Geography
The Greeks called the Fertile Crescent Mesopotamia, meaning what?
Land between two rivers
The earliest forms of writing in Sumeria. this language is found on clay tablets
Cuneiform
The title given to their leaders who the people believed were gods in human form
Pharaohs
Nebuchadnezzar was the king of what great civilization
Chaldean (Babylon)
When the early settlers of India disappeared, it was around this time that a warlike people from Central Asia migrated into the Indus River valley. Who are they?
Aryans
The Huang He (Yellow) and BLANK Rivers were China's two main river systems.
Yangtze
In 2270 BC, Sargon conquered the neighboring city-states to create the world's first empire. What is its name?
Akkadian Empire
I united Upper and Lower Egypt to and ushered in the Early Dynastic Period
Menes
In Persia, their provinces were overseen by a ____________, which is similar to a governor of a state
Satrap
The Chinese called their civilization the Middle Kingdom because they believed that ....
China was at the center of the Earth
This geographical feature is present in every civilization (except for Persia) we learned about in CH2 and is the reason why they flourished
Rivers
This Amorite man is well know for his code of laws where your punishment will depend on your social class
Hammurabi
After the Middle Kingdom ended, this foreign group of people ruled over the Egyptians
Hyksos
This great King of Persia, united smaller tribes under his rule and created an empire that stretched from the Indus River, to Greece and Egypt.
Cyrus the Great
The name of this worship where the Chinese set up alters to burn incense and worship their ancestors for blessing and guidance
Ancestor Worship
The Pacific Ocean, Gobi Desert, and BLANK kept China isolated from from foreign invasions and influences
Himalayan Mountains
This civilization is well known as traders and sailors. Their chief export was a purple dye from a mollusk and cedar trees.
Phoenicians
I am the great Pharaoh that built the Great Pyramids of Giza
Khufu
The army from this land was superior to its neighbors due to using iron weapons, siege towers, battering rams, and war chariots
Assyrians
The name of the written language in India
Sanskrit
The Khyber Pass (in current day Pakistan) is a break in the White Mountains that allowed people to cross the mountainous terrain to settle what fertile river system
Indus River
Greatest achievements from this ancient civilization that we still use today is
1) the division of hours and minutes into 60 units.
2) division of the circle to 360 degrees
3) the wheel
Sumerian
The written language of hieroglyphics was written on paper from what plant that grew abundantly along the Nile
Papyrus
Ahura Mazda is the god of what religion?
Zoroastrianism
Which Chinese dynasty began:
ancestor worship, Chinese writing system, Confucianism, and Taoism
Zhou Dynasty