It flooded every year bringing fertile soil to Egypt
How did the Nile River help the people of Ancient Egypt?
100
hunting and gathering shifted to farming during this period which is also known as the New Stone Age
The New Stone Age during which hunting and gathering shifted to farming is also known by what other term?
100
or a god-king such as Tutankamen was called
What is the title for the leader of Ancient Egypt?
100
Hinduism and Buddhism
What are the two religions that developed in India?
100
a nomad
What is a person who travels from place to place hunting and gathering or following herds of animals?
200
The Tigris and Euphrates
What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
200
These developed because of fresh water and deposts of rich, fertile soil allowed people to develope a place with specialized jobs, government, a form of record keeping.
Why did early civilizations and city-states develop in river valleys?
200
Monotheistic
What is the belief in one god?
200
is the river Mohenjo-Daro was near
What is the river that the ancient Indian City of Mohenjo-Daro was near?
200
the Torah
What is the sacred book of Judaism?
300
the Nile was the main river of this Ancient Civilization
What was the Ancient Civilization that the Nile helped?
300
results in population growth
What is the effects of a stable food supply?
300
the gods of this region were very harsh (cruel/mean)
What were the gods like for this region of Mesopotamia?
300
Siddhartha Gautama
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
300
Polytheistic is the term
What is the term that means a religion with many gods
400
The Himalayas
What is the name of the mountains to the north of India?
400
By studying the stars Ancient Egyptian knew when the Nile would do this.
Why did Ancient Egyptians study the stars?
400
the Vedas
What are the sacred books of the Hindus called?
400
Mohenjo-Daro in Ancient India provided the great bath for it's people.
What is the ancient city in India with the GREAT bath?
400
the first set of written laws
What was Hammurabi's Code?
500
These areas (just outside the fertile valley) on each side of the Nile protected the Ancient Egyptains from invasion.
How did the desert regions just outside of the fertile Nile River Valley benefit Ancient Egyptains?
500
specialized jobs
What are the types of jobs found in cities or civilizations?
500
the religion of Buddhism sometimes is not considered a religion because it does not have any of these
What is a religion with no recognized gods.
500
This system says that you must stay in your own social class
What is the system which says you have to stay in your own social class?
500
cunieform was developed here
What form of writing was developed in Mesopotamia?