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Egyptian god of the afterlife and the Nile
Who is Osiris?
100
two rivers between which Mesopotamia is located
What is Tigris-Euphrates?
100
the Chinese name for the Yellow River
What is Huang Ye or Huang River?
100
a form of paper invented by Egyptians
What is papyrus?
100
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What is ?
200
a metal stronger than bronze and copper and used by the Hittites for weapons
What is iron?
200
created the world's first empire in Mesopotamia
Who is Sargon?
200
the Himalayan Mountains are an example of this, which also prevents cultural diffusion
What is a natural barrier?
200
this civilization created mummification
What is Egypt?
300
book of spells used by the Egyptians to guide them to the afterlife
What is "The Book of the Dead"?
300
another term for Mesopotamia that describes why people may have chosen to settle there in the first place
What is fertile crescent?
300
the present-day countries in which Mesopotamia is located
What are Iran/Iraq?
300
this civilization invented plumbing and sewer systems
What is the Indus River Valley Civilization?
400
the organizational structure of a government
What is a bureaucracy?
400
the first civilization in Mesopotamia
What is Sumer?
400
Egypt's location, adjacent to these two seas, promoted cultural diffusion
What are the Red and Mediterranean Seas?
400
this civilization invented coins with holes in them, which could be carried on a string
What is the Zhou Dynasty or Ancient China?
500
Persian ruler who introduced a money economy to replace the barter economy
Who is Darius?
500
Mesopotamian civilization that introduced the Code of Hammurabi
What is Babylon?
500
the present-day country in which the Indus River Valley is located
What is Pakistan?
500
this civilization may have been the first to use the wheelbarrow and the pottery wheel
What is Sumeria?