Potpourri
Aspects of Civilization
Mesopatamia
Meso/Egypt
Egypt
100

What civilization is known for its building of the great wall?

What is China

100
large population centers
What is cities
100

rivers that are lifeblood of Mesopatamia

What is Tigris and Euphrates

100

first written language

What is Cuneiform

100
Lifeblood of Ancient Egypt
What is Nile
200

Shift from Nomadic hunting-gathering to farming and permanent villages

What is Neolithic Revolution

200
infrastructure provided by this group
What is Organized government
200

Cultural diffusion occurred between Mesopatamia and other groups because of warfare and migration, but mostly through...

What is trade

200

difference between rivers of Mesopatamia and Egypt

What is Flooding

200
burial ground for Pharoahs
What is Pyramids
300

1 example of Historical Patterning in History

What is rise and fall of civilizations?

300
record keeping
What is Written language
300

Babylonian law code, strict, and at times unfair

What is Hammurabi's Code

300

rivers of these civilizations left behind what that nourished the land

What is silt

300
after death of this Pharoah, Ancient Egyptian civilization begins to crumble
What is Ramses the Great
400

What gave Chinese dynasties the right to rule?

What is Mandate of Heaven

400
polytheism vs. monotheism
What is Complex Religion
400

First empire builder, of the Akkadians

What is Sargon

400

seen as more equal in Egyptian society than in Mesopatamian society

What is Women, gender equality

400
Pharoah of Egypt... tomb gave us insight into Egyptian life and culture
What is Tut
500

What was found in Jarmo that pointed to trade?

What is Obsidian

500

Why did leaders of Ancient civs build large religious structures?

to show there power to the people as a great leader and empire/kingdom

500

Ancient civs. were able to support larger population to form civilization, why?

What is Surplus of Crops

500

Similarity between Mesopatamia and Egypt... much of the large structures were built by whom?

What is Slaves, conquered or debt and common workers

500
major protection granted to Egypt by location
What is desert