Phoenicia and Carthage
The very first one of these was invented by the Phoenicians.
What is the alphabet?
First implemented by the Greek city-state of Athens, this is a form of government in which the people have power.
What is democracy?
This prophet is a central figure in the religion of Judaism.
Who is Moses?
What is Iran?
This Greek leader transformed the Greek city-state of Macedon into a worldwide empire.
Who was Alexander the Great?
Julius Caesar transformed Rome into this, a form of government in which only one person has power.
What is a monarchy?
The Phoenicians were famous for producing this color of dye.
What is purple?
This Greek city-state developed a culture centered around warfare and the military.
What was Sparta?
What is monotheistic?
The Persian Empire was able to govern its vast territories by dividing them into regions known as these.
What are satrapies?
Alexander the Great led the city-state of Macedon, which was a part of this civilization.
What is Ancient Greece?
He was the key prophet and most important figure in Christianity.
Who was Jesus Christ?
Carthage, the Phoenician city that eventually became an independent empire, was located on this continent.
What is Africa?
This Greek city-state developed a culture centered around art, learning, and philosophy.
What was Athens?
This is the most sacred text in Judaism.
What is the Torah?
The peoples that the Persians conquered tended to be very loyal because of this practice.
What was cultural and religious tolerance?
Alexander the Great conquered this empire in order to accomplish his deceased father's dream.
What was the Persian Empire?
This is a form of government in which a small group of people have all the power.
What is an oligarchy?
What are elephants?
Ancient Greece was not one single empire, but rather a collection of independent city-states that frequently fought one another. As a result, it can be described as this.
What is decentralized?
The ancient Israelites founded two major kingdoms- the Kingdom of Israel, and the Kingdom of _____.
What is the Kingdom of Judah?
This man founded the Achaemenid Empire (the first Persian Empire).
Who was Cyrus the Great?
This general of Alexander the Great took control of Egypt after Alexander died.
Who was Ptolemy?
Before Julius Caesar transformed it into an empire, Rome was this.
What is a republic?
The Phoenicians established a network of these that laid the foundation for all of Western civilization- including Greece and Rome.
What are trade routes?
The Ancient Greek alphabet acted as a bridge between these two alphabets.
What are the Phoenician alphabet and the Latin alphabet?
Judaism developed after the Israelites were exiled from their homeland by these people.
Who were the Babylonians?
There were several Persian empires. This is the correct order in which to arrange the following three- the Achaemenids, the Sasanians, and the Parthians.
What is the Achaemenids, the Parthians, and the Sasanians?
This was what became of the territory controlled by Alexander the Great after he died.
What is the territory being split amongst Alexander's leading generals?
This leader interacted with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony of Rome before being defeated by Augustus Caesar.
Who was Cleopatra?