Mesopotamia
Located in Present day Iraq, the ______________ is a "Half Moon" shaped area that lies between two rivers.
Fertile Cresent
Two major river systems run through China. In the North you’ll find the _______________, and in the south, ____________.
Yellow River, the Yangtze
The fertile river valley along the ____________ allowed the Egyptian farmers to avoid famine.
Nile River
The ________________ was home to one of the four river valley civilizations.
Indus River Valley
What are the 4 main Ancient Civilizations?
Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China
What was Mufasa Son in the lion King
Simba
Mesopotamia is a Greek word meaning?
Land Between two rivers
While little is known about ancient Chinese history, it is believed that people began to settle and build villages in the _______________ around 5000 BCE
Huang He River Valley
Long before the rise of great civilizations in the Nile Valley, about 6000 BCE, ______________ began in Ancient Egypt. ___________ gave life to the Egyptian Empire.
Irrigation
While there is much archeological evidence at this point in history, For India we have not been unable to decipher any __________________
of their written language.
Each of the civilizations you will study in this chapter also had what we call a _____________ or structure.
social system
How Many days in a year
365 or leap year 366
The Fertile Crescent surrounds what two Major Rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
These cities needed formal leadership to keep them together, and as such, the first dynasty is said to have begun, known as _____________
the Xia.
Before __________, Egypt was two separate kingdoms with a huge desert between them.
3100 BCE
There is evidence of farming and people settling in the Indus River Valley as far back as 4000 BCE. There is also evidence that these people may have developed trade with the neighboring ______________ around this time.
Mesopotamian civilization
In Ancient Civilizations their Complex Technologies may have been things like?
Wells, plows, and a new method of building Arches
There were many things that first developed in Mesopotamia. Name 3
Agriculture, Cities, Religion, government and written Language
Still, one of the early leaders, King Yao, gave a man named Gun the task of finding a way to control the flood waters. Gun failed many times at this task, seeking to build dams to trap the water. This did not stop the flooding from happening, and it wasn’t Gun who ended up solving the problem. It was his son, ______________
YU
Upper Egypt, _________, had a ruler who wore a white crown while the ruler of the __________ called Lower Egypt wore a red crown.
in the south, northern kingdom
The city of __________was uncovered in 1921 and the city of _____________ was discovered a year later in 1922.
Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro
Each Civilization also had its own distinct __________ or way of life that included ____________________________
Culture and organized Religion
In Ancient Mesopotamia, the cities were not only large urban centers but also had a very distinct pattern to their setup. Each was usually surrounded by a massive wall. In the center of the city would be a large temple or________________
Ziggurat
The people of the ____________ continued to live off the land settled earlier and continued to guard against flooding by further developing complex irrigation and flood control methods
Shang Dynasty
Historians divide the years of Egyptian rule into three periods: ______________ from about 2700-2000 BCE, ________________ which lasted from about 2000-1500 BCE, and __________ from 1500-750 BCE.
the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, the New Kingdom
The evidence of written language is found across the Indus Valley. ____________,___________,_____________,____________, __________ all bear the same language.
Stone seals and tablets, pottery, jewelry, and even copper weights
Each Civilization developed __________ and ____________ along with their own stories.
art and Language
The ______________ were the first to begin building cities along the rivers of lower Mesopotamia. They specialized, cooperated, and made many advancements in technology, all prompted by the needs that were presented by living together.
Sumerian People
The Chinese, however, have a ____________ language which has thousands of characters to be learned. This written language has developed over time, but in the beginning, it was made up of symbols.
pictographic
The New Kingdom saw the emergence of something somewhat unusual in Ancient Egypt or anywhere in the ancient world:
Female Rulers
In India Each city was approximately ______________ in size and showed a very high level of planning and organization.
one square mile
These key items helped each civilization formed their own__________ making them known for who they are today.
Identity
Of all the advancements made by the people of Mesopotamia, one of the most important is the development of a written code of laws. The most famous of these is the________________
Code of Hammurabi.
Territories were governed by members of the royal family and a system very similar to one that developed much later in Europe developed here. This system is called ___________________
feudalism.
_____________founded the first capital of Egypt in Memphis, and, like so many other locations in ancient Egypt, being surrounded by so many deserts protected them from invasion and takeover.
King Menes
Egyptians built ______________ to their god-kings and the Mesopotamians constructed statues of their leaders and Ziggurats to serve as the houses of their gods, there is none of that in the Indus civilization.
grand pyramids
what are the Seven Characteristics of a Civilization?
Cities, Government and Law, System of writing, specialization, social system, complex Technologies, Organized Religion