How to squeeze water from rock
You don't elect a king
If you can do this, you can't be lied to
Can you imagine this?
Wow, that escalated quickly!
100
Early farmers in Mesopotamia created these to irrigate their crops.
What are canals?
100
Only these authorities could decide who was going to be king.
What are gods?
100
Early ancient cultures began developing their own versions of this. However, some had to use pictures.
What is a system of writing?
100
In just about every ancient society you can find some kind of organized belief.
What is religion?
100
Empires organized these to both protect their own land and to conquer the land of others.
What is a military?
200
The main purpose for having water to flood the land was to create this valuable soil.
What is silt?
200
Except to Indian society, kings sat at the top of this social order.
What is a social hierarchy?
200
So few people had this skill that kings made special jobs for those that could record things on paper.
What is a scribe?
200
These people controlled the belief and usually sat just below the king on the social order.
What is a priest?
200
This is the name for all of the physical features of a land, which help shape their economy and culture.
What is geography?
300
This activity that allows for civilizations to develop is only possible if there is water available.
What is agriculture?
300
In the ancient world, these two empires actually had queens that took control of the country while it was not allowed in other societies.
What is Egypt and Kush?
300
In Egypt, writing on walls are called this difficult word.
What are hieroglyphics?
300
In this ancient society, organized belief did not begin with the king but with certain men after whom the belief is named after.
What is China?
300
In ancient times, entire city-states were covered with this, but only China built theirs on a grand scale.
What is a protective wall?
400
Rivers made this activity much easier, but watch out for those cataracts because they will ruin everything.
What is trade?
400
This very crazy king created a code of laws that made rules about almost every aspect of daily life.
Who was Hammurabi?
400
In some areas of the ancient world, learning to read and write granted you this social mobility.
What is moving up in society?
400
This is the one organized belief that was actually based less on religion and more on philosophy. Today they would work well as nasty lawyers.
What is Legalism?
400
This is the ancient version of a war vehicle, which let warriors go quickly into battle.
What is a chariot?
500
Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Chinese civilizations all had these in common, which made it possible for them to live in the first place.
What are rivers?
500
This man was the king of the world's first empire.
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
500
These two Greek letters give the name for the collection of our 26 letters.
What are alpha and beta?
500
If you are willing to leave all material possessions behind, and dedicate your life to meditation, this man will help you reach nirvana.
What is the Buddha?
500
These two materials made the difference between victory and defeat because one metal was better than the other.
What is bronze and iron?
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