Paleolithic/Mesopotamia
Americas
Mediterranian
Early China
Egypt
100
In what geographical feature did most of the first Eurasian civilizations develop?
River valleys
100
What did the Olmec use as ceremonial centers?
Raised mounds/platforms
100
Where was the Minoan civilization centered?
Crete
100
What did the Shang use to divine the future?
Oracle bones
100
What early Nubian kingdom was conquered by New Kingdom Egypt?
Kush
200
On what did punishment in Hammurabi's Law Code depend?
Social class
200
What animal revolutionized the dispersal of goods through the Andes mountains?
Llamas
200
Who built the First Temple in Jerusalem?
Solomon
200
How did the Zhou emperors consolidate their rule after overthrowing the Shang?
The Mandate of Heaven
200
What great balance was the pharaoh supposed to maintain?
Ma'at- the order of the universe
300
How did the Assyrians quell rebellions?
Terror rule/mass deportation
300
What relatively advanced society predated the Olmec and Chavín by over 1000 years?
Caral
300
How did Carthage dominate trade in the Mediterranean Sea?
Treaties with other states/a powerful navy that enforced submission to the Carthaginian trade monopoly
300
In what period of the Zhou did Confucius live?
The Spring and Autumn Period
300
How were Egyptian women treated in comparison to those of Mesopotamia?
More equally/respectfully
400
What language group was Akkadian cuneiform part of?
Semitic
400
What is the modern name for one or more of the important Olmec cities?
Tres Zapotes, La Venta
400
Who instituted the fully-fledged form of Athenian democracy?
Pericles
400
What was the central philosophy of the Qin dynasty?
Legalism
400
What New Kingdom pharaoh attempted to change the state religion to a more monotheistic worship of the the Sun-Disk Aton?
Akhenaten
500
What stone did Çatal Hüyük trade extensively?
Obsidian
500
What decorative motif was most common in the Chavín civilization?
Leopard-man
500
What three dynasties controlled Alexander's empire after his death?
Seleucids(Persia), Antigonids(Aegean), Ptolemies(Egypt)
500
What words represented the relationship between male and female in the first few Chinese dynasties?
Yin/yang
500
Who controlled Egypt in the intermediate period before the formation of the New Kingdom?
The Hyksos
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