Geography
This river flooded predictably and helped create stable agriculture in Egypt.
Nile River
A belief system involving the worship of multiple deities.
Polytheism
A philosophy focused on restoring decency and respect.
Confucianism
The civilization credited with the earliest invention of the wheel.
Sumer
A system of government ruled by religious leaders.
Theocracy
Bablyonian set of laws that is considered to be one of the oldest legal texts in human history.
Code of Hammurabi
The chronological order of the first three Chinese dynasties.
Xia, Shang, Zhou
The people who constructed large building projects like the Pyramids.
This group of people received more respect in Kush than their counterparts in Egypt and had far more political power and rights.
Women
The two rivers that supported life in Mesopotamia.
Tigris River and Euphrates River
The Egyptian practice of preserving bodies for the afterlife.
Mummification
The invisible energy, spirit, or force that created the universe and exists throughout it in Hinduism.
Brahman
Phoenician invention that influenced classical and modern writing systems.
(Phoenician) Alphabet
A succession line of rulers from the same family.
Dynasty
The belief that kings receive their right to rule directly from the gods.
Divine Right
The idea that when one dynasty becomes cruel, weak, or ineffective, a new dynasty will take its place.
Mandate of Heaven
Egypt largely lacked this good, used in the construction of boats and buildings, and traded with its neighbors for it.
Wood
The division of society into ranked groups
Social Hierachy
River valley where civilizations began in ancient India.
Indus River Valley
This Mesopotamian story, believed to be the oldest work of literature, reveals beliefs about gods and the afterlife.
Epic of Gilgamesh
A philosophy centered around living a balanced life in harmony with nature.
Daoism
Early Egyptian writing used for religion and record-keeping.
Hieroglyphics
Time period of Egyptian history during which the Great Pyramids of Giza were constructed.
Old Kingdom
Sargon established this empire, which is the oldest in human history.
Akkadian Empire
The reason very little is known about the Indus Valley civilization.
Language/writing has not been translated
The currency introduced in China during the Zhou Dynasty.
Spade Money
This respected class of people, below the nobles of Egyptian society, were responsible for recording events and literature.
Scribes
The process of creating man-made channels that are used to control river water for farming.
Irrigation
The god responsible for weighing the hearts of the dead and determining whether or not they are worthy of eternal life.
Anubis
Rituals carried out by the common people centered around honoring deceased relatives.
Ancestor Worship
Early form of writing during the Shang Dynasty that was a part of rituals.
Oracle Bones
The two regions that King Narmer united to form a unified Egypt for the first time.
Upper and Lower Egypt
Small, self-governing urban centers that competed with each other for the land that made up Sumer.
City-states
The later governments of the Indo-Aryans were heavily influenced by this religion.
Hinduism
The most notable product traded by the Phoenicians which was used to display wealth and status.
(Tyrian) Purple Dye
The name of the social groups/divisions in India during the Vedic period.
Varnas
Wind pattern that influences the climate and leads to wet and dry seasons.
Monsoons
The early religion of the Indo-Aryans recorded in the Vedas.
Brahmanism
These two large cities of the Indus Valley civilization were well organized and built along a grid pattern. (name both)
Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro
One of Egypt's "greatest" pharaohs who expanded Egypt's territory, commissioned Abu Simbel, and signed the earliest known peace treaty.
Ramses II/Ramses the Great
This powerful civilization located in eastern Anatolia (modern-day Türkiye) fought wars against Egypt for territory.
Hittites
The division of land to lords that led to the decentralization of the Zhou dynasty.
Feudalism
Archaeological evidence suggests the Indus Valley Civilization traded with the peoples of this prominent region to the west.
Mesopotamia
This is what determined social class in China.
Contribution/value to society