Mesopotamia
This is what historians call ancient Egyptian leaders.
Pharaohs
This thousands miles long structure was built to protect China from invaders.
Great Wall of China
In this city-state, women could own property
Sparta; because women needed to own land in case their husbands were killed in battle.
This future world religion began in the Roman Empire
Christianity
Egyptian civilization centered around this body of water.
The Nile River
The Indo-Aryans created this system of social hierarchy to divide people into classes in India
Caste System
This Athenian leader expanded democracy to poor men.
Pericles
Julius Caesar was murdered on this day (month, day, and year)
March 15, 44 BCE
The name given to the style of writing found on ancient Egyptian artifacts
Hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics.
These two cities are located on the Indus River
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
Name the Big 3 Greek philosophers
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
This religious structure was often the largest and most important structure in a Sumerian city
a ziggurat.
Scribes wrote on this Egyptian invention that was very similar to paper.
Papyrus
India and China share this mountain range.
The Himalayas.
The death of this Macedonian king began the Hellenistic period of Greece.
Alexander the Great
This ruler legalized Christianity and briefly reunited the Eastern and Western regions of Rome
Constantine
The first written code of law
Hammurabi's Code
Why did ancient Egyptians mummify bodies of their dead leaders?
To ensure they went to the afterlife.
2 Answers in Order: The outcome of the _______________ War led to the creation of the Delian League, and eventually, to the __________________ War.
Persian, Peloponnesian
Name three specific reasons for the decline in Rome's empire.
inflation; food shortage; Marcus Aurelius's death; weak leadership; empire grew too big; personal armies; civil war/splitting of empire; inconsistent rule, etc.