Early Civilizations
Roman law was first known as....
What are the Twelve Tables?
Greek city-states developed independently of each other because Greece has...
What are mountains or islands?
The exchange of goods and ideas along trade routes led to cultural diffusion, the spread of beliefs, practices, and innovations from one region to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
What is the Golden Age empire of India?
What is the Gupta Empire?
A form of government where citizens elect leaders to make laws for them — used in ancient Rome.
What is a republic?
The name of the Sumerian writing system is....
What is cunieform?
This person made Timbuktu a cultural center by supporting the arts and learning...
He also established mosques as centers of learning and hired an Egyptian architect to design mosques in Islam...
Who is Mansa Musa?
Clue: This trade route connected China, India, and the Middle East, leading to the exchange of silk, spices, precious metals, and ideas.
What is the Silk Road?
These two religions stress the attainment of a better life through rebirth.
What are Hinduism and Buddhism?
Ghana and Mali are Kingdoms in this part of the world?
What is Africa?
What term is associated with
-Stable food supply
-System of government
- Highly developed culture
What is a civilization?
In Athens followed this type of government....
What is a direct democracy?
These were the major products traded on the Saharan Trade in Africa (Timbuktu) route.
What is gold and salt?
The Rig Veda is a sacred text for this religion. It also led to a social hierarchy where the Brahmins (priests) were on top and the Shudras were on the bottom (laborers)
What is Hinduism?
Achievements in science, math, and astronomy were in this Golden Age.
What is the Golden Age of Islam?
This civilization is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers...
What is Mesopotamia?
The oldest written language that began in Mesopotamia...
What is cunieform?
This person brought about the Hellenistic Age; spreading culture and conquering Persia, India, Greece, and Egypt.
Who is Alexander the Great?
These religions focus on monotheism.
What are Judaism, Islam, and Christianity?
A long term effect of the Mongol conquest of over China to the population, considering people's health.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
This is the form of government that Sparta followed...
What is an oligarchy?
This dynasty expanded its influence through the Silk Road and other trade routes.
What is the Han Dynasty?
This characteristic of a Golden Age refers to a period of economic flourishing and abundance.
What is prosperity?
These people were at the top of the Spanish Colonies social hieracrchy.
Who are the Peninsulares?