Mesopotamia
This is another name given to the Mesopotamian region because of its good soil.
the Fertile Crescent.
This is the name given to the style of writing found on ancient Egyptian artifacts.
Hieroglyphics.
This is the Mountain Range that lies on the northern border of India and on the south western border of China?
The Himalayas.
According to ancient beliefs, the Greek Gods and Goddesses lived on this mountain.
Mount Olympus.
According to legend, these two brothers are said to have founded Rome.
Romulus and Remus.
This was the largest and most important structure in every Sumerian city.
a ziggurat.
People whose job was to write and keep records were called this.
scribes.
This emperor is mostly responsible for building the Great Wall of China.
Shi Huang Di.
This poet is thought to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
This great ruler of Rome was also called "the majestic one"
Cesar Augustus (Octavian).
These are the names of the two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Ancient Egyptians preserved the bodies of their dead to make sure this happened.
They went to the afterlife.
These three philosophers are considered to be the most influential thinkers in Ancient Greece.
Socrates, Plato, & Aristotle
This ruler blamed his Christian citizens for a great fire and had many of them killed
Nero.
This is the process by which Mesopotamians brought water from rivers to their fields.
irrigation.
According to Egyptian beliefs, this happens when a deceased person's heart is lighter than a feather.
They have a good afterlife.
The belief that people are born bad and need to be controlled is considered this type of government.
Legalism
This type of fruit is thought to have caused the Trojan War
(Golden) Apple (of Discord)
During this famous king's reign in Babylon, irrigation systems were improved, city walls were strengthened, and temples were built.
Hammurabi
After 1500 BC, pharaohs no longer had pyramids built. Instead, kings, including King Tut, were buried in this area.
Valley of the Kings
Name three major religions/philosophies in ancient China.
Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism.
This is the name given to a person who illegally seizes (takes) power to become the sole ruler of a country.
tyrant.
Name three reasons for the decline in Rome's Republic.
Can't pay for army, army spread too thin, number of poor increased, poor moved into the cities so they were overcrowded, Roman leaders focused on foreign land instead of homeland.