Mesopotamia
Temples at the center of every city in Mesopotamia.
What are ziggurats?
The ancient Egyptians believed the tears of the goddess Isis made this river rise.
What is the Nile river?
The country whose name derives from the Indus river.
The dynasty known for an impressive mausoleum of terracotta soldiers.
What is the Qin dynasty?
This Babylonian ruler is famous for making one of the earliest legal codes.
Who is Hammurabi?
The "two rivers" that Mesopotamia is between.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
The process of preserving the body for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
The 2 main cities of the Indus river valley.
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
What are the Yellow and Yangtze rivers?
Ramses II or Ramses the Great
Often synonymous with Mesopotamia, this region includes the Eastern Mediterranean and sometimes Egypt.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The 3 regions of the Nile river generally associated with Egypt; one with the delta, one with the second cataract, and the 3rd farther south with access to precious metals.
Three architectural features unique to the cities of the Indus river valley.
The dynasty that ruled China during the Bronze age.
What is the Shang dynasty?
Three sages of ancient China who are foundational to Chinese philosophy and religion.
The writing system of ancient Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
One Old, one New; one lower, one upper; the two capitals of Egypt.
What are Memphis and Thebes.
Name 4 empires in the history of India.
In chronological order: Persian Empire, Mauryan Empire, Gupta Empire, Mughal Empire, and British Empire.
A period of great conflict but philosophical blossoming in ancient China.
What is the Warring States period?
Who are Nebuchadnezzar and Ashurbanipal?
Name 5 cities in ancient Mesopotamia.
What are Babylon, Ur, Eridu, Uruk, Ninevah and more!
Picture based writing associated with ancient Egypt.
What are hieroglyphics?
The great empire that connected the Indus river valley to Mesopotamia and Egypt, encouraging trade in the 6th century BCE.
What is the Persian Empire?
Considered a Golden Age in Chinese history, what dynasty traveled westward, establishing the Silk Road trade network?
What is the Han dynasty?
This New Kingdom pharaoh was buried with a version of the game Senet, that our classroom version is a replica of.
Who is Hatshepsut?