Development of Civilization
People were nomads, They were hunter gatherers.
What was the Paleolithic Age?
Rivers in which Mesopotamia is located
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Location of Ancient India.
What is the Indus River Valley?
________ ______ River Valley (Ancient China)
What is the Huang He River Valley?
Rocky mountains with small islands.
What is the Geography of Greece?
When people learned to domesticate plants and animals. They became food producers and could now begin to settle down. This contributed to the development of civilizations.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
There was no one ruler, but separate kings for each city-state
What was the Sumerian Government like?
Indus River Valley, Ganges Valley, Deccan Plateau, Himalaya Mountains.
What is the Geography of India?
Isolated from other civilizations by mountains, deserts and distance.
What is China?
Ancient Greek city-states united together to fight during this series of wars.
What were the Persian wars?
Ability to water crops, water for animals, transportation and trade.
The written language of Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
Polytheistic belief, reincarnation, dharma, Karma, the Caste System.
What is Hinduism?
An ancient Chinese philosophical concept justifying a ruler's right to rule, granted by divine approval from "Heaven"
What is the "Mandate of Heaven"?
A system of government where the citizens themselves would directly vote yes or no on matters.
What is direct democracy?
Religion, Writing System, System of Government, Architecture, art & Job Specilization
What are the major elements of a civilization?
first written law code of both criminal and civil laws: NOT BASED ON EQUALITY!
What is Hammurabi's Code?
Code of conduct was the Eightfold Path, founded by Siddhartha Gautama, all life is suffering.
What is Buddhism?
Built on the ideas of respect, duty, responsibility, order.
What is Confucianism?
What is Sparta?
Before any civilization could develop, they need this:
What is a surplus of food?
Developed the first alphabet "Carriers of Civlization"
What are The Phoenicians?
What is the Gupta Dynasty?
Legalist emperor of the Qin Dynasty. His rule was strict and harsh.
Who is Emperor Shi Huangdi?
Responsible for the Hellenistic Age.
Who was Alexander the Great?