Harappan Society
What is Harrapan society named after?
Harappa, one of its chief cities
What does the word Aryans Mean
Noble People
What was the religion name of the Vedic Age
Hinduism
What made Egypt's soil so fertile
The Nile river
What does Mesopotamia mean
Land between the rivers
What is one of the reasons why its impossible to follow the development of Harappan society.
The remains are inaccessible. Harappan is below the water table
Who did Indo-European clash with frequently
Dravidians
Who was the chief deity
Indra
What protected Egypt and Nubia from attackers
The Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and hostile deserts
What was the two rivers in near modern day Iraq and was linked with Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is the other reason why its impossible to follow the development of Harappan society.
Scholars can not decipher their written language
What is the most important Veda
Rig Veda
What was Aryans heaven called
World of the Fathers
What were early Egyptian and Nubian states
Small kingdoms
What was Hammurabi knew for
His code of laws
What would Greek Historians call Harappan society
Gift of the Indus
What did the Indo-European people and Dravidian do together
They intermarried, interacted, and laid social and cultural foundations
Who many times a day did they preform sacrifices.
5 or more times a day
Who did Egyptian have strong relationships with
Nubia
When did experimentation with iron metallurgy start
4th millennium B.C.E.
How many settlements have Archaeologist found
1,500 Harappan settlements
Name all of four main Varnas and what are their jobs /placing
brahmins (priests)
kshatriyas (warriors and
aristocrats); Vaishyas (cultivators, artisans, and merchants);
and shudras (landless peasants and serfs).
Whos was the founder of Hinduism
No one, it was the merging of ideas
What season did Nile have annual flooding
late summer
Name Sumerian city- states(at least 2-3)
Eridu, Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Nippur, and Kish