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100
This river flooded regularly and predictably in an area that is a desert and sees no rain.
What is the Nile
100

What egyptian writing form was reserved for sacred things?

Hieroglyphics

100
This building innovation made agriculture and habitation along the rich floodplain of the Indus River possible after 6,000 years ago
What is flood control in the form of encompassing village walls
100
This Egyptian structure was thought to be the Pharaoh's "ladder" to the afterlife.
What is a pyramid?
200
A changing river course could have contributed to the downfall of this civilization.
What is the Indus River Valley civilization.
200
This was likely the first writing system ever invented.
What is Sumerian cuneiform?
200

We know the Indus RVC had well organized governments because the cities Mohenjo Daro and Harappa had __________. 

Plumbing and Sewage systems. 

200
During the "Old Kingdom" in Egypt, the Pharaoh was thought to be this god's manifestation on earth.
What is Ra or Ra/Horakhtv
300
This river valley was the setting for both the Lung-shan and Shang dynasty civilizations.
What is the Huang ho or Yellow River valley?
300

What form of writing did the Aryan civilization use?

Sanskrit

300

This was the earliest code of law that focused on "eye for and eye" justice.

Hammurabi's Code

300

These structures were created for ancient mesopotamian religions.

Ziggurats
400
This could have been the man-made cause of desertification and erosion in the Indus River Valley.
What is overgrazing and deforestation (de-shrubbing?) for fueling pottery kilns.
400

This artifact was found and helped decipher egyptian Hieroglyphics.

The Rosetta Stone

400
This technology was key to expanding and prolonging agricultural production on the Nile flood plain, especially in years of reduced flooding.
What is irrigation?
400

What was the name of Gilgamesh's enemy turned friend and why did he die?

Enkidu, killing the holy bull 

500
The name for this ancient civilization derives from the Greek for "between two rivers."
What is Mesopotamia? (Tigris and Euphrates rivers)
500
This term describes the first instances of Chinese writing, which were found inscribed on animal shoulder-blades.
What is the oracle-bone script?
500
By 1700 B.C. this technological "age" was well underway in China.
What is the Bronze Age?
500
This Egyptian religious concept and sometimes deity represented order, harmony, truth, and justice.
What is ma'at?