Geography
This was named for its arching, Crescent shape and its rich land that was ideal for agriculture.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Ur, Uruk, Umma and Lagash surrounded the landscape of Mesopotamia.
What are city-states?
These were strong seasonal winds.
What are monsoons?
This dynasty came to power in 1600 BC and established a social hierarchy with a king at the top and peasant farmers at the bottom.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
Instead of words, ancient civilizations used these to communicate.
What are pictographs?
Those that inhabited Mesopotamia were called this.
What are Sumerians?
The Sumerians believed in many Gods that were all powerful and had human emotions.
What is polytheistic?
These were fortified buildings that overlook other buildings and are further evidence of a system of defense.
What are citadels?
This dynasty overthrew the Shang and ruled for the next 800 years.
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
This language was used by Mesopotamia and made of small tablets of wet clay.
What is Cuneiform?
These mountain are home to 8 out of 10 of the world's tallest peaks.
What are the Himalayas?
This ruler conquered both upper and lower Mesopotamia and ruled them as one kingdom.
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
The nomadic warriors brought a set of new beliefs that would form the basis for the world's largest faith.
What is Hinduism?
An economic system in which kings or rulers granted land to subjects in exchange for the subject working the land to grow crops.
What is Feudalism?
This form of writing that means "sacred carving" in ancient Greek.
What are heiroglyphics?
These farming dynasties were formed along China's two major river systems.
What are the Chiang Jiang and the Huang He Rivers
Property transactions, theft, and divorce were rules laid out by this.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
This is a group of Indo-Europeans.
What are the Aryans?
This was the blessing on the Gods that was developed in Zhou China.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This would be an object that has been able to help them decipher the cryptic language.
What is a "Rosetta stone"?
What is Ancient China?
This means "The Land Between the Rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
Concluded by scholars that these civilizations traded with one another.
What are Harappa and Mesopotamia?
Between 1027 and 256 B.C. this period was characterized by warring feudal lords fighting for control of land.
What is the Warring States Period?
These small pieces of animal bones consist of softened bone such as rhinoceros horns or toriouse shells.
What are oracle bones?