Cradles of Civilization
Neolithic Age and mOre
Early writing cont.
Golden Ages
Ancient China
100
Nile River
What is Egypt
100
Neolithic Age
What is the New Stone Age?
100
Hieroglyphics
What is an early form of Egyptian writing?
100
Golden Age
What is a period of time that has peace and prosperity?
100
Huang He
What is the name of the River Valley Civilization in China?
200
Indus River
What is India?
200
Grow crops, domesticate animals
What is the Agrarian Revolution or Neolithic Revolution?
200
Cuneiform
What is early writing from Mesopotamia?
200
Develops during a period of peace
What is art, architecture, literature, science, trade?
200
Protects China from Invaders, Allows development of homogeneous culture
What are mountains, deserts and jungles?
300
Huang He (Yellow River)
What is China?
300
SUrplus food, military, jobs, education, cities, art, religion, trade
What are features of civilization?
300
Alphabet
What country began the basis of our writing?
300
Three examples of Golden Ages
What are the Song or Tang in China Hellenistic in Greece Gupta Dynasty in India Muslim GOlden AGe Pax Romana in ROman Empire Renaissance in Europe
300
Rise and fall of ruling families in China
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
400
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is Mesopotamia, known now as Iraq.
400
Pictographs
What is an early form of writing?
400
Scribes
What is another word for a person who writes?
400
Three artists of the Renaissance
Who were Leonardo Da Vinci, Botticelli and Michelangelo?
400
Ruling family has the right to rule from heaven (divine right of kings)
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
500
Increase size by taking over neighbor
What is imperialism
500
Bow low to the emperor and give money tribute
What is kowtow?
500
Belief that ancestors communicate with gods on behalf of people on earth
What is ancestor worship?
500
Belief that good and evil must be balanced in people on earth
What is YIN/Yang symbol?
500
Ruler to rules father to son Older brother to younger brother husband to wife friend to friend
What are the five basic relationships of COnfucious?
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