Mesopotamia
What did the Tigris and Euphrates River create?
Fertile Crescent
What was the Nile River considered?
life blood of Egypt
What were the 3 rivers in India?
Indus River, Ganges River, and Brahmaputra River
What were the two major rivers in China?
Huang He, and The Chang Jiang
What seperated city-states?
Mountains and Seas
Where did Sumerian kings claim their power from?
The gods
What was the most popular religion in Egypt?
Polytheism
What were the 3 major religions in India?
Hinduism, Buddhism, Janism
What religion was carried from India to China on the Silk Road?
Buddhism
Who were some of the philosophers in Ancient Greece?
What astronomers mapped the stars and phases of the moon?
Chaldean
What were pyramids used for?
large tombs for the pharoahs.
Which did the Gupta's create?
symbols for zero and other numerals
Where did the Zhou emperors believe they got their power?
What is a term for a city-state?
polis
What city-states ruled independently?
Sumerian
What were the dynasties divided into?
Old kingdom, middle kingdom, and New kingdom
What were the people divided into?
The varna system
What connected China to Europe?
Silk Road
Which civilization existed before Ancient Greece?
Minoans
What were most of the people's jobs in Mesopotamia?
Farmers
Who was in a class by himself?
The pharaoh.
What was very important in India?
Family
Who owned land and passed it down to their sons?
Aristocrats
Who were considered citizens in Ancient Greece?
Free; land owning men