Mesopotamia
What are the two rivers that ancient Mesopotamia depended on for floods?
Tigris and Euphrates
Hinduism and Buddhism
What are the two rivers that ancient China depended on for flooding?
Haung He and Yangtze rivers
Where were Pharaoh's buried?
Pyramids
What was the first written language called?
Cuneiform
The first epic tale in literature was created in Mesopotamia. What was it called?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
What did Moses receive on Mt. Sinai
The Ten Commandments?
What is the name of the mountain range that serves as a natural border for China?
Himalaya's
What was the name of the river that gave life to Egypt?
Nile
Egyptian writing that used pictures to represent words?
Hieroglyphics
Who was the king of Babylon?
Hammurabi
Who is the father of Monotheism and what is it?
Abraham, the belief in one God
What is the time period with internal conflict in china during the end of the Zhou dynasty known as?
Warring states period
Where were Pharaohs buried in the New Kingdom?
Valley of the Kings
What was the profession called for people who read and wrote for a living?
Scribes
What was the name of the civilization that rose to power that was very cruel?
Assyrian's
Which religion uses the Caste system?
Hinduism
What was the name of the dynasty to first use the Mandate of Heaven?
Zhou Dynasty
What were Pharaoh's considered?
Gods
What written material was placed with everyone in Egypt when they died to help navigate the afterlife?
Book of the Dead
What was the name of the king that restored Babylon?
King Nebuchadnezzar
How does one achieve Nirvana?
What was the Dynasty in China to first keep written Records?
Shang Dynasty
What was the name of the invaders kicked out of Egypt before the New Kingdom began?
Hyksos
Who wrote the first law code? "Eye for an Eye"
King Hammurabi