Egypt
What river was vital for Egypt?
What is the Nile River
What is cuneiform?
System of writing with wedge-shaped symbols
What was a significant feature of Indus Valley cities
What is the Huang He?
A major river in China (Yellow River)
What is Gobekli Tepe?
What are hieroglyphics?
What was the system of writing using symbols?
What is Hammurabi's Code?
One of the oldest deciphered writings, an ancient legal code
The civilization was centered on the ____________ River.
Indus River
What was perhaps the most important virtue?
Describe what was discovered and the object there.
Stone T-shaped pillars with carvings
What were the god-kings of Egypt?
Who were Pharaohs?
What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
What current nations did the Indus Valley cover?
India and Pakistan
How did isolation affect ancient China?
It led to belief they were the center of the civilized world
What time period did Gobekli Tepe predate?
The Neolithic Revolution
What writing material did Egyptians create?
papyrus
Mesopotamia is part of the _____________ Crescent
Various reasons have been offered, including river system changes and enviromental factors
What did the Chinese refer to themselves as?
The Middle Kingdom
Which ancient civilization built Gobekli Tepe, or do we not know?
We don't really know
What are the pyramids?
Monumental structures built as tombs for pharaohs
Mesopotamia was home to one of the most significant early empires before the Greeks and Romans. Name one.
Sumerian and/or Babylonian
What is the mystery surrounding the Indus Valley?
The exact reasons for its demise remain unknown
What is collectivism?
The group is more important than the individual
How did Gobekli Tepe challenge previous theories?
It suggests that humans were capable of building complex structure before "settling down".