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Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus River Valley (India)
Huang River Valley (China)
Miscellaneous
100
these ancient people filled the pharaohs' tombs with treasures for the afterlife
Who were the Egyptians?
100
the Israelites' religion was different because they believed in one god
What is monotheism?
100
the belief of birth, death, rebirth
What is reincarnation?
100
Shihuangdi helped to unify China by setting up a single system of
What is writing?
100
during th Shang dynasty, in ancient China, these people owned land
Who were the nobles?
200
the pharaoh who unified Egypt
Who was Menes?
200
the ancient Sumerians invented this technology
What is the wheel?
200
the teachings of Siddartha Gautama were the basis of this religion
What is Buddhism?
200
during the Han dynasty he created great schools of learning
Who was Wudi?
200
Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations were ________because they all developed irrigation systems for agriculture
What is similar?
300
Egypt's economy was based on
What is agriculture?
300
structure used for worshipping gods and goddesses in Mesopotamia
What is a ziggurat?
300
this clue makes historians think that Mohenjo-Daro had a strong government
What is a sewer system ?
300
Chinese system of writing ________over time
What is changed?
300
the best place to build a civilization
What is a delta?
400
Egyptian farmers watered their crops using this technology
What is irrigation?
400
the first written set of laws
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
400
laws and duties of members of each caste as described in the Vedas
What is dharma?
400
the Shang people used these to predict the future
What are oracle bones?
400
tombs for pharaohs
What are pyramids?
500
the key that helped historians understand hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
500
holy book that describes how Abraham traveled from Mesopotamia to Canaan and made a covenant with God
What is the Bible?
500
the Indus River was used for _____ and _____
What is trade and transportation?
500
in China, farmers produced excellent harvests of their crops because of
What is silt?
500
Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations all developed along
What are rivers?