Pictures & Discriptions

Question 1

Athena Parthenos

Answer 1

A 40ft statue of Anthena built mostly out of 2500 gold & ivory. Built by Phidias and kept in the Parthenon.

Question 2

Herodotus

Answer 2

Often called the “father of history” or the “father of lies” because, thought he was a historian, he always favored Athens and exaggerated in favor of the Athenians.

Question 3

Caesar Crosses the Rubicon

Answer 3

This was when Caesar was called back to Rome after his daughter Julia had died giving birth to Pompey’s child. Her death meant there was nothing holding Pompey and Caesar. Crossing the Rubicon caused a Civil War and ended with Pompey being beheaded by Egyptians where Caesar wept over this peace offering from them.

Question 4

Cleopatra and Caesarion

Answer 4

Cleopatra was posing as Isis and Caesarion was posing as Horus she did this because Egyptians believed that Pharaohs are gods and to show that Caesarion was her hier.

Question 5

Roman Funerary Inscription

Answer 5

INCOMPLETE (check Roman DBQ)

Question 6

Terracotta Warriors – Qin Dynasty

Answer 6

Life-sized clay warriors & horses built for Emperor Qin to escort him to the afterlife. Shows that these people believed in the after life and believed that it was obviously frightening for them to need to be escorted into it.

Question 7

Bronze Bell: Zhou Dynasty

Answer 7

Shows how detailed the people of the Zhou Dynasty were and how much they focused on their art.

Question 8

Board Game: Egypt

Answer 8

INCOMPLETE

Question 9

Law Code of Hammurabi: Babylon

Answer 9

One of the earliest set of laws, comes from Babylon. Consists of 300 laws that pretty much say if you do something, something happens to you in return. At the top there is a man sitting (Marduke the God) and Hammurabi receiving the laws from him.