Mesopotamia
What legal text was King Hammurabi of Babylon credited with creating?
Code of Hammurabi
What was the name of the river that flowed in this valley?
Indus
What river flowed through this valley?
Nile
What was the name of the river that flowed through this valley called?
Yellow
What Empire had zoos, parks, and libraries scattered through their empire?
Assyrians
What two rivers ran through the Fertile Crescent?
Tigris & Euphrates
People who travelled from place to place were called what?
Nomads
What was the Egyptian form of writing called?
Hieroglyphics
Rulers from the same family are called what?
Dynasties
Royal Road
What was the name of the form of writing in Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
The earliest lifestyle for Neanderthals was called what?
Hunter-Gatherer
Egyptian rulers were called what?
Pharaohs
What was the popular lifestyle in China that came from Confucius?
Confucianism
What was the name of the very successful Persian ruler who expanded the Persian Empire the most?
What were large structures, like pyramids, that were build in Mesopotamia called?
Ziggurats
What was another name for farming that became super important to nomadic groups?
Agriculture
What was a system of government were individual officials would run the day to day operations so the Pharaoh didn't have to?
Bureaucracy
What was the first dynasty in China called?
Shang
When all the regions in China started fighting each other, this was known as the what period?
Warring States Period
What Sumerian leader united all of Mesopotamia under his rule?
Sargon
What were the names of the two prominent cities in this valley?
Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro
What king united both the lower and upper parts of Egypt together?
King Menes
Chinese people believed the right to rule was given by god. This was known as what?
The Mandate of Heaven
What was the name of the Persian religion that stressed there was one god who was both good and evil?
Zoroastrianism