Ancient Rulers

Architecture

Vocabulary

Indian Religion

Fall of Roman Empire

Ain’t I a Woman?

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I was a king of the Babylonian Empire and created the oldest-known legal code

Who was Hammurabi?

Starting in the Xia and Shang dynasties this is the title given to a Chinese Emperor

What was the Son of Heaven?

I was a Mesopotamian king who searched for eternal life

Who was Gilgamesh?

These ancient rulers were believed to be gods on Earth

Who were the Egyptian pharaohs?

This society carved giant basalt heads of their rulers

Who were the Olmec?

What is an Egyptian pyramid?

What is a Sumerian ziggurat?

What is the Parthenon?

What is the Stupa at Sanchi?

What is the Colosseum?

Common to most early civilizations this is the belief in more than one god

What is polytheism?

Common in Mesoamerica, the Indus Valley, and Sumer these are urban areas with their own government

What are city-states?

This is the nickname given to pastoral nomads due to their violent tendencies

What is courage culture?

Used in Ancient Egypt this is the name of a government ruled by God

What is a theocracy?

Used in the Zhou dynasty this is the name for a type of government in which the central government gives political and military autonomy to the aristocracy in exchange for loyalty

What is feudalism?

The ultimate goal for a Buddhist

What is nirvana?

Both Hindus and Buddhists believe in this force that is generated by a person’s good and bad actions

What is karma?

The ultimate goal of Hinduism

What is moksha?

These start with life is suffering and end with following the Eightfold Path

What are the Four Noble Truths?

I am the most widely worshipped Hindu god

Who is Krishna?

This group finally destroyed the western Roman Empire in 476 CE

Who were the Germans?

This city was made the capital of the eastern half of the Roman Empire

What is Constantinople?

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The death of Marcus Aurelius in 180 CE marked the end of this era

What is Pax Romana?

I divided the Roman Empire into two parts in 300 CE

Who was Diocletian?

I legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire in 313 CE

Who was Constantine?

I was the legendary last pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt

Who was Cleopatra?

Women in this society were to worship their husbands as gods

What is India?

I wrote Lessons for Women which encouraged women to respect their husbands

Who is Ban Zhou?

Women in this ancient society could own their property and divorce their husbands

What was Egypt?

It was common for women in this classical region to be active in business

What is the Mediterranean (Greece & Rome)?

Classical Rulers

What Am I?

Vocabulary

Chinese Philosophy

Oppress Me

Early Inventions

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I unified China in 221 BCE and started the Great Wall of China

Who was Qin Shi Huangdi?

My reign began the period known as Pax Romana

What was Augustus Caesar?

I was tutored by Aristotle and conquered Persia and Egypt

Who was Alexander the Great?

I started an imperial university and examination system in China based upon Confucianism

Who was Han Wudi?

My conversion to Buddhism helped contribute to the collapse of my empire

Who was Ashoka?

What is a Roman aqueduct?

What are Egyptian hieroglyphics?

What is the Terra Cotta Army of Qin Shi Huangdi?

What is quipu?

What is an Oracle Bone?

Practiced by ancient Athens this is a form of government where power is granted to the people and is exercised by them directly or indirectly through free elections

What is democracy?

A group of non-elected officials charged with carrying out the basic duties of government

What is bureaucracy?

I pledge my allegiance to a type of government in which power resides in representatives of the people who govern according to the law

What is a republic?

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Practiced by the Jews this is tracing family descent through the mother

What is matrilineal?

This is a type of government common to ancient Greece where a small group of elites exercise political control for their benefit

What is an oligarchy?

This term meaning respect for ancestors is supported by many Chinese philosophies including Confucianism

What is filial piety?

The idea that the Chinese dynasty is supported by god to rule and the family will continue to rule as long as they rule properly

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

According to Laozi humans should live according to this spiritual force

What is the Dao?

This chaotic period brought about hundreds of new Chinese philosophies including Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism

What was the Warring States Period?

The ultimate goal of Confucianism and Daoism

What is societal harmony?

This group the lowest caste in the Hindu caste system

Who are untouchables?

This type of agriculture made Greece and Rome dependent upon slaves

What is commercial agriculture?

This lowest level of Chinese society was distinguished by green scarves

Who were the mean people?

Slaves in this region could be tutors as well as domestic servants and general laborers

What is the Mediterranean?

This monotheistic religious group was enslaved by the Egyptians

Who were the Jews?

This culture invented paper

Who is China?

This ancient civilization was the first to use plumbing

What is the Indus River Valley?

This society invented the wheel, the sail, and bronze

Who were the Sumerians?

This group were the first to use iron

Who were the Hittites?

This name is often used to explain the importance of the human discovery of farming and herding

What is the Neolithic Revolution?

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Human Migration

Silk Roads

Fall of Han China

If you ain’t first…

Math, Science, etc.

Monotheism

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This group migrated into India around 1750 BCE and would influence early Hinduism

Who were the Aryans?

Polynesian migration to Madagascar brought this fruit to Africa

What is the banana?

This group migrated from Central Asia and influenced the fall of Rome, Han China, and Gupta India

Who were the huns?

This group migrated from the Sahel region in Africa to southern Africa bringing with them language, farming, cattle, & iron

Who were the Bantu?

This group colonized most of the Pacific and started kingdoms on Easter Island & Hawaii

Who were the Polynesians?

The primary source of silk in the classical period

What was China?

The name for this desert means “he who enters does not come out”

What is the Taklimakan desert?

These two powerful empires were connected by the Silk Roads

Who were Han China & the Roman Empire?

This type of society often offered protection for merchants but they also robbed them as well

Who were pastoralists?

The message of this religion was spread to Central Asia & China along the Silk Roads

What is Buddhism?

Took over the Han dynasty in 9 CE & attempted unsuccessful land reforms

Who was Wang Mang?

This group of nomads frequently pressured China’s northern border

Who were the Xiongnu?

This religion became very popular during and after the fall of the Han dynasty

What was Buddhism?

This group of Daoists led a rebellion against the Han dynasty in 180 CE

Who were the Yellow Turbans?

Some historians argue that nearly 50% of all Chinese died of this in the first century CE

What is the plague (disease)?

Founding of Christianity Founding of Buddhism Founding of Daoism

What is the founding of Christianity?

Start of Roman Empire Start of Gupta India Start of Han Dynasty

What is the start of Gupta India?

Invention of bronze Invention of iron Invention of paper

What is the invention of paper?

Invention of farming Invention of herding Invention of writing

What is the invention of writing?

Start of Egypt Start of Olmec Start of Norte Chico

What is the start of the Olmec?

This culture invented 0-9, the decimal point, & negative numbers

What is India?

He is considered the father of modern geometry & his book would be used for over 2000 years

Who is Euclid?

This society created the first alphabet based upon sounds rather than words or symbols

Who were the Phoenicians?

He is often considered the founder of Western science despite the fact that most of his ideas were later proven to be inaccurate

Who is Aristotle?

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This Hellenistic city built the first research library

What is Alexandria?

The first monotheistic religion

What is Judaism?

Christian missionary and author of a large portion of the New Testament

Who is Paul of Tarsus (St. Paul)?

I was emperor when Jesus was crucified

Who was Augustus Caesar?

I am considered the father of the Jews

Who was Abraham?

These rules are the beginning of the Jewish law

What are the Ten Commandments?

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