Early humans/thinking like a historian
What did people begin doing during the neolithic age?
Farming
What was the area of southern Mesopotamia called?
Sumer
Kush and Egypt were located along the ______ river.
Nile
What do ascetics deny themselves of
basic needs such as food, water, pleasure
What artifact from China helps us interpret their language
Oracle bones
What type of shelter did people live in during the Paleolithic Age? Neolithic Age?
Caves/temporary shelter. Permanant shelters
What did Mesopotamians do in order to keep enemies out?
Built walls around the city-state
Kush had an abundance of ______ that was discovered in the city of Meroe
Iron
Why dont Buddhists beleive in the caste system?
Causes seperation and inequality
What was it called when family memebrs continued to rule a section of land in China?
Dynasty
Hunter/gatherers had to _______ in order to find food to survive?
Migrate
Name three things Sumerians invented.
Writing, wheel, chariots, wheeled carts, ziggurats, irrigation
A ruler of ancient Egypt is called a
Pharaoh
I Hinduism, what determines what you get reincarnated as?
Dharma- living honorable life
Name 3 Geographical features of ancient China
Himalayas, North China Plain, Yangtze River, Yellow Rover, Northwestern deserts, Northeastern plain
What is a prehistoric human called?
What does a historian do?
Hominid
Studies the past
Name the four major empires of ancient Mesopotamia
Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian
What sytem of writing did Egyptians use?
Heiroglyphics
Name three geographic faetures that isolated India
Himalayas, Eastern and Western Ghats, Indus River, Hindu Kush mountians
Name three philosophies formed during the Zhou dyasty
Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism
Explain why history is important. Name each part of GRAPES
Learn from mistakes to keep hitsory from repeating negative outcomes. Learn from achivements to continue to improve life.
Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, Society
Who was the famous King who created the code of laws?
What was the largest social class(population)?
Hammurabi
Slaves
Was was one of ancient Kush's greatest accomplisments.
Taking control of Egypt
According to Buddha what are the three parts of the cycle of life
birth, death, rebirth
Name three items traded along the silk road and where they came from
Religion- India
Silk- China
Glassware- Rome
Culture- everywhere