Mesopotamia
Walled settlement surrounded by farmland, with an acropolis (high, defendable point).
City-State / Polis
River which is the life of Egypt
Nile
One great city
Harappa
Accomplishment of Han Dynasty
400 Years, Larger then Roman Empire, Civil Service
How ancient Sumer expressed religion as an element.
Hamarabi
Purpose of Mummification
To preserve body for afterlife
One great city
Mahenjo Daro
Accomplishment of Qin Dynasty
Name of China, 15 Years, Great Wall
How ancient China expressed government as an element.
Dynastic system, Mandate of Heaven, Civil Service System.
The two rivers which made the fertile crescent so...fertile.
Tigris and Euphrates
Houses were often made of
Mud Bricks
Geographic feature of India to the North
Himalayas
Accomplishment of Zhou Dynasty
Longest Dynasty, Mandate of Heaven
How Ancient Egypt expressed written system as an element.
Hieroglyphics, scribes, papyrus.
Temples used for worship in ancient Sumer.
Ziggurats
Direction of flow of the Nile
South to North
Geographic feature of India on three sides
Indian Ocean / Peninsula
Accomplishment of Shang Dynasty
Irrigation, War Chariots, First Dynasty
How Egypt thrived off a stable food supply
Nile and the abundance it yielded freed them to build great works
First written language.
Cuneiform
Location of the Upper Kingdom
Southern Egypt
Geographic feature to India's Northwest
Desert
Major rivers of China
Yangtze, Yellow, Xi
Importance of irrigation
Reliably stable agriculture with man-made waterways