Frenchman that was able to decipher the hieroglyphics of the Rosetta Stone
Champollion
longest river in the world
Nile River
Hilltop Fortress
Acropolis
criminal forced to fight in public show
gladiator
Sumerian writing
cuneiform
great ruler of the Mali Empire in Africa
Mansa Musa
Africa's highest mountain
Mount Kilimanjaro
King of the Greek Gods
common people of Rome
plebeian
Famous pharaoh of Egypt whose tomb was found in the 1920's virtually untouched
Tutankhamen
Greek "Father of History"
Herodotus
Africa's largest lake
Lake Victoria
Greek Physician an oath was named after
Hippocrates
crossed the Rubicon and became master of Rome
Caesar
Who was the Egyptian female pharaoh that ruled jointly with her nephew
Hatshepsut
United upper and lower Egypt into one nation
Menes
Japan's most famous mountain
Mt. Fuji
Great Athenian Statesman
Pericles
Wars fought between Rome and Carthage
Punic
Who built the greatest ancient civilization in Africa's interior?
Cush
Edesius and Frumentius were these
Missionaries
Africa's largest desert
Sahara
Spartan general who stayed with 300 men at the battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
First major naval battle in history
Salamis
Cyrus