Ancient Civilizations

Vocab

100

belief in one god

monotheism

200

belief in multiple gods

polytheism

300

male dominate societies

patriarchy

400

rigid categories determining ones place in society

castes

500

force that determines being born higher or lower

kharma or reincarnation

Mesopotamia

100

wedge shaped writing

Cuneiform

200

modern day country containing most of Mesopotamia

Iraq

300

law code containing "eye for eye"

Hammurabi

400

mythological leader defining role of leader and relationship to nature

Gilgamesh

500

elite fighters in Persian Army

Imortals

India and China

100

trading routs across from one side of Eurasia to the other

Silk Road

200

philosophy with 2 balancing forces in nature

Daoism

300

approval for dynastic rule from divine power

Mandate of Heaven

400

Dynasty that required Civil Service Exam

Han

500

Original Holy Books of Hinduism

Vedas

Egypt

100

Egyptian form of writing

Hieroglyphics

200

cultish god who weighed peoples hearts compared to a feather

Osiris

300

brief monotheistic god

Aten

400

first pyramid pharoah

Zoser

500

largest pyramid's Pharoah

Knufu

Misc

100

religion where goal is to eliminate desire

Buddhism

200

time period before Qin Dynasty unified China

Warring States

300

religion that has men as leaders, not gods

Judaism

400

two things brought in by many conquering groups

bronze, horses, chariots

500

4 of the 7 great rivers of ancient civilizations

Tigris, Euphrates, Nile, Huang He (Yellow), Yangtze, Indus, Ganges