Egypt
Age of the People
Middle Kingdom
First written set of laws
Hammurabi's Code
Reason for Israeli Domination
God
Reincarnation, Karma, Castes system
Hinduism
Polis
City-state
This man "crossed the Rubicon"
Caesar
Age of the Empire
New Kingdom
Hittite Empire
Use of Iron Weapons & Chariots brought them dominance
Lots of money made off of this color
Purple
Buddhism
Ruled by the people
Democracy
Pax Romana
Age of the Pharaohs
Old Kingdom
Spreading Fear gave this empire an edge
Assyrians
Why were roads so important to Persia?
Easy movement of troops, postal service, & ideas.
Muhammad & Koran
Islam
Sparta
Victor between Marc Antony & Octavian
Had 60ish Wives and over 100 kids
Ramses II
Hanging Gardens
Chaldeans
The first Jew
Abraham
Started by God, follows Pentateuch, & Moses
Judaism
Used a cave to explain what is real
Plato
2 reasons Republic turned to Empire
Loyalty to generals & loss of land by small farmers
The Nile River
Modern-Day Turkey
Kassites
This civilization had a trading empire rather than military
Phoenicians
Jesus, Salvation by faith alone
Christianity
Aristotle
2 reasons Rome fell
Too large to defend & inflation