Mesopotamia
This river runs south to north in Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
Like Mesopotamia, Greece was organized politically into these independent forms of government.
What are city-states?
Prehistory is the time before this achievement.
What is writing?
These pyramid-shaped places of worship had temples on top.
What are ziggurats?
This pharaoh of Egypt later became romantically linked to two leaders of Rome.
Who is Cleopatra?
This city-state was known as the cultural hub of Greece.
What is Athens?
This route was famous for fostering trade from Asia all the way to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Silk Road?
Before early humans began to domesticate plants and animals, they relied on this for food.
What is hunting and gathering?
This famous king established the first code of written laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
This invention helped Egyptians collect water from the Nile River in buckets at the end of a long pole.
What is a shadoof?
Women in this city-state had more rights than they did in most other Greek city-states.
What is Sparta?
He was a Chinese philosopher who promoted filial piety.
Who is Confucius?
This occurs when a population of people produce more food than is necessary for basic survival.
What is food surplus?
These two rivers played an important role in the settlement of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This female pharaoh was widely credited with expanding Egypt's influence through trade not war.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This philosopher wrote The Republic, in which he described his ideal political society.
Who is Plato?
This invention of China helped transform the way civilizations purchased goods.
What is paper money?
This helped early humans transition from nomadic lifestyles to more permanent settlements.
What is farming?
This civilization is credited with spreading their influence through trade and their alphabet.
Who are the Phoenicians?
This pharaoh wanted Egypt to transition from polytheism to monotheism and only worship a single sun god.
Who is Amenhotep IV?
This modern form of government in which citizens play a vital role was influenced by the government of Athens.
What is democracy?
This religion was brought to China by way of the Silk Road.
What is Buddhism?
What is the land bridge?