Geography
This sister river to the Tigris River is found in Mesopotamia.
Euphrates River
The belief in multiple gods
Polytheism
From Mesopotamia to the Roman Empire this technology has been used to bring water from distant locations to farms.
Irrigation
This set of laws was hung in the Roman Forum for all to see.
The Twelve Tables
Before the invention of money people participated in this form of economy that involved trading goods to each other
Barter economy/Bartering
This societal position is at the top of the Social Structure pyramid in every culture it exists in except for India where it is second instead.
King/Ruler
Mount Everest is found in this Indian mountain range.
Himalayan Mountains
The gods of this civilization's religion had the bodies of humans and the heads of animals
Ancient Egypt
These triangular buildings were created to be the tombs of Pharaohs
Pyramids
This form of government consists of a small group of people that runs everything
Oligarchy
This form of trade using ships traveling on the sea was done by the Ancient Greeks
Maritime trade
In this society, people's positions are based on their jobs and Kings are worshipped as a god.
Egypt
This major sea borders Rome, Greece, Israel, and Egypt.
Mediterranean Sea
Brahmins are the spiritual leaders of this religion that believes in reincarnation based on karma.
Hinduism
The Indian people had advanced knowledge of this achievement that included such skills as cataract surgery and innoculation.
Medicine
This form of government is ruled by a King.
Monarchy
This trade route between Rome and Western China gets its name from China's most famous export
The Silk Road
In this social structure, you are born into your position and it cannot change.
Indian Caste System
This peninsula is the founding location for the Roman Empire.
The Italian Peninsula
The founder of this religion believes that he created it as an answer to how to end suffering.
Buddhism
The Chinese invented this type of printing that made copying books and art much easier.
Woodblock printing
This gets its name from the passing of the Mandate of Heaven from one Dynasty to the next in Ancient China
The Dynastic Cycle
Farmers in this country paid taxes based on how much silt they got from the annual flooding of the Nile River
Egypt
This society only has three classes: Patrician, Plebeian, and Slaves
Rome
This north flowing river was the lifeblood of ancient Egypt.
Nile River
The Emperor Constantine converted to this religion in 312ce and later made it the official religion of the empire.
Christianity
The Greek author Homer is credited with writing these two Epics that taught bravery and gave young Greeks heroes to admire.
The Illiad and the Odyssey
This country went from 12 tribes to a King united under David before it eventually split apart after the death of his son Solomon
Israel
Qin Shi Huangdi helped unify Ancient China by creating this which made trade easier between merchants all across china.
A unified/singular currency
Confucianism allowed people in this society to take jobs outside their social class based on how well they could do a job not on whether they were born rich or poor.
China
The Chinese civilization began in this river valley
Yellow River Valley
This type of religion believes in a singular God.
Monotheism
This achievement belongs to the Sumerians as the inventors of the world's first written language.
Cuneiform
This Macedonian King conquered lands from Greece all the way to India creating one of the world's largest empires
Alexander the Great
Being in the center of the Mediterranean Sea allowed this Empire to grow economically both through trade and conquest
Rome/Roman Empire
In this society, citizenship was based on the rules of your city-state but generally only land owning males had the rights and privileges of them.
Greece
The mountainous terrain of this civilization lead to it never being united and developing City-states instead.
Ancient Greece
This religion believes that everything has both Yin and Yang and it's followers strive to live in harmony with nature.
Daoism
This Greek architectural achievement came in three styles, was used by the Romans, and is still used today in places like the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC
Columns
The first set of written laws created by a Babylonian king that included harsh punishments such as an "eye for an eye"
Hammurabi's code
This Egyptian Queen grew the economic prosperity of her Dynasty by expanding and recreating trade routes between Egypt and other neighboring countries
Queen Hatshepsut
This group was at the top of the Indian Caste System and was the closest to escaping reincarnation because they were the spiritual leaders of Indian society
Brahmins