Far Away Places; Strange-Sounding Names

An Introduction to Ancient Civilizations

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• Some Places We Will Visit

• Some Things We Will See

• Some People We Will Meet

Ancient Mesopotamia

• Mesopotamia mean “land between the rivers.”

• What are the names of these two rivers?

Tigris and Euphrates

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• This “mountain in the desert”

• Was built by King Nebuchadnezzar

• To soothe his wife’s homesickness

• What was it?

Hanging Gardens

Much More Mesopotamia

• This king

• Issued laws

• Based on the concept of

• “An eye for an eye. . .”

• His name was?

Hammurabi

Ancient Egypt

• The three great pyramids still exist

• After 45 centuries

• The are located at a place called?

Giza

More Egypt

• This monument

• Had the body of a lion

• The head of a king

• It was called the?

Sphinx

Much More Egypt

• This woman pharaoh

• Ruled while wearing a false beard

• As a symbol of her authority

• Her name was?

Hatshepsut

Ancient Greece

• This ancient Greek city

• Was a center of

• Learning, culture and beauty

• Its name was ?

Athens

More Greece

• This temple

• Built to honor the goddess Athena

• Was located on the Acropolis

• Its name was ?

Parthenon

Much More Greece

• This great military leader

• Conquered a large empire

• Died at age 33

• His name was ?

Alexander the Great

Ancient Rome

• This area of ancient Rome

• Had temples, palaces,

• And government buildings

• It was called the ?

Forum

More Rome

• Roman society

• Was divided into two groups

• The wealthy, upper class

• And the common and poor

• These were called ?

Patricians and Plebeians

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• This military leader

• Summarized his conquest of Gaul

• With three phrases:

• “I came, I saw, I conquered”

• His name was ?

Julius Caesar

And Much, Much, More

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