Ancient
Without this river, Egypt would be nothing but desert
The Nile River
which way did the Nile river flow
south to north
The Egyptian government was run by one ruler which was known as a _______.
monarchy
Period of time where humans were hunter gatherers
Paleolithic
What was the system of writing in Mesopotamia?
What is cuneiform
Chinese name for the Yellow River
Huang He
which River Valley Civilization developed a sewage system?
Indus River Valley
What is constantly moving from one place to another in search of food
nomadic
Term for belief in many gods
Term for belief in one god
Polytheism
Monotheism
Series of rulers from a single family is referred to as a
Dynasty
Yellowish silt it produced
What is The change when people stopped hunting and gathering and started growing food and domesticating animals
Neolithic
what are the two parts of Egypt?
Upper and Lower Egypt
in ancient Mesopotamia, a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple
What is a ziggurat
The two major cities in the Indus River Valley were
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
What is the name Ancient Chinese system of writing and was written on Oracle bones?
What is the Pictographs
which civilizations developed agriculture?
mesopotamia
What was Sumer was made up of what?
( known as independent sovereign states that self-governed)
independent city-states
The earliest written code of law was
Hammurabi's Code
true or false : did Sumerians have a class system?
true
Which civilization developed gun powder?
China
Professional record keepers were called
scribes