Mesopotamia
What are the 2 rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is kemet
Black land (fertile soil)
What is their writing system called?
Sanskrit
What are the 2 rivers?
Huang He(Yellow River, "China's Sorrow") and Chang Jiang(Yangtze River)
What separates Greece from Anatolia?
Aegean
Large, step shaped temple
Ziggurat
What is the Book of the Dead?
Spells and prayers to prepare for the afterlife
What was the system that created levels that was closely connected to Hinduism?
Caste/Jati system
What religion did they take on from India?
Buddhism
What are 3 ways they honored the gods?
Ceremonies, festivals, and the Olympics
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Oldest known story, over 4,000 years old
What were the dynasties divided into?
Old kingdom, Middle kingdom, and New kingdom
What are the 3 types of religious beliefs?
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
What was their way of writing?
Pictograph/Ideograph
What are the 4 philosophers we studied?
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Sophists
What are the 4 empires?
Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Chaldeans
Who made the alphabet?
Phoenicians
What positive and negative affect did monsoons have?
They brought rain for the crops, but also brought destruction
What did they believe the "Mandate of Heaven" did?
Gave them powers
Who are the minoans?
A civilization that existed before Ancient Greece, sea traders
How did artisans develop?
The people weren't needed for farming so they started making things
What right did women gain?
The right to divorce
Who came up with the symbol for "0" and other numerals?
The Guptas
What connected China and Europe?
Silk road
What were the roles of women?
The roles of women varied in city-states; more right for women in Sparta; more traditional roles for women in Athens