Chapter 1
Hominids
Copper and tin
Bronze
This poem tells the story of an ancient king's quest to become immortal.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The belief in only one god.
Monotheism
The Greek word for a "city-state"
Polis
The first known type of hominin, or modern human, was this species.
Australopithecine
Those who mastered writing
Scribes
Sanskrit
Which empire built the Royal Road, which connected Iran to Anatolia?
Persian
The Greek word for the "open air marketplace". (Hint: there are two possible answers)
Agora or Forum
Because the earliest humans were ______, they could walk upright on two legs and migrate out of hostile environments.
Bipedal (bipedalism)
A type of wedge shaped writing used by Mesopotamia.
Cuneiform
A system of government in which religious leaders rule. This form of government existed in ancient China during the Shang Dynasty.
Theocracy
The Persian Empire divided its territories into _____, or provinces, each ruled by a governor appointed by the king.
satrapies
A Greek "lover of wisdom"
philosopher
Having a/an ________ ________ allowed the earliest humans to carry tools, weapons and gave them greater dexterity to explore the world around them.
opposable thumb
Sacred carvings of pictures used by Egypt
hieroglyphics
This Egyptian pharaoh claimed that the gods Amun & Ra had merged to become Amun-Ra, king of the gods and creator of the universe.
Amenemhet I
What were the three ways the Assyrians could attack a walled-in city?
Siege towers (over the wall), battering rams, (through the wall), sapping (dig out the foundation/under the wall)
The Greek word for "infantrymen" who wore heavy armor.
Hoplite
The herding of domesticated animals for their fur, meat & milk.
Pastoralism
The longest river in the world, it flows south to north.
The Nile River in Egypt.
A ______ ______ is a kingdom of several city-states organized around a charismatic leader and supported by legal codes, a bureaucracy & military expansion. (Hint: it's not an empire)
territorial state
An underground tunnel through which water flowed; these were built by the Persians to provide water to farmers in the desert.
Qanat
The derogatory word used by Greek colonizers to insult indigenous people who didn't speak their language.
Barbarian