Paleo-Neo
Paleo means....
Old Stone
What 2 rivers did the Mesopotamian Civilization grow beside?
Tigris and Euphrates
The Egyptian Civilization grew along the banks of what river?
Nile
The earliest civilization in India occurred next to what river?
Indus River
What is the next Early River Valley Civilization that we are going to talk about?
China
Neo means...
New Stone
What was the earliest form of writing in Mesopotamia known as?
Cuneiform
What were Egyptian Kings and Queens called?
Pharaohs
What 2 mountain ranges border the Indus River Valley?
Hindu-Kush
Himalayas
What is the only Monotheistic (one God) religion that we have talked about so far?
Judaism
Shift from hunter-gatherer lifestyle to farming and domesticating animals
Neolithic Revolution
The 1st Recorded Rules of Law were found in Mesopotamia. What were they called?
Hammurabi's Code
In which direction does the Nile river flow?
What body of water does the Nile flow into?
North
Mediterranean Sea
What were the 2 Major cities in the Indus Civilization?
Harappa
Mohenjo-Daro
What physical feature sits in-between Mesopotamia and Egypt?
Sinai Peninsula
Moving from place to place following the migration patterns of animals
Nomadic
What city-State in Mesopotamia was the 1st to rise to power?
Sumer or the Sumerians
What was early Egyptian writing called?
Hieroglyphics
What evidence of advanced technology do we see in the ruins of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
3 things...
-Indoor Plumbing
-Brick Houses and Streets
-Streets built on a grid system
What is the Aryan social system called
Caste System
After the Neolithic Revolution, what happened to the human population size? Why?
Increased
-More food to feed more mouths
In what region of Asia did the Fertile Crescent exist?
Southwest Asia
What allowed the Egyptians to create a yearly calendar?
The predictable flooding of the Nile River every year
The early Indus people were replaced by Aryans from the north. What writing system did the Aryans bring into India?
Sanskrit
List the 5 characteristics of Civilization
-Advanced Cities
-Complex Institutions
-Specialized Workers
-Record Keeping
-Advanced Technology