Vocab 1
a dust-like material that can form soil
loess
Who Controlled Society in Ancient China?
The Royal Family & Nobles
A seasonal wind that brought rain to the India Subcontinent during parts of the year
Monsoon
What are the 4 things that were farmed in Ancient India?
Wheat, Barley, Melons & Dates
The coast of ______ & ______ have bays & Ancient Harappan sites have been located along the coast to the border of Modern Iran.
Sindh & Makran
a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering
nirvana
Oracle Bones
a fixed social class into which a person is born
caste
The Indus River Valley was protected to the north by what mountains?
The Himalayan Mountains
What was used to increase crop production and mud brick structures?
Irrigation
Buddhist commemorative burial mound
stupa
The new dynasty was said to have the _______ of heaven?
Mandate
Something that is difficult or demanding to do
Challenge
What 2 animals did they believe to be sacred?
Bull & tiger
What was the earliest public water tank called?
The Great Bath
total confusion and disorder
chaos
What Dynasty ruled China for the longest time (790 Years)?
What does B.C.E. stand for?
Before Common Era
What Indo-European people used the Khyber Pass to migrate into India?
Aryans
Inhabitants of the Indus Valley traded with Southern India, Persia, Afghanistan & Mesopotamia. What were the 4 things they would trade?
Gold, Silver, Copper & turquoise
a picture that represents a word or idea
pictograph
What years did the Shang China dynasty rule?
1650-1046 BCE
animal bone or shell covered with written characters that was used to predict in Ancient China
oracle bone
Those born into this level of the Aryan caste system were often warriors or rulers.
Kshatriya
What are the three ecological factors that are believed to cause the Collapse of Harappan Civilization?
intense flooding, decrease in precipitation, dessication of the Sarasvati River