The Stone Ages
The effect farming had on the people in the Stone Age
What is to build permanent settlements?
the effect of Asoka Maurya becoming a Buddhist
What is he helped spread Buddhism to other regions?
Mesopotamia's establishment of law and order
What is Hammurabi's Code?
Employment of most people in Egypt
What are farmers?
used by Sumerians to make symbols on clay tablets
What are sharp reeds?
Did most of the gathering of wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts
Who are the women and children?
People were organized into varnas by birth, such as Brahamins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras
What is the caste system?
Invention in Mesopotamia that allowed for an increase in food surplus
What is the development of an irrigation system?
Stone tombs with four rectangle-shaped sides that meet in a point on top built using engineering
What are pyramids?
Branches of the Nile River fanned out to form a triangle-shaped area of soil deposited by a river
What is a delta?
Impacted the development of culture
What is the environment?
According to Hinduism all gods are part of this universal spirit
What is Brahman?
Phoenician invention that spread along the trade route and created a relationship with the people of the trade network
What are the alphabet?
Tombs were filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures for this reason
What are Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife?
An important influence on Asoka's method of ruling
What is Buddhism?
Allowed society to develop cities and trade
What are natural resources?
The Indus River Valley Civilization had well planned cities and an organized government that were neatly laid out and organized with this system
What is a sewer system?
Area of land between Asia Minor and the Persian Gulf
Where is Mesopotamia?
the burial practices of Egyptians
What is mummification?
The guiding principles at the heart of Buddhism
What are the Four Noble Truths?
The shift from food gathering to food producing
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
The Gupta's supported the social order of the caste system because this was their highest priority
What is preserving their power?
Developed the world's first civilization in Mesopotamia
Who are the Sumerians?
The 3 geographical barriers to Egypt
What is the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the deserts to the east and west, and the cataracts along the south of the Nile River?
Allowed historians to understand hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?