This guided Egyptian mummies to their afterlife safely.
What is The Book of the Dead?
100
Hindu religious texts
What are the Vedas?
100
Indian religion spread to China over the Silk Road
What is Buddhism?
100
Moral "laws" are called these sometimes
What are edicts?
200
Name of Mesopotamian writing
What is Cuneiform?
200
Type of Egyptian writing
What is Hieroglyphics?
200
Grandiose stories about heroes and name one
What are epics and the Mahabharata or Ramayana?
200
Type of writing in China
What is calligraphy?
200
Assurbanipal built this and it is important why
What is a library of clay tablets which has taught us much about ancient Mesopotamia?
300
Mesopotamian temple
What is a Ziggurat?
300
Ruler of Egypt (2 part)
What is a pharaoh who was also considered a god?
300
Specific example of writing in India
What are the Vedas or Epics?
300
How Chinese believed their emperors were chosen
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
300
Not considered part of Hindu society
Who are untouchables?
400
Specific example of writing from Mesopotamia
What is Hammurabi's Code of Law?
400
Two advanced cultural achievements
What are pyramids, obelisks, Deir el Bahri, Abu Simbel?
400
Name one major cultural achievement of India
What is Asoka's columns with edicts, paintings at Ajanta caves, Iron Pillars, math based on decimal system/zero
400
Give a specific example of writing in China
What is Confucius Analects (sayings), Tao te Jing (Taoist readings), Oracle bones from Shang dynasty
400
An example of ONE of the social hierarchies you learned
What is Rulers - Gov. Officials - Merchants/Artisans - Farmers/Fishermen - Slaves
Brahmins (priests) - Kshatriyas (rulers and warriors) - Vaishyas (Landowning Farmers, Merchants, Artisans) - Shudras (Servants/Peasant farmers) - Untouchables (outcasts)
0
500
Name one major cultural achievement of Mesopotamia (not writing)
What is Wheel, Sail, Math based on 60, 1st map, plow?
500
How hieroglyphics were lost for 2000 years
What is the Romans invaded Egypt and destroyed temples and killed priests who knew the language.
500
Why Hinduism considered both Mono and Polytheistic
What is Monotheists believe Brahma and all his avatars are one and the same god. Polytheists believe that his avatars are each a god separately.
500
Name at least one major advanced cultural achievement of China
What is Great Wall of China or Terra Cotta Soldiers or silk, accupuncture, salt mining, kite, etc
500
How hieroglyphics were decoded?
What is Napoleon's troops found a stone in Rosetta when they invaded Egypt. On it were 3 languages, Greek, Demotic and Hieroglyphics. Knowing the first two and seeing they said the same thing they were able to "crack" the code and read hieroglyphics once again?