Geography
This valuable material was deposited on river banks after flooding.
What is fertile mud (silt)?
These people formed the highest social class in Sumer....
Who were priests and kings?
An independent city and its surrounding area that was like its own country (Mesopotamia was made up of many of them!)
What is a city-state?
The earliest form of writing, often seen in cave paintings was....
What are pictographs?
Name the four River Valley Civilizations...
What are Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus, China?
These two rivers were in Mesopotamia, which is known as land between the two rivers.
What is the Euphrates & Tigris Rivers?
The Mesopotamians believed in MANY gods. The beliefs of many gods is known as...
What is Polytheism?
This metal, used in weapons and other tools, was instrumental in the Akkadians ability to conquer all of Mesopotamia.
What is bronze & the Bronze age?
With this Sumerian/Mesopotamian type of writing, writers could tell stories, relate histories, and support the rule of kings. It was used to record literature such as the Epic of Gilgamesh—the oldest epic still known & was used to communicate and formalize legal systems, most famously Hammurabi's Code.
What is the Cuneiform?
The modern day location of most of Mesopotamia.
What is Iraq?
The Chinese name of the river where the last of the four major river valley civilizations began. Known for it's yellow tint.
What is the Huang-he (Yellow River)?
Name for this massive stepped, pyramid-like tower in Ancient Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
This man wrote the first set of "written" laws & the laws would be famously named after him.
Who is King Hammurabi? What is the Hammurabi Code?
The Egyptian form of writing used to keep records which were written carved in stone on tomb/temple walls, & used to decorate many objects of daily life.
What are Hieroglyphics?
The modification of hills and mountains by the Chinese to increase the amount of available farmland is known as......
What is terrace farming?
The region where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River Delta?
Stone was scarce, therefore ziggurats & other Mesopotamian buildings were built of...
What are mud or clay bricks?
Leader of the Akkadians who conquered all of Sumer & established the world’s 1st empire.
Who is Sargon?
A person who was trained to write, a very specialized job
What is a scribe?
There are FOUR main reasons why the first civilizations began in River Valleys.
What is water (irrigation), silt (fertile soil), defense (natural barrier), & transportation (trade)?
Another name for the "wedge" of land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
This was located at the top of the ziggurat, these are those who lived at the ziggurat, & only these people could enter. (3 part answer)
What is a temple? Who are the city's gods? Who are the god-kings/priests?
Most of the history that we know about the Ancient Aryans comes from these verses, that later become one of the most sacred books of the Hindu religion...
What are the Vedas?
This language was used within the early Indus Valley civilizations to write their literature...
What is Sanskrit?
A wall or embankment, designed to prevent a river from overflowing.
What is a levee or dam?