Mesopotamia
Where the people in Mesopotamia polytheists or monotheists?
Polytheists
What geographical feature protected Egypt?
Cataracts to the south, delta to the north, and desert to the east and west.
What are the three rivers of Ancient India?
Ganges, Indus, and Brahmaputra.
Which way did the Gobi Desert run?
(directions)
(north and west)
What were the names of the peninsulas that were around Greece?
Balkan and Peloponnesus
Cuneiform, wheel, plow, and used bronze
What are some things that Egypt invented?
Large tombs for the pharaohs (pyramids), calendar number system and fractions.
What were the religions in Ancient India?
Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism
Which philosophies wanted a well run and peaceful society?
Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism
How did Ancient Greeks honor their gods?
Ceremonies, festivals, and the Olympics
What are the four empires of Mesopotamia?
Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans
How were the dynasties divided?
The dynasties were divided into the old kingdom, the middle kingdom, and the new kingdom.
Brahmins
What type of writing did they come up with?
Pictographs and Ideographs
Who were some philosophers in Ancient Greece?
Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Sophists, Epicureanism, and Stoicism
Why was Mesopotamia trading with Western Egypt and East India?
To get metals and other things they did not have.
What was Egypts trade partner and what did they invent?
Phoenicians and they invented the early alphabet.
Why did the Varna social structure develop?
The economy grew
The Silk Road
What was the term for a city state in Greece?
A polis
Who were the classes made up of?
1 class kings and priests
2 class artisans and farmers
3 class enslaved people
Who did the farmers work for?
Land owning nobles.
Who was considered outside of society?
The untouchables.
Who fought in wars and worked on Aristocrat owned land?
Farmers
Who were the citizens in Ancient Greece?
Land owning males who were free they also fought for their polis.