Chapter 1
A group's unique way of life
What is "culture"?
Motivated Egyptian mummification practices
What are "religious beliefs"?
Who is Plato?
Pax Romana
What is "Roman Peace"
A religion with multiple gods
What is "Polytheism"?
Someone who studies ancient cultures and people groups.
What is "An Anthropologist"?
This religion believes that a person continues to reincarnate until they've lived a perfect life.
What is "Hinduism"?
Son of a Macedonian king who greatly expanded the Greek empire.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This Punic War saw the participation of elephants
What is "The Second Punic War"?
The mythical founders of Rome
Who are Romulus and Remus?
A scientist who studies fossils and other remains found in rocks
What is a "paleontologist"?
The world's oldest known piece of literature
What is "The Epic of Gilgamesh"?
1. The universe is put together in a meaningful way and 2. By using logic and reason, one can understand the universe
What are the two basic assumptions of Greek philosophers?
War that saw the complete destruction of Carthage
What is "The Third Punic War"?
The most popular location for Ancient Greek cities
What is "Near Water"?
Cultural diffusion is most often aided by this.
What is "trade"?
The region surrounding the northern part of the Nile valley
What is "Lower Egypt"?
The name for the culture born from Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian cultures and practices
What is Hellenism?
French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian
What are "the Romance Languages"
The body of this pre-historic man was found nearly perfectly preserved in the Alps
Who is "Ötzi"?
The period of time when humans began cultivating crops, taming livestock, and creating communities.
What is "The Neolithic Revolution"?
Due to China's geography, the civilization was this.
The most important outcome of the Persian Wars
What is "the unification of Greek City-States" OR "what is the creation of the Delian League"?
The ideal Roman dictator, later inspired George Washington.
Roman Tribunes who tried to erase inequalities between the Patricians and Plebians
Who are the Gracchi Brothers?