Ancient Civilizations
This early South Asian civilization is known for its planned cities such as Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
What is the Indus Valley Civilization?
This belief system teaches belief in one God
What is monotheism?
This Babylonian ruler is associated with one of the earliest written law codes.
Who was Hammurabi?
This writing system was developed in Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
This is the exchange of goods and ideas between people and regions.
What is trade?
This civilization developed along the Nile River.
What is Egypt?
This Greek philosopher wrote about an ideal government and believed wise and educated rulers should lead.
Who was Plato?
This Chinese thinker emphasized education, respect, and proper relationships.
Who was Confucius?
These massive structures were built in ancient Egypt and served as monumental tombs.
What are pyramids?
This is the spread of ideas, customs, technologies, and beliefs from one culture to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
This civilization developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
This Chinese philosophy emphasized respect, education, duty, and proper relationships.
What is Confucianism?
This Mauryan ruler supported Buddhism and helped spread it.
Who was Ashoka?
This Chinese achievement consisted of fortifications built and expanded over centuries to help protect northern China.
What is the Great Wall?
This network of trade routes connected China with regions farther west.
What is the Silk Road?
This civilization developed the idea that a ruler's right to govern depended on ruling properly and maintaining order
What is ancient China?
This Greek philosopher emphasized logic and observation and studied ethics, politics, and the natural world
Who was Aristotle?
This Roman leader became Rome's first emperor and began the Pax Romana.
Who was Augustus?
Ancient Romans built these extensive transportation routes to connect their empire.
What are Roman roads?
This maritime trading network connected East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
What is Indian Ocean trade?
This civilization developed the concept known as the Mandate of Heaven, which stated that a ruler's right to govern depended on how well they ruled.
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
This Greek philosopher encouraged people to question their beliefs and examine their lives.
Who was Socrates?
This Islamic scholar made major contributions to medicine and wrote influential works on medical knowledge.
Who was Ibn Sina?
This mathematical concept developed in South Asia became an important part of the modern number system
What is zero?
Merchants traveling along the Silk Road carried silk, spices, and other goods. Besides products, what two types of things were commonly spread between civilizations through these trade networks?
Ideas, religions, technologies, languages, customs, and knowledge.