GRAPES of Ancient Civilizations

A male citizen of Athens attends a city assembly where he votes to raise taxes to pay for a new road.

As people in ancient China turn to farming, they grow crops and live in villages near the Huang He River.

Annual flooding provides much needed water to crops on the banks of the Euphrates River.

An Egyptian slave labors all day in scorching heat to stack stones for a new monument.

Citizens of Athens make sacrifices to honor the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus.

An ancient Chinese scholar discovers how to measure the intensity of an earthquake, inventing the first seismometer.

The Roman Empire adopts Christianity as their primary religion.

Indian merchants travel along the Silk Road to sell spices for silk from China.

Buddhism spreads through India rapidly as followers begin preaching the message of Buddha.

Rocky hills and mountains allow Greek city-states to remain relatively isolated from each other.