Seven Features Of a Civilization
China and India
Vocabulary
Mesopotamia
Egypt
100
Garbage Collection, public pools, libraries, parks, etc...
Give examples of public works.
100
The civilization disappeared.
What mysterious thing happened to India?
100
Belief in one god.
What is monotheistic?
100
Peasants, craftspeople, merchants, and soldiers.
What were the trade groups?
100
Pharaoh Menes.
Who unified upper and lower Egypt in 3200 BC.
200
To produce large amounts of food, oversee irrigation projects, issue laws, collect taxes, and organize systems of defense.
What do organised governments do?
200
Moenjodaro and Harappa.
What two cities were built the same?
200
A plant found growing on the banks of the Nile.
What is papyrus?
200
700 symbols.
How many symbols were there in Cuneiform writing?
200
3100 BC.
When was hieroglyphic writing invented?
300
When people are ranked according to their jobs.
What are social classes?
300
A dragon.
What is the mythical creature that represented the Chinese king?
300
A huge Mesopotamian temple in the form of a pyramid.
What is a Ziggurat?
300
1800 BC.
When was the Plimpton 322 tablet written?
300
Peasants.
Who formed most of the population in Egypt?
400
Urban people developed so many new crafts that a single person could no longer master all the skills needed to make tools or other other goods.
How did job specialization start?
400
The king, nobility, people, and slaves.
What is the social hierarchy in China?
400
the study of human population, migrations and their growth.
What is demography?
400
The Cradle of Civilization
What is Mesopotamia often called?
400
A pschent.
What was the double crown that the pharaoh wore called?
500
Skilled workers.
Who built and decorated massive buildings?
500
Historians have not yet been able to decipher their writing.
Why do historians know so little about the Indus Valley?
500
Something used for stamping or for making an imprint.
What is a seal?
500
3300 BCE.
When did the first forms of writing emerge in Mesopotamia?
500
Power was handed down from father to son.
Why did women rarely reign over pharaonic Egypt?
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