Egypt
This river flows northward through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
Nile River
This belief states that there is only one God.
Monotheism
This ancient Indus Valley city was laid out in a grid pattern and had an advanced drainage system.
Mohenjo-Daro
This Hindu belief states that a person's actions affect their place in their next life.
This river is also known as the Yellow River.
Huang He
This period of Egyptian history was known for its great building projects.
Old Kingdom
These are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
Torah
These seasonal winds bring heavy summer rainfall and drier winter conditions to South Asia.
Monsoons
These Buddhist teachings explain suffering, its cause, and how it can be overcome.
Four noble truths
This political theory claimed that rulers received their right to rule from a divine source.
Mandate of Heaven
scrolls that served as a guide for the afterlife in ancient Egypt
The Book of the Dead
This Babylonian king conquered Jerusalem and exiled the Jews.
Nebuchadnezzar
This Mauryan ruler that established the empire eventually gave up violence and became a monk.
Chandragupta Maurya
This Chinese philosophy stressed moral behavior as a way to create an orderly society and stable government.
Confucianism
carved with written characters which were used for telling the future
oracle bones
This ruler united Upper and Lower Egypt and created Egypt's first dynasty.
Menes
An ancient name for the land of Israel
Canaan
These messages carved on rocks and pillars promoted nonviolence, religious tolerance, kindness, and respect.
Ashoka's edicts
philosophical school of thought that argued human beings are naturally self-interested and that social order can only be achieved through strict laws, absolute state authority, and severe punishments.
Legalism
This dynasty introduced the concept of "the dynastic cycle" and developed a feudal system of government.
Zhou
This New Kingdom female pharaoh expanded Egypt through trade.
Hatshepsut
the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel
Diaspora
This empire represented a Golden Age of India and restored Hinduism while allowing villages some local power.
Gupta
This Hindu concept describes liberation from the endless cycle of rebirth.
Moksha
The emperor that established the first centralized imperial government through legalism, which ended the warring states period. He also commissioned much of the building of the Great Wall.
Shi Huangdi