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This river flowed backwards, meaning it starts in the South and flowed North
What is the Nile
100
The belief in many gods is called
What is polytheism
100
This was the first form of writing that was invented
What is cuneiform
100
Most early civilization's economies were based on...
What is farming
100
This discovery changed the lives of the Paleolithic people
What is fire
200
Both of these civilizations had no natural barriers and were very vulnerable to outsider invaders
What is Mesopotamia and Egypt
200
The belief in one God is called
What is monotheism
200
This was the earliest form of paper, created by the Egyptians
What is papyrus
200
During this era there was no real economy due to the nature of how people lived
What is the Paleolithic Era
200
This invention was the transition between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Era
What is farming
300
2/3rds of this civilization area was covered is desert
What is China or Huang He River Valley
300
The term for religion and government being very closely related and sometimes the same thing
What is a theocracy
300
This was the form of writing created by the Egyptians
What is hieroglyphics
300
Due to their natural barriers, this civilization was relatively isolated from trading
What is China or the Huang He River Valley
300
The Mesopotamian and Egyptians used this to bring water from the rivers to their crops
What is irrigation
400
The two mountain ranges surrounded and isolated the Indus River Valley
What are the Hindu Kush and the Himalayas
400
Mesopotamia was made up these than functioned independently and governed themselves
What are city-states
400
This civilization's writing is still a mystery to historians, we can't decipher it
What is the Indus River Valley
400
This civilization was the first to introduce coined money to stimulate their economy
What is China or the Huang He River Valley
400
This civilization created the first type of calendar
What is Egypt
500
The area where humans probably originated and lived first
What is East Africa
500
The first set of written codes and laws were put into place by this King
Who is Hammurabi
500
This group of people created the first alphabet like we know it today
Who are the Phoenicians
500
This group created a large sea trading empire that eventually reached all of the Mediterranean Sea
Who are the Phoenicians
500
This civilization invented the wheel
What is Mesopotamia