Ancient History Flashcards
Astronomical site in Britain c. 1800 B.C.
Stonehenge
Sparta and Athens war starting 431 B.C.
Peloponnesian War
Religion founded by Lao Tzu 520 B.C.
Taoism
Counting table built by Chinese 550 B.C.
Abacus
Settlers of central Italy 550 B.C.
Etruscans
Legal law giver to Athens 621 B.C.
Draco
Games started in Greece 776 B.C.
Olympics
Ancient stone building Indians of Central America c. 1000 B.C.
Olmecs
Greek war in Asia Minor c. 1260 B.C.
Trojan War
Civilization of Crete
Minoan
Ancient mariners from Tyre
Phoenicians (founded Carthage)
Human relative extinct for 30 thousand years
Neanderthal
He created Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar II
Riddle Alexander solved
Gordian Knot
Indo-European people of Turkey c. 1900 B.C.
Hitttites
Construction project in Egypt c. 2600 B.C.
Great Pyramid of Cheops
Ancient Mesopotamian City
Babylon (on Euphrates River)
Ancient City of Asia Minor
Troy
Ancient City of Crete
Knossos
Capital of the Assyrian Empire
Nineveh
Ancient Empire of the Tigris River Valley
Assyrian Empire