Ancient
Without this river, Egypt would be nothing but desert
The Nile River
Seasonal winds that dominate India's climate
monsoons
The Egyptian government was run by one ruler which was known as a _______.
monarchy
Period of time where humans were hunter gatherers
Paleolithic
What was the system of writing in Mesopotamia?
What is cuneiform
Chinese name for the Yellow River
Huang He
Type of government in which rule is based on religious authority
Theocracy
What is constantly moving from one place to another in search of food
nomadic
Term for belief in many gods
Term for belief in one god
Polytheism
Monotheism
Series of rulers from a single family is referred to as a
Dynasty
Yellowish silt it produced
What is The change when people stopped hunting and gathering and started growing food and domesticating animals
Neolithic
Who was the king of Egypt of unified upper and lower Egypt?
King Narmer
in ancient Mesopotamia, a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple
What is a ziggurat
The two major cities in the Indus River Valley were
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
Ancient Chinese system of writing, which is still used today.
What is the Pictographs
the development if skills in a specific kind of work
specialization
Sumer was made up of what?
(independent sovereign states that self-governed)
What is multiple, independent city-states
The earliest written code of law was
Hammurabi's Code
Process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another
Cultural diffusion
an ancient Chinese philosophical concept that granted a ruler the divine right to rule China, provided they governed justly and wisely
Mandate of Heaven
Professional record keepers were called
scribes