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100
What were the first settlers of this area called? (Fertile Crescent)
Who are the Sumerians
100

Why is the Nile considered a gift?

What is without the Nile, Egypt would be nothing but desert

100
What is the oldest known legal system?
What is Hammurabi's Code or The Code of Hammurabi
100

What rivers existed in the early India civilizations?

What are Indus and Ganges

100
Define prehistory
What is the time before writing
200
What was their system of writing?
What is cuneiform
200
What did the Egyptians call their kings?
What is Pharaohs
200

What was Hammurabi's Code written on?

What are Stone tablets

200

What was at the center of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro?

What is Capitol Hill

200
Define nomadic
What is constantly moving from one place to another in search of food
300
Name one of their inventions
What is wheel, arch, plow, sailboat, cuneiform
300
What type of writing did the Egyptians use?
What is Heiroglyphics
300

What is the phrase that represents Hammurabi's code?

What is Eye for an eye

300

What invention were the Indus known to have invented?

Sewers

300
Describe the Neolithic Revolution
What is The change when people stopped hunting and gathering and started growing food and domesticating animals
400
What does Mesopotamia mean?
What is "the land between the rivers"
400
Which "rock" made it possible for us to read Hieroglyphics?
What is the Rosetta Stone
400
What are some characteristics of Hammurabi's Code?
What is strict, harsh, clear, "an eye for an eye"
400

Why do we believe Indus were good engineers?

What are Well-organized cities

400

What is an advanced form of human culture that includes writing, living in cities, art and architecture, and religious values?

What is a civilization

500

Eventually Mesopotamia was conquered and turned into empires. Name 3 of them.

What are Assyrian, Akkadian, Hittite, Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian

500

Where were many of the pharaohs hidden when buried to avoid grave robbery?

What is Valley of the Kings

500

Who didn't Hammurabi's Code treat equally?

Who are women or poor

500

What is the name for a special regard for a certain animal, in this case a cow?

What is Veneration

500
Define cultural diffusion
What is to spread ideas and culture among many different people