Fertile Crescent/ Mesopotamia
Ancient Sumerian writing that is also used by the Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians and Chaldeans.
What is cuneiform?
This organ is left in the body during mummification.
What is the heart?
River Valley Civilization that we know the least about.
What is Ancient India? (What is the Indus River Valley?)
Promise from God to Abraham in exchange for Abraham's loyalty.
What is God's covenant?
Place of origin for both Hinduism and Buddhism
What is Ancient India? (What is the Indus River Valley?)
This civilization created a time keeping system based on 60. This way of keeping time is most similar to our modern system.
What is Sumer?
The Egyptian Pharaoh is lovingly remembered by his political achievements and artistic legacy.
Who is Ramses the Great?
This policy has been practiced by Chinese throughout their history. It has helped protect civilization from conflict, but it has also forced them to fall behind industrially.
What is isolation?
The most sacred text of Judaism.
What is the Torah?
belief that the atman is released from the body at death and later reborn in another body in this process. Provide both English and Hindu terms for double points!
What is reincarnation? (What is samsara?)
This Mesopotamian civilization turned to trade for their livelihood because of their location on the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Phoenicia? (Who are the Phoenicians?)
Egyptian Pharaoh who changed the society to monotheistic one, worshiping Aten, a sun god.
Who is Akhenaten?
This is the lowest Varna in Vedic society.
What are sudras?
A collection of law from God, of which the first and most important is "Thou shalt have no other Gods before me."
What are the Ten Commandments?
accepting that suffering is part of human life is first according to this.
What are the four noble truths?
According to this system of law, punishment is based on social status.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
This Pharaoh restored Egypt to polytheism after the reign of his father.
Who is King Tut?
Ancient Indians depended on this to bring seasonal rains to flood rivers and produce fertile valleys.
What are monsoons?
Second king of Israel.
Who is King David?
This branch of Hinduism is created because of a belief that too much emphasis has been put on ritual.
What is Jainism?
Conquerors. The most brutal of the Mesopotamian city-states.
Who are the Assyrians?
"common speech" recorded on the Rosetta Stone
What is demotic?
This era resulted from clan rebellion under Zhou rule.
What is the warring states period?
Two kingdoms created as a result of disagreement over who should be king after Soloman.
What are the kingdoms of Israel and Judah?
This lifestyle is key to Buddhism. It is the idea of not taking too much or too little for sustainability
What is the middle way?