Earliest Forms of Society
The rise of ____________ was a major aspect of the Neolithic Revolution.
What is agriculture?
This civilization was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
This form of Egyptian writing and pictures stood for both ideas and sounds.
What are hieroglyphics?
The river valley civilizations focused on agriculture and farming communities, while these two groups did their trading at sea.
Who were the Minoans and the Phoenicians?
This established a written legal framework that emphasized justice and accountability.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
This was the primary means of survival for Paleolithic societies.
What is hunting and gathering?
This was a term for people seen as "god kings" in Egyptian civilization
What were pharaohs?
This geographic characteristic most influenced where the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt developed
What are river valleys?
This was a major contribution to learning, which came from the Phoenicians.
What is the phonetic alphabet?
This term describes a people group or religion that follows more than one God.
What is polytheistic?
The development of complex political systems likely came about during this revolution.
What is Neolithic?
This form of writing was developed by the Sumerians, marking a significant advancement in record-keeping and communication in Mesopotamia.
What is cunieform?
This civilization had a strong emphasis on family and used animal bones/tortoise shells to scratch questions for the gods.
What was Ancient China?
There were 3 things that the Phoenicians were known for trading. Name 1.
What was either papyrus, purple cloth, or cedar?
This event allowed new rulers to justify the overthrow of a declining dynasty in China.
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
This vocab term was a word for a religious temple in Mesopotamian civilization?
What was a ziggurat?
Strong monsoon winds and seasonal rainfall were exclusive to this ancient civilization.
What was the Indus Valley Civilization?
"If a man strikes a free man and causes him to lose a tooth, he shall pay one gold mina. If he strikes a man of low status and causes him to lose a tooth, he shall pay half a mina. If he strikes a woman and causes her to lose a tooth, he shall pay one-fourth of a mina."
This showed that Hammurabi's Code was unfair when it came to applying punishments based on these factors.
What is gender or social class?
Name one city from the Indus Valley Civilization that had features like streets laid out in a grid, advanced drainage systems, and indoor plumbing.
What is Mohenjo-Daro OR Harappa?
This civilization's political structure could have been best described as a collection of independent city-states, each with its own ruler.
What was Mesopotamia?
What is one link between food surplus and the specialization of labor in a society?
Population is larger, more people are able to pursue specific skills rather than having to find food