Mesoptamia
What are the two rivers of Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
What MAJOR river is in Egypt?
Nile
What MAJOR river was in the Indus Valley?
Indus river
What was one environmental challenge in Mesopotamia?
Unpredictable flooding
What are three environmental challenges faced by the people known as the Sumerians?
Limited natural resources, no natural barriers, unpredictable flooding
What kind of religion did Mesopotamia have?
Polytheism
What type of religion did they have in Egypt?
Polytheism, including Pharaohs as Gods
What type of government did they have in the Indus Valley?
Strong centralized government
What was one technological advancement in Egypt?
Calendars based on the flooding of the Nile
Name the two cities in India that had urban planning.
Harrappa and Mohenjo Daro
What was Mesopotamia's writing system?
Cuneiform carved into clay and stone
What writing system did they use in Egypt?
Hieroglyphics written on Papyrus
What is the location of this ancient civilization?
India/ Asia
What is something that the Indus Valley had in common with Mesopotamia?
Unpredictable flooding
Massive stepped temple towers built in ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) and western Iran.
Ziggurats
What was the social structure of Mesopotamia?
Rights based off of class
What was the social structure in Egypt
Strict social Hierarchy
What is the name of the mountain range in India?
Himalayas
Code of Hammurabi
Written laws favored upper classes common penalty was "Eye for an Eye"
Season of heavy winds and rain
Monsoon
Who had power in Mesopotamia
Kings with power granted by Gods
Who had power in Egypt?
Pharaoh
A large public water tank in Mohenjo-daro likely used for ritual or public bathing?
Great Bath
How did floods sometimes help farmers in Mesoptamia?
Early Mesoptamia farmers used water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to water their fields
What was the bottom "Class" on the Egyptian society pyramid?
Slaves