Mesopotamia
Egypt
The Indus Valley
Civilization
Vocabulary
100
Euphrates and Tigris
What are the two main rivers of Mesopotamia?
100
Hieroglyphics
What is ancient Egypt writting called?
100
2600 B.C
The Indus Valley Civilization dates back to?
100
Cuneiform
The writting system of Mesopotamia.
200
Land between the rivers
What does the name Mesopotamia mean?
200
The Nile River made existence for a large population possible in a desert region. Every year, the Nile would flood, bringing rich soil to the lower reaches of the river course. This allowed agriculture to flourish, as well as dictating when planting and harvesting would occur. Because the delta area produced surplus crops on a regular basis, the society in that area was fairly stable, and had leisure time for developing art and science.
How did the physical geograhic characteristics of Egypt affect teh development of their civilization?
200
Harrapa and Mohenjo-daro
The first excavations of this civilization was carried out at which two places?
200
Mummy
A withered or shrunken living being.
300
Pythatgorean Theorem
Along with a code of law and little gods',the reign of Hammurabi, of Babylonia, can claim fame to which other (mathematical) achivements?
300
Truth
Ma'at was the goddess of what?
300
Mound of the Dead and Mound of Dead
What is the literal meaning of Mohenjo-daro?
300
Loess
A loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yelloish and calcareous.
400
Memphis
What city was NOT part of the Fertile Cresnent?
400
Pharaoh Khufu oredered the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza
What is Pharaoh Khufu most known for building?
400
270 characters
The only Harappa script and survived consisted of ten to twenty symbols. It comprised of how many characters?
400
Shang
A chinese dynasty whose dates are usually given as 1766-1122 B.C and sometimes as 1523-1027 B.C
500
Sargon
What was the name of the Famous Akkadian King, who conquered Summerians and extended his empire around 2340 B.C?
500
For farming
What do the Egyptians use the winnowing scoop for?
500
Proto-Australoid
The Harappa peopel consisted of a __________________ element.
500
Megalith
Cylopean masonry
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