Nile River Valley
Where is the Nile river located at?
North Africa (Egypt)
What are some inventions of the Mesopotamia people?
wagon wheel, bronze, plow, math, geometry, sundial
Where is this located at today?
Modern day Pakistan
Yellow (Huang He) and Ganges
What is monotheism?
Belief in one god
What makes up the Nile River Valley?
Upper and Lower Egypt.
What two rivers make up the Mesopotamian civilization?
The Tigris and Euphrates.
What river is this civilization located on?
Indus River
What was Mandate of Heaven?
Gave rulers a way to overthrow dynasties
What geographic feature do Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China all have in common?
Rivers
What was the Rosetta Stone?
Translated hieroglyphics
Around what time did the earliest Ancient civilization exist?
≈5-6 thousand years ago
How did we know that they had a central government?
well planned cities, grid systems, uniform housing, and sewer system
How was Mandate of Heaven and the Dynastic Cycle connected?
New dynasty, everything good, gets old, stops working as hard, dynasty loses Mandate of Heaven, new dynasty takes over.
What is Polytheism?
Belief in more than one god
__________: writing system of Egypt
Hieroglyphics
What was Mesopotamia's writing form?
cuniform
Capital city?
Mohenjo-Daro
Two official dynasties of China?
Shang and Zhou
What does exile mean?
made to leave
Who was King Menes?
united upper and lower Egypt
What is considered the first written law code?
Hammurabi's Code
What is Diaspora?
The spreading or movement of people away from their homeland; dispersion
What is feudalism?
A system where government gave lords land to rule but owed the king military service and support.
Where is Mesopotamia located...modern day?
Iraq