Far Away Places StrangeSounding Names

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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

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Ancient Mesopotamia

• Mesopotamia mean land between the rivers.
• What are the names of these two rivers?

Tigris and Euphrates
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More Mesopotamia

• This mountain in the desert
• Was built by King Nebuchadnezzar
• To soothe his wifes homesickness
• What was it?

Hanging Gardens
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Much More Mesopotamia

• This king
• Issued laws
• Based on the concept of
• An eye for an eye. . .
• His name was?

Hammurabi
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Ancient Egypt

• The three great pyramids still exist
• After 45 centuries
• The are located at a place called?

Giza
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More Egypt

• This monument
• Had the body of a lion
• The head of a king
• It was called the?

Sphinx
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Much More Egypt

• This woman pharaoh
• Ruled while wearing a false beard
• As a symbol of her authority
• Her name was?

Hatshepsut
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Ancient Greece

• This ancient Greek city
• Was a center of
• Learning, culture and beauty
• Its name was ?

Athens
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More Greece

• This temple
• Built to honor the goddess Athena
• Was located on the Acropolis
• Its name was ?

Parthenon
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Much More Greece

• This great military leader
• Conquered a large empire
• Died at age 33
• His name was ?

Alexander the Great
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Ancient Rome

• This area of ancient Rome
• Had temples, palaces,
• And government buildings
• It was called the ?

Forum
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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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Much More Rome

• This military leader
• Summarized his conquest of Gaul
• With three phrases
• I came, I saw, I conquered
• His name was ?

Julius Caesar
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And Much, Much, More
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