Ancient History Flashcards by Bob Nickles | Brainscape

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Astronomical site in Britain c. 1800 B.C.

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Stonehenge

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Religion founded by Lao Tzu 520 B.C.

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Taoism

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Counting table built by Chinese 550 B.C.

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Abacus

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Legal law giver to Athens 621 B.C.

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Draco

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Games started in Greece 776 B.C.

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Olympics

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Greek war in Asia Minor c. 1260 B.C.

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Trojan War

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Ancient mariners from Tyre

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Phoenicians (founded Carthage)

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Human relative extinct for 30 thousand years

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Neanderthal

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He created Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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Nebuchadnezzar II

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Riddle Alexander solved

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Gordian Knot

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Indo-European people of Turkey c. 1900 B.C.

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Hitttites

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Construction project in Egypt c. 2600 B.C.

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Great Pyramid of Cheops

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Ancient Mesopotamian City

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Babylon (on Euphrates River)

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Ancient City of Asia Minor

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Troy

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Capital of the Assyrian Empire

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Nineveh

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Ancient Sicilian City

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Syracuse

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Ancient North African City

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Carthage

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Ancient Sumerian City

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Ur

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Earliest known walled city c. 9 000 B.C.

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Jericho

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Legal Code giver of Babylon c. 1780 B.C.

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Hammurabi

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Ancient Egyptian obelisk

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Celopatra’s Needle

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Original location of Elgin Marbles

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Parthenon

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Artifact that was key to decipherment of Egyptian heiroglyphics

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Rosetta Stone

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Man-made relic

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Artifact

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Ancient Japanese warrior

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Samurai (those who serve)

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Ancient land “between two rivers”

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Mesopotamia

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Empire of Darius and Xerxes

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Persian Empire

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Central Asia caravan route c 110 B.C.

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Silk Road

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King of Macedonia 336 B.C.

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Alexander the Great

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Ancient Egyptian book found in tombs

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Book of the dead

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Ancient Egyptian “City of the Sun”

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Heliopolis

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Site of great library c. 290 B.C.

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Alexandria

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Modern location of Ur and Palmyra

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Syria