Before Civilizations
These people analyze, interpret, research, and write about the past by studying documents and sources.
What are historians?
Advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and improved technology are examples of this.
What are the five characteristics of a civilization?
This person created a complex law code for his empire.
Who is Hammurabi?
Indus Valley is located in the present day of these two countries.
What is India and Pakistan?
Built to be a barrier and watch system to protect from nomadic invaders from the north during the Qin dynasty.
What is the Great Wall of China?
Fossil evidence shows that the earliest humans originated in this place.
What is Africa?
Many Sumerian city-states were along these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
According to law code #229, if a builder builds a house for someone, but it falls and kills the owner, this is what should happen to the builder.
What is put to death?
This is a significant seasonal shift in prevailing winds that brought either a period of heavy rain or a prolonged dry season to the Indus Valley.
What is a monsoon?
Periods of Ancient China are divided into these.
What are dynasties?
An example of this factor would be abundant food, water, shelter; better climate; new land/territory; better resources
What is a pull factor?
The religious and civic center of a Sumerian city-state.
What is a ziggurat?
This person defeated the city-states of Sumer around 2350 BC
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
These are kings who are also gods.
What are Pharaohs?
The Greeks believed in many different gods and goddesses. This was known as this
What is polytheistic?
The agricultural revolution during this period was one of the greatest breakthroughs in human history.
What is the Neolithic Era?
Around 3000 BC Sumerian Scribes developed a system of record keeping called this.
What is cuneiform?
There were this many codes for the Babylonian Empire.
What is 282 law codes?
This writing system was used in Ancient Egypt.
What are hieroglyphics?
In this Greek city-state, boys started school at age 7 whereas girls were taught at home.
What is Athens?
This person was found in 1991 on the Austra-Italian border.
Who is Ötzi the ice man?
The first known city.
What is Uruk?
The code number for "If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out."
What is Law #196?
This was a book of prayers and spells, and guided the soul after death in Egypt.
What is the Book of the Dead?
Who is Cleisthenes?