Egypt
A tool to decipher hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone
The name for the land between two rivers.
What is Mesopotamia
Early civilization that used oracle bones.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
an independent city with its own government
What is a city state?
a method of directing water to crops.
The gift of the Nile.
What is fertile soil?
First written laws establishing justice.
What is Hammurabi's Code
Used to justify rule by Chinese emperors, claimed divine approval.
What is the mandate of Heaven
The Phoenicians greatest contribution to civilization.
What is the alphabet?
Extra goods or foods.
What is a surplus?
The first writing system
What is Cuneiform
The first civilization in Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer?
worship of many gods
What is polytheism?
The first metal used by humans.
What is copper?
Trading goods without money.
What is barter?
Used as tombs for pharaohs.
What are the pyramids?
A temple in Mesopotamia
What is a ziggurat?
What is the Yellow River?
Used to write on by Egyptian people.
What is papyrus?
New stone age.
What is Neo-lithic?
The river that supported ancient Egyptian Civilization.
What is the Nile River.
The writing system of the Indus Valley.
What is Indus Script?
A ruling family that sits the throne for generations.
What is a dynasty?
Tools that allowed early farmers to expand agriculture.
What are irrigation systems?
a human-made object from the past.
What is an artifact?