The Beginnings of Human Society
Written and other recorded events of people
What is history?
Professional writier
What is a scribe?
What is Silt?
Meaning high city
What is an acropolis?
Chinese civilization began around this river.
What is the Huang River?
The study of the Earth's surface and the processes that shape it
What is geography?
Two major rivers of Mesopotamia?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
Title used by the kings of Egypt.
What is a pharaoh?
Member of a rich and powerful family
What is an aristocrat?
First dynasty in china
What is the Shang Dynasty?
Period of time during which early humans made tools and weapons mainly from stone.
What is the Stone Age?
First known schools were set up in this land over 4000 years ago.
What is Sumer?
Bold leader of ancient Egypt who is most known for creating a time of great peace and economic success.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Sacred sites where it was believed the Gods spoke
What is the oracles?
yellow brown soil
People who have no settled home.
What are nomads?
Site of the worlds first civilizations.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Two main sources of the Nile River
What is the Blue and White Nile?
Urged his students to questions and critically examine all around them.
Who is Socrates?
Chinese teacher and philosopher.
Who is Confucius?
On what continent did humans originate?
What is Aftrica?
Names of the empires of Mesopotamia.
What is Babylonia and Assyria?
This Greek historian wrote, "Egypt is the gift of the Nile"
Who is Herodotus?
Temple to the goddess Athena.
What is the Pathenon?
Spent his life writing a histpry of China from mythical times to the reign of Wudi. His work is known as Historical Records and is a major source of information.
Who is Sima Qian?