Misc.
Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus River Valley, and China were all civilizations that started and flourished during the _____________ age.
Bronze
Mesopotamia means the land between the Tigris and ______________ Rivers.
Euphrates
The Indus River Valley was in modern day __________
India
Egypt is on the continent of ______________
Africa
Chinese civilization began between the Huang He and ____________ Rivers.
Yangtze
All river valley civilizations had many different gods. This means they all were _________________
Polytheistic
This was the first work of literature, written in Cuneiform.
Epic of Gilgamesh
System of city planning using squares to organize cities. Invented in the Indus River Valley.
Grid System
This river allowed Egyptian civilization to start and flourish.
Nile River
Term for a family that rules for a long period of time.
Dynasty
This is the term that means rich soil that comes from flooding rivers.
Silt
This Babylonian King wrote down the first Law Code, where we get the idea of "an eye for an eye" from.
Hammurabi
The Indus River Civilization was the first to come up with this solution to dealing with waste.
Plumbing
Pyramids were giant tombs built for these Egyptian kings.
Pharaohs
China was isolated from trading with the rest of the world in the start of its history, largely due to this Mountain Range.
Himalayan Mountains
Both Chinese and Egyptian writing use pictures to represent sounds. These types of writing systems are called _______________
Pictographic
This is the name for the temples built in Mesopotamia to honor their gods.
Ziggurat
All Indus Valley civilizations were planned in a similar manner, leading historians to believe they had a strong ________________ government.
Centralized
This is a type of paper produced from reeds that grow along the river.
Papyrus
This term means the right of rulers to stay in power as long as they are a fair and just ruler, not angering the gods.
Mandate of Heaven
This term means being able to produce more food than you need to survive, enabling the rise in population and development of human civilization.
Agricultural Surplus
Mesopotamian civilization was divided between urban settlements that acted independently (like their own countries). These urban settlements are also called _________________________
City-States
Mohenjo-Daro and ______________ were two major cities of the Indus River Valley.
Harappa
Theocracy
Items used to question or understand the gods in China.
Oracle Bones