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Mesopotamia
Egypt
Greece
Rome/China
Vocabulary
100
The oldest written story, depicts a great flood
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh
100
Reed like plant used for the first paper
What is papyrus
100
The island of the Minoans
What is Crete
100
Over 4,000 miles long, it was built to stop invaders from Mongolia
What is the Great Wall of China
100
The development of different kinds of jobs
What is specialization
200
His code was the first set of written laws
Who is Hammurabi
200
The Egyptian spell book to guarantee save passage to the after life
What is the Book of the Dead
200
The king of the Greek gods
Who is Zeus
200
Legends speak of Rome being founded by these twin brothers.
Who is Remus & Romulus
200
Wild rapids found on the Nile River
What is cataracts
300
This fertile crescent is located between these two rivers
What is Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
300
She was the first woman pharoah
Who is Hatshepsut
300
The first Olympics was held here
What is Olympia
300
The Chinese are credited with the first acubus otherwise known as this.
What is the calculator
300
A line of rulers from the same family
What is dynasty
400
Located in this present day country
What is Iraq
400
He discovered "King Tut's tomb"
Who is Howard Carter
400
He was person behind the Academy
Who is Plato
400
He said "absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Who is Cincinnatus
400
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism
500
A temple or shrine designed like a layered wedding cake found in the center of the city-states
What is ziggurat
500
The pharaoh many believe that challenged Moses
Who is Ramses II
500
The Iliad and Odyssey are his works
Who is Homer
500
His terra cotta army protects him in the afterlife.
Who is Emperor Chin
500
All citizens share in the running of the government
What is democracy