What allowed early humans to stay in one place and not have to live Nomadic lives.

What Rivers where ancient Mesopotamia located near

Who was the FIRST person to unite all of the Sumer city states?

What was the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia?

What was the first story that we have found?

What Civilization/Group did The Persians liberate the Jews from (Hint: they made a thing that some people believe didn't exists)

Used Chariots and Iron

These people are well known for the Religions they spawned

Good at selling things and known as the purple people (also had the idea for a phonetically based Lexicon)

This Empire spanned from India to Asia minor and Egypt. They also had Cyrus,Darius, and Xerxes as rulers.

who was in the highest position in the Egyptian Hierarchey

how many kingdoms did Egypt have?

How where the Egyptian dead dealt with?

Who was the first Egyptian Ruler? ( He also united lower and upper Egypt through Marriage)

why is King Tut important

this Pharaoh was female and took power after her husband died. she is also considered one of the greatest pharaohs in Ancient Egypt

This Pharaoh is known for the architecture and

just read these ones and click next when your ready

why can we read Hieroglyphics?

True or False: The Egyptians made glass, beer, and the Papyrus.

What rivers did the Ancient Chinese settle on

Who founded china, according to there fan fiction.

The mandate of heaven is:

Who in china, had first dibs on your loyalty?

In ancient China, what order did obedience go

what were the laws called put in place by Hammurabi('s Code)?

Remember, Old stone age/Paleolithic & New stone age/ Neolithic

what were ancient Mesopotamian pyramid like structures that where inside every city called?

what was the Silk Road?

How did Ancient China prevent families from getting to powerful? (this tactic also tried to insure loyalty)

What was the very first Dynasty we have record of?

What Dynasty came up with the mandate of heaven?

This Dynasty I known for The Emperor Shi Haungdi who proclaimed himself the first Emperor after conquering all of China, Connecting all the parts of the Great wall, and commissioned the terracotta army to assist him in the afterlife.

This Dynasty Is known for rebelling against the Qin and leading China Into a rebirth of studying & Knowledge with lighter laws and taxes.

This Dynasty was extremely cruel, but gave us a pretty sweet canal.

This Dynasty is known for having great inventions & an empress.

Known for developing Porcelain and the concept of paper money.

This Dynasty was started by Kublai Khan after the Mongols conquered China.

The Mongols were Nomadic Horsemen Unified_____ Khan, who was known as Temujin, Growing up. He was very cruel when forming his empire but very wise and just when ruling it. His Grandson_____Khan went on to

This Philosophy taught 5 basic relationships. 3 were based on family and all stressed respect.

Lao Tzu founded this philosophy that said Humans were the only things that fought against natural forces, and that they needed to become one with nature

This Philosophy said that powerful and efficent government is needed to maintain law & order and to protect against humans inherently evil nature.

this Dynasty Expelled the mongols, built the forbidden city( a complex of building that only Nobles could enter and contained Housing, Temples, & government Buildings), and led 7 voyages with Humongous ships.

this Dynasty lasted until the early 20th centurty

India may be a Peninsula, but is also a

what mountain ranges border India?

True or false: The 2 major rivers in India are the Indus & Ganges rivers.

The 2 Main city's that the Harrapans built were called

Why don't we know more about the Harrapans?

What Group came from the Caspian and black sea, took over, and introduced a cast system?

What order did the cast system go into?

What Varna was made up of priests?

What Varna was made up of Warriors and rulers?

What Varna was made up of Landowners, Artisans, and Merchants

What Varna was made up of Laborers?

How where untouchables treated

Who founded Buddhism

what are the 4 noble truths of Buddhism?

study these teachings of the 8 fold path and then click next

What is Nirvana?

What dis the Hindu's Believe in?

What is apart of Brahman

What is Samsara

_____is a person's good deeds in life, while ______ is a person spiritual responsibilities

What is the goal of Hinduism?

this man, inspired by Alexander the great, started the Mauryan Empire after two attempts. his reign didn't last long however, because he abdicated his throne when he converted to Jainism. he died due to stravation

This political philosopher was known as the king maker, because he taught other people how to rule, as he could not rule himself, due to him being deformed.

This ruler of the Mauryan Empire, Is known as one of the greatest rulers of all time. He is known for having pillars with all of his laws on them.

This campaign was so violent, it mad Ashoka turn from violence and possibly became Buddhist.

This man Started The Gupta Empire and split his empire into regions, allowing for more delegation, rather than having direct control.

Not much is known on this ruler. all we really know is that he was highly encouraging of trade and ruled during the Gupta empire's Golden age

what is an archipelago?

The __________ lived on the modern day Island of Crete. they worshiped bulls and even partook in activities known as bull leaping. the most well known story about them is The Minotaur along with the story of Icarus. They also appear to have placed women in positions of higher importance than men

The _________ lived on the mainland of modern day Greece. they where more war based unlike their neighbors on the Island of Crete. they to had some aspects off bull warship.

Not many things are known about this man. what we do know however is that he transcribed The epics of The Iliad and The Odyssey.

There were many gods in the Greek Mythos. the 3 biggest names however are

how many gods are on Mount Olympus?

this city state started as a monarchy. after some time it turned into an autocracy. after some intervention it turned into the first Democracy. it is alos one of the oldest, still standing cities in history

This Polis is famous for there army and brutal training methods called the Agoge

Athens gave _____ the power to fix Athens. his laws where very harsh so they gave they give the power to ______ instead. he made a base plat for Athens to turn into a full fledged Democracy

This man setup the rules for Sparta and even starved himself in dedication to Sparta

which goddess is married to Zeus? ( she also presides over Marriage and family)

What are the 2 deities that where born on a floating Island after Hera set very specific rules for the mother to be able to give birth

What was a reason the the first Persian Invasion started?

who won the first Persian war?

what happend at the battle of Thermopylae?

What happend at the battle of Salamis?

who was the Peloponnesian war fought by? read carefully

What was The Athenian Strategy during the war

How did the Peloponnisian war end?

What were the 2 types of theater?

This man is called the father of Medicine. doctors today take an oath that is named after him.

This man calculated the circumference of globe

This man was a Physicist who studied the worlds physical laws with levers and pulleys

This man discovered the principles of Geometry and created the Pythagorean Theorem

This man is known as the first Historian

This man is known as the first SCIENTIFIC Historian

Play's were weren't just for entertainment. They were also made to honor the god ___________. two of the best playwrights in this time where Sophocles (who wrote Oedipus Rex) and Aeschylus(who only has 7 surviving plays to this day)

Plays took place in the_______

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Pythagoras, and many others became the foundations of________, ways of thinking and behaving, that we still have in western culture.

This man is known as the first political Philosopher. he is known for asking simple questions to unlock deeper meanings and focused on thinking about thinking

This man was a pupil of Socrates. He believed that all people should be equal, and that the Government should be headed by a philosopher King instead of a democracy, where mob rule could take over.

This man is know as one of the most important philosophers. he taught Alexander the Great and founded many sciences that we use today.

Alexander the great started ruling right after his father died at 20 years old. he delt with the rebellion of Thebes by making an example of them and ...

after conquering Egypt, Alexander commissioned....

What river did Alexander stop conquering at?

Alexander dies before he gets home but leaves behind Hellenism, a....

The Romans live on the Italian Peninsula with the Alps as a _________ border and the Apennine mountains in the _________

Romulus and ________ where abandoned as babies and raised by a shewolf. they grew up and built a city. they disagreed on the naming of the city fought until Romulus killed his brother and named it Rome

A republic is a...

In ancient Rome there were 2 forms of Citizens, ________ who where wealthy landowners that could hold higher positions in government, and ___________, who where the poorer citizens that didn't own much land if at all. it would take several laws known as the 12 tables to make everyone more equal and allowed everyone, accept for slaves and freedmen, to achieve a position in which ever office they wanted, including consul.

The first Punic war saw...

the second Punic war saw

The third Punic war saw...

The first Triumvirate Between between________, _________, and Crassus. it fell apart after Caesar went into a civil war with pompey. Pompey fled to Egypt and was killed by PTOLOMEY! (Cleopatra couldn't have killed Pompey, she was in exile at the time. the main reason Julius sided with Cleo instead of Ptolomey was because she didn't go and kill a Roman. that and Cleopatra was Really smart and hot.

Julius Caesar during his dictatorship was known as the______________, for being very generous with his wealth, and unifying many aspects of Rome

Mark Anthony, Octavian (Augustus Caesar), And General Lepidus formed the _____________ Triumvirate which fell fairly quickly due to in fighting

Starting as A priest of ________, Julius Caesar joined the army and made his way up to the title of commander. as a commander he was a military mastermind and had great success. during a time of political Instability, he formed the third Triumvirate and was made Dictator by the Senate. he was well liked by the people and named "Father of the People". he was assassinated on the 15th of march (the ides of march) and Rome went into panic

Octavian won the civil war Against Mark Anthony and made Rome a constitutional Monarchy. he Declared himself "first citizen of the state" and took the Name __________. he made Rome bigger and improved the way the government governed and ran.

This Emperor Ruled after Augustus and improved Taxation.

This Emperor's name meant Little Boots. he was also very mental

This Emperor was a wise Scholarly ruler who Conquered Britain

This Emperor is believed to have set a fire in Rome to clear out areas with groups he didn't like. he blamed it on Christians and started persecuting them. he later committed suicide.

read this summary then click next: after Nero's death brought Rome into another civil war, Vespasian brought it to an end and restored order and the economy while making a new Dynasty. Emperor Titus later opened the Colosseum. his reign is also marked by the eruption of Mt.Vesuvius. Emperor Trajan helped Rome reach it's peak size while Hadrian built a wall to protect Britannia from the Picts.

_____________ was a time where Rome was at peace. during this time it prospered and allowed for greater construction of Highways, Aqueducts( things that brought running water to cities), baths, sewers, and theaters

Rome fell do to

This emperor rebuilt the city of Byzantium, renamed it to Constantinople, allowed and converted to Christianity. he also lead the eastern part of the empire (future Byzantine empire) to prosparity.