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This early city/civilization was 95% desert
Egypt
What did the earlier Egyptians paint on walls
The first Murals
Why did the gods want to flood the Earth in the Mesopotamian version of noahs ark
They wanted to wipe out humanity/sin
What is The religion that you believe in Many gods
Patriarchy
What is the Paleolithic age otherwise known as?
The old Stone Age
What were the four early civilizations and their rivers
The Mesopotamian civilization which was in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers the Egyptian civilization which was at the Nile river the Indian civilization which corresponded to the Indus River and ancient China which corresponded to Huang He Yellow river
What did the all of the early cities have in common?
They all settled near Rivers and good trade along those rivers
Who united upper and lower Egypt?
King Mendez
What were the people that traveled from place to place in search of food called
Nomads
What did Early humans use as a passport
Drawings and hieroglyphics on a cuneiform slate
About how long did the Akkadian empire last
The Akkadian empire lasted for 200 years
What did the early Egyptians build that was technically their form of temples
The pyramids
What does pharoh mean?
Great house or palace
Who was the First king of Mesopotamia
Hammurabi
What are ziggurats
They are early temples of Mesopotamia
What did Harappa have a lot of?
They had a lot of canal systems linking the city together also they had a plethora of ancient rune mazes and a lot of agriculture as well
What was Mesopotamia known as
The land between two rivers
What is the busier in charge of?
He is in charge of bureaucracy and numerous departments
What did the nomads supposedly accidentally discover
Fire
What is an animal that walks on 2 feet called
Bipedal
why did Mohenjo Daro change over time
Due to tectonic plates the river was changing constantly along with the city itself
What were some of the jobs of men and women in the early cities
Men would probably work in the fields while women stayed back to care for the child or household duties and if necessary would help the men out in the fields
What is Dholavira surrounded By and what happened to it?
Dholarvira was surrounded by salt water it had the first sewer systems as well as reservoirs and the water source dried up because it was invaded
What was the first form of writing
Cuneiform/Hyglypics
Between what two rivers is Mesopotamia located?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers