Geography and Alienation
Isolated by deserts and mountain ranges
China
Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were thought to have received power from...
Polytheistic gods. They controlled nature
Structures built by ancient Egyptians
Pyramids
The Nile is part of which society?
Egypt
Master Kong Fuzi established this morally righteous religion
Confucianism
China referred to themselves as what Kingdom?
The Middle Kingdom
This polytheistic religion aimed for the deliverance into "Nirvana" and also believed that suffering came from...
Buddhism, earthly things
The Indus River Valley was built on this system
Mesopotamia had two; what are they?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Tombs of ancient Egyptian pharaohs are inscribed with this form of writing that is both phonetic and ideographic
Hieroglyphics
Silk Road
Not a legal code but a religious set of ideas that led the people who were promised Canaan
10 Commandments
The center of Mesopotamian cities housed this type of structure
Ziggurat
The Great Wall protected China from
Northern Invaders
Mesopotamia was ruled under this legal establishment
Hammurabi's Code
These people were alienated from their Hindu society due to their status of being "dirty"
Untouchables
The longest lasting dynasty pushed this religion (must identify both)
Zhou Dynasty, Confucianism
This writing system was developed by Sumerians but simplified by Phoenicians. Modern day Iraq.
Cuneiform, Mesopotamia
China's Huang He River AKA the Yellow River is also referred to as this upsetting name
River of Sorrows
Ashoka
This dynastic rule came to an end because of civil war within the expanded kingdom
Han
Belief that one's soul would be reborn over and over until it achieved "Moksha"
Hinduism
Ashoka built these structures across modern day India as a means to promote his new religious zeal after a time of violence
Peace Edicts; promoted Buddhism
Dikes and reservoirs allowed this ancient civilization built on a grid system to have this unique feature within homes
Indus River Valley, indoor plumbing
This dynastic ruler was buried with their own clay army that would allow him to conquer the after life
Qin