Mesopotamia
Ur
A legendary figure in Sumerian Literature
Who is Gilgamesh?
Egyptian writing system
What are hieroglyphics?
Aryan Language
What is sanskrit?
State of perfect peace
What is nirvana?
City with all the land around it
What is a city-state?
Ruler of a kingdom or empire
What is a monarch?
the body of a lion and the head of something else
What is a sphinx?
Seasonal wind patterns
What are monsoons?
What is the caste system?
A pyramid shaped temple tower
What is a zuggurat?
He had a code of laws
Who is Hammurabi?
Long lasting paper like material
What is a papyrus?
Lowest level of the Caste System
What are untouchables/panchmen?
Highest level of the Aryan society
What is Brahamin?
polytheism
What is the worship of many gods?
Mixture of soil and tiny rocks
What is silt?
Especially treated body wrapped in cloth
What is a mummy?
Major river flowing from the Himalayas
What is the Indus River?
The sum of all good and/or bad deeds done by a person
What is karma?
long poem about a hero
What is an epic?
the science of building
What is architecture?
A burial chamber for a pharoah and his belongings
What is a pyramid?
Focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas
What is meditation?
Process of the soul being reborn into a new body
What is reincarnation?