Rivers
Deposits soil, fishing, protection, transportation
What are some benefits living by a river?
This process was invented to help water crops
What is Irrigation
This process was used by the Egyptians to preserve the dead
What is mummification
This region is considered a subcontinent
What is India
This allowed Ancient China to be self reliant
What is Geographic Isolation
Flooding, drought
What are some problems depending on a river
This form of witting was used to create records of crops
What is Cunniform
Ruled Egypt as a god-king
Who were the pharaohs
Well organized grid system in a city is the result of this
What is a strong central government
This social structure was the center of Chinese society
What is the Family
This mineral deposited by rivers was used to preserve food
What is salt
This was a temple built to pay tribute to the gods
What is a ziggurat?
This is a type of government in which rule is based on religion
What is Theocracy
Evidence of toys in ancient india suggest this the Indians had this
What is leisure time
This was the rise and fall of the Chinese ruling kingdoms
What is Dynastic Cycle
This is the longest river in the world and flows south to north
What is the Nile River
Means "belief in many gods"
This was the egyptian writing system
What are Hieroglyphics?
This is a sacred animal in India
What is a cow
The belief that the Chinese rulers were blessed or cursed by the gods
What is the Mandate of Heaven
This is the end of a river where is deposits in to an ocean or larger body of water
What is a Delta
These two rivers are the "potamia" in Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
This was the material Egyptians wrote on
What is Papyrus?
Indian artifacts can be found all over the ancient world suggesting this
What was Indian trade
What is Silk