Advanced Cities
Advanced Technology
Specialized Workers
Complex Institutions
Record Keeping
100
These structures are the centers of city life in Mesopotamia.
Ziggurats
100
This civilization's writing has not been deciphered.
Harappan/Indus River Valley
100
Specialized workers were only possible due to this.
Food surplus
100
Sumerian civilization was led by these before warrior-kings took the throne.
Priests
100
This form of writing, written with a reed on clay tablets, is said to be wedge-shaped.
Cuneiform
200
Thebes and Memphis were two of the cities in this early civilization.
Egypt
200
Chinese pictographs have no _____ associated with them, allowing their users to communicate even if they do not speak the same language.
sounds
200
In India, there was a sharp divide between the nobles and this class.
Peasants
200
Around 3000 BC, he united Upper and Lower Egypt to become the first pharaoh.
Narmer
200
This dynasty left China's first written records.
Shang
300
This is one of the greatest cities of the ancient Indus River Valley.
(choose one) Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Kalibangan
300
This civilization invented sixty minutes to an hour and 360 degrees in a circle.
Sumerian/Mesopotamian
300
Unlike wealthy merchants, you would find these in the upper layer of Mesopotamian society, along with warrior-kings and some priests.
Landholders
300
The city planning and sewers of the Indus Valley civilization indicates they possessed this.
Strong government
300
The writing of this civilization contained about 400 symbols
Indus Valley/Harappa
400
Unlike the other early River Valley civilizations, the city of Anyang was built of this material.
Wood
400
Besides copper, this is the other main component of the alloy known as bronze.
Tin
400
Either of these could move you upward in Egyptian society
Marriage or Skills
400
This is the earliest known body of laws in existence.
Hammurabi's Code
400
This material was made from the strips of a reed, unpeeled and glued together to create sheets for writing.
Papyrus
500
This is the earliest city in Mesopotamia
Ur
500
These were only built during the Old Kingdom.
Pyramids
500
This civilization traded gold and silver, semiprecious stones, cotton, and cloth with its nearest neighbors.
The Indus Valley Civilization, or Harappans
500
This Chinese dynasty, the first, was founded by an engineer/mathematician
Xia
500
In many cultures, this worker was trained to keep records for kings, priests, and merchants.
Scribe
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