Mesopotamia
The region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Mesopotamia
The river that supported Egyptian civilization.
The Nile
China’s earliest civilization formed along this river.
Yellow River
A system of keeping written records.
What is writing
The exchange of goods without money
The first known form of writing created by the Sumerians.
Cuneiform
Egyptian rulers were known by this title.
Pharoahs
Practice of predicting the future used by the Chinese
Divination
A complex society with cities, government, religion, and social structure.
What is a civilization
Person in who knew how to read and write
This king is famous for an early written law code.
Hummarabi
Huge stone tombs built for pharaohs.
Pyramids
An imaginary creature associated with power of the King
The Dragon
A class of people who perform religious ceremonies
What are priests
A city that has its own political organization and influence over surrounding villages and regions
City-State
A pyramid-shaped temple tower found in Sumerian cities.
Ziggurat
A paper-like writing material invented by Egyptians.
The Indus Valley civilization is located in what modern day country
India
Large, powerful kingdoms that control many territories and peoples.
What is an empire
The classification of groups of people who make up a society ranging from the most to the least powerful
Social Hierarchy
The word describing the belief in many gods.
Polytheism
he process used to preserve bodies for the afterlife.
Mummification
The belief that every person is equal
Egalitarian
A method of bringing water to crops used by early farmers.
What is irrigation
A famous poem telling the story of heroic figures
The Epic of Gilgamesh