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Historical Who's Who
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These shapes and symbols helped ancient Egyptians sound out words and phrases, and made some interesting artwork as well.
Hieroglyphics
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His name means the "Enlightened One" and he went on to have an entire religion based upon his teachings in Southeast Asia.
Buddha
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Italy, Florida, and mainland Greece all fit into this geographic category.
Peninsula
100
Society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes.
Civilization
100
A gray rodent moving back and forth quickly, also a temple in Ur.
Ziggurat
200
These wedge-shape symbols are some of the most ancient of all writing systems, but did not include any pictures of hoagies or subs.
Cuneiform
200
After being born in Macedonia and then taking over much of the ancient world, "good" wouldn't be enough to describe the accomplishments of this former student of Aristotle.
Alexander the Great
200
Journals, photographs, and autobiographies all fit into this category.
Primary Source
200
A large landmass protruding out but connected to a continent.
Subcontinent
200
A mallard who's comfortable in water; also a structure to move water in Rome.
Aqueduct
300
China invented this to measure the size of earthquakes during ancient times.
Seismograph
300
Born Octavian, he eventually took the name of his adoptive father and led Rome to its Golden Age, the Pax Romana.
Augustus Caesar
300
Hinduism, Greek mythology, and the pantheon of Egyptian gods all fit into this category of belief systems.
Polytheism
300
Islands collected in a sea or stretch of water.
Archipelago
300
A baked good that is good for growing crops; also a location on Earth where civilization began.
Fertile Crescent
400
You may want to avoid a certain day of the year thanks to this innovation in Egypt; the Nile may flood your home!
Calendar
400
If you're honest, hardworking, obey the rules, and respect your family, you'd get along great with this ancient Chinese philosopher.
Confucius
400
A theme of geography, every location on Earth has physical features and human features relative to this.
Place
400
Someone's moral duty or obligation in Hindu belief.
Dharma
400
Human male and uncertain about his choice; also an estate owned by a lord.
Manor
500
The Egyptian used the shaduf as a tool to improve upon the work of ancient Sumerians, and transported water through canals in this method.
Irrigation
500
He's associated with the Golden Age of Athens and oversaw the construction of the Parthenon.
Pericles
500
Also known as the Old Stone Age, the people living during this time mostly hunted and gathered, since they had no yet domesticated plants or animals.
Paleolithic Era
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Land is granted from kings to nobles, protection, service, and loyalty are exchanged, too.
Feudalism
500
Four bases all at once in baseball; also a Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey.
Homer