1. The Ionian Sea is to the west of mainland Greece, and the Aegean Sea is to the east of itmainland Greece.
2. Menes, Theseus, and Romulus have one important thing in common: theyMenes, Theseus, and Romulus all founded cities.
3. Memphis was founded in about 3100 B.C.E., and Athens was founded at around the same time3100 B.C.E..
4. The Roman Emperor Constantine named the new capital of the Roman Empire Constantinople, but itConstantinople is now known as Istanbul.
5. The Egyptians could travel on the Nile River from the Nile Delta in the north to the first cataract in the south, but theythe Egyptians would have to stop there at the first cataract because of the rapids.
6. Limestone is found in Egyptian pyramids. Granite and basalt are found in themEgyptian pyramids, too.
7. Egypt's most important natural resources were water and rich soil for farming. The Nile River provided themwater and rich soil .
8. Some of Egypt’s resources included gold for jewelry, sandstone and limestone for building, reeds for making mats and baskets, clay for making pottery and bricks, and papyrus for making paper, but these gold, sandstone, limestone, reeds, clay, and papyrus were not as important as the water and rich soil of the Nile River.
9. In early Egypt the bodies of the dead were buried in holes in the sand, but itthe sand would eventually blow away, exposing themthe bodies of the dead to jackals and other kinds of wild dogs.
10. Zoser was one of the earliest Egyptian kings to build pyramids, and Sneferu was anotheranother one of the earliest Egyptian kings to build pyramids.
11. Sneferu's second pyramid, the Bent Pyramid, was going to have a true pyramid shape. However, itthe Bent Pyramid has a change in slope about halfway up.
12. Sneferu built several pyramids, and Cheops also built several of thempyramids.
13. Irrigation canals and pyramids were huge projects. TheyIrrigation canals and pyramids required the organization of many workers.
14. Sumer was one of the great powers of Mesopotamia, and Babylonia was another.another one of the great powers of Mesopotamia
15. Akhenaten was a king whose name was not written in Egypt's official records. Tutankhamen and Aye came after himAkhenaten . TheirTutankhamen and Aye's names were not written in themEgypt's official records, either.
16. The Amorite Dynasty was the first major Babylonian Dynasty, the Kassite Dynasty was the second onemajor Babylonian Dynasty, and the Chaldean Dynasty was the last onemajor Babylonian Dynasty.
17. Egypt is a territory that was captured by Alexander. Persia and Assyria are territories that were captured by himAlexander, too.
18. Afghanistan is a country that was once part of the Persian Empire. Turkey and Iraq were once parts of itthe Persian Empire, too.
19. Granicus is the first place where Alexander defeated the Persians, Issus is the secondsecond place where Alexander defeated the Persians, and Gaugamela is the lastlast place where Alexander defeated the Persians.