People
Hammurabi was most famous for?
The code of Hammurabi found on the stele
Catal Hoyuk was built on a deposit of what?
obsidian
What is a civilization?
a large number of people together in a group that is too large to consist only of an extended family group which allows them to discover and develop writing, mathematics, religion, etc.
What discovery made civilizations possible?
Agriculture
Which three periods of Egyptian history were relatively peaceful and stable?
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Who forged the world's first true empire by conquering Mesopotamia and uniting the regions of Akkad and Sumer?
Sargon the Great
Where does the story of civilization begin?
Mesopotamia
What is a patriarchal society?
A society led and dominated by the older men of the group
Who developed math, wagons, and astronomy?
Mesopotamians
Which system gave Indian society one of its most distinctive traits?
The caste system
Which King was the first to unite Lower and Upper Egypt?
Narmer
The first true cities emerged in the southern region of?
Sumer
What is the Verdic Age named after?
a set of religious texts known as the Vedas
Who was considered the last great pharaoh and supervised the construction of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel?
Ramses II
It was believed a ruler lost the Mandate of Heaven when what occurred in great number?
Natural disasters
What was unique about Amenhotep IV, also known as Akhenaten?
He created a new religion with only one god
What is the Western or Wailing Wall?
The ruins of the temple built by Solomon
Why do some scholars say the Olmec were not an empire?
They didn’t have a large enough population to have an army and a capital hasn’t been identified. Another reason is that they didn’t dominate the surrounding areas.
During which Egyptian period of time were the pyramids built?
The Old Kingdom
True or false? The Olmec were possibly the first civilization in the Western Hemisphere to develop a writing system.
True
Quin Shi Huang is famous for placing these in his tomb?
Terracotta warriors
Which civilization was the earliest in Mesoamerica?
Olmec
The word monotheism comes from the Greek words "monos" and "theos" which means?
"single" and "god"
What was the new religion that challenged the dominance of Brahmanism?
Buddhism
Whose 12 sons became the ancestors of the 12 Tribes of Israel?
Jacob