Mesopotamia I
This word describes a region in Southwest Asia from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to snow capped mountains in modern day Turkey.
The Fertile Crescent or Mesopotamia
The first recorded, uniform, code of laws. They were pretty harsh.
Hammurabi's Code
The belief in many gods
Polytheism
List one aspect of a well-planned city
This early revolution in pre-historic human life is the difference between there being a few million humans on the planet compared to billions of humans on the planet
Agriculture
This Sumerian leader was the first to unite all of Sumeria and create the worlds first "Empire."
Sargon of Akkad
The most successful Babylonian leader, ruling from 1792 BCE to 1750 BCE.
Hammurabi
A type of government where religion and state and intertwined
Theocracy
Tallest mountain range on Earth, not the solar system. They play a big part in the Subcontinent's isolation.
The Himalayas
This early invention/element was the key to our pre-historic survival, earth is the only place in the solar system where it can even exist!
Fire
The worlds first system of writing, clay tablets and the stylus was the method, not paper and pencil
Cunieform
Long before it was used for transportation this device was used to make objects out of clay
Potter's Wheel
Equal opportunity god-kings of Ancient Egypt
Pharaohs
This weather system results in massive summer rainfall in large parts of Southern Asia
Monsoons
A pre-historic lifestyle, never living in the same place, moving in search of food and water.
Nomad/Nomadic
A large governmental and religious building in ancient Sumeria,
Ziggurat
Bronze
Fast churning rapids which made long distance travel on the Nile somewhat difficult.
Cataracts
Where the earliest human settlers of the subcontinent came from
A pre-historic lifestyle that describes obtaining food by searching for nuts, fruits, and hunting for protein. Farming has nothing to do with this.
Hunter-gatherer.
A hallmark of ancient Sumerian political organization, multiple independent countries. Similar to Ancient Greece
City-States
Precursors to the Babylonians, they invaded Mesopotamia c. 2000 BCE
The Amorites
According Ancient Egyptian religion, this was a method or process of preparing a body after death for the afterlife
Mummification
This culture arrived in the subcontinent following a hypothetical environmental collapse ended Harappan civilization c. 1750 BCE
The Aryans
This rich kind of fertile soil was the hallmark of early river valley settlements and the benefits that early civilizations enjoyed.
Silt