicated with the gods to tell prophecies of the future was called an ____.
Oracle