Mesopotamia
Another name given to the Mesopotamian region because of its good soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The name given to the style of writing found on ancient Egyptian artifacts?
What is hieroglyphics?
The Mountain Range that lies on the northern border of India
What are the Himalayas?
According to ancient beliefs, the mountain on which the gods live
What is Mount Olympus?
According to legend, the two brothers are said to have founded Rome?
Who are Romulus and Remus?
The land between two rivers
What does Mesopotamia mean?
People whose job was to write and keep records.
What are scribes?
The emperor that built the Great Wall of China
Who is Shi Huang Di?
A city state know for its focus on war and military training
What is Sparta?
Two months that are named after Roman Emperors
What are July and August?
These are the names of the two main rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
To ensure they went to the afterlife.
Why did Egyptians mummify the dead?
India is considered to be this type of geographic feature
What is a subcontinent?
The Iliad and the Odyssey
What are epic Greek poems?
Roman inventions that that aided trade.
What are roadways or a common currency?
The process by which Mesopotamians brought water from rivers to their fields is called ________.
what is irrigation?
The source of irrigation for the Egyptian civilization
What is the Nile River?
The earliest civilization sprang up in this river valley
What is the Indus River Valley?
This is the name given to a person who illegally seizes (takes) power.
What is a tyrant?
Rome grew from a small town on this river.
What is the Tiber River?
It was the first written code of law.
What is Hummurabi's Code?
Originates from the words "per 'aa", meaning great estate.
What is a Pharaoh?
Th three major religions in ancient China.
What are Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism.
The sea on which the Greeks primarily traded. Literally means the "middle of the earth".
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This ruler made Christianity legal.
Who is Constantine?