Key Terms
Civilization that came up with Heiroglyphics
Egyptians
The word Mesopotamia means this
Land between two rivers
Instrument used for “writing” on clay tablets
Stylus
How was the Pharaoh viewed in ancient Egypt?
As a god
The name of the desert in China
Gobi desert
Civilization that had onion-like domes
Russians
The type of soil found in the Fertile Crescent and other places with flooding rivers.
Silt
A man-made object from the past
An artifact
The Nile River Flowed this way
From south to north
The Great Wall of china was this long
4,000 miles
These brought water into Rome
Acqueducts
This king was the emperor of Babylon
Hammurabi
Sumerians developed a math system based on this number
60
Religion in Ancient India
Hinduism or Buddhism
The name of the explorer who traveled to China and reported back to Europe.
Marco Polo
This emperor of Rome watched Rome burn as he played his Lyre
Nero
This man was the king of the Chaldeans
Nebuchadnezzar
People who now how to read and write
Scribes
The kingdom known for pharaoh losing control to the nobles
The Middle Kingdom
How the Zhou Dynasty controlled distant lands
By appointing lords to rule over lands and people
These people are the bottom tier of any social hierarchy
Slaves, Peasants, and Farmers
These people had war chariots, allowing them to conquer many places in Mesopotamia
The Assyrians
Groupings of people in ancient Greece
City-States
Which occupation had the opportunity to climb the social hierarchy?
Soldiers
How Chinese goods made it all the way to Rome
The Silk Road