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Pre-History
Ancient Middle East
Egypt
India
China
100
scholars who study and write about the past
What is a Historian
100
was the first civilization
What is Sumer
100
This river flows north, and allowed for the development of one of the word's first civilizations
What is the Nile
100
social structure of India
What is the Caste system
100
the river in which China was formed around, and which is known as the "river of sorrows"
What is Huang River
200
items left behind from previous eras and are studied to learn details of the past such as; clothing, coins, tools
What are Artifacts
200
this is the place known as the Fertile Crescent and the Cradle of Civilization
What is Mesopotamia
200
term representing the value of the Nile's flooding to the Egyptians
What is the Gift of the Nile
200
river that allowed India to develop
What is Indus River
200
the Chinese process for establishing government rule
What is Dynastic Cycle
300
the period in which people developed farming techniques that resulted in food surplus, and permanent civilizations
What is Neolithic
300
the first developed systems of writing
What is cuneiform
300
ancient Egyptian writing
What are hieroglyphics
300
believed to exist in all things, this is the major God of Hindus
What is Brahman
300
a brilliant Chinese scholar whose reputation as a teacher led to a large following
Who is Confucius
400
the main feature of civilizations
What are cities
400
the first system of coded law
What is Hammurabi's Code
400
title for an Egyptian King
What is Pharaoh
400
founder of Buddhism and is known as the Enlightened One
What Siddhartha Gautama
400
a physical symbol of Chinese distrust of outsiders
What is the The Great Wall of China
500
these are part of civilizations and include; government and religious institutions.
What are complex organizations
500
the two rivers that made allowed Mesopotamia to develop
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
500
an ancient tablet that had the same inscription written in three languages and allowed archaeologists to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone
500
where all Buddhists hope to make it to
What is Nirvana
500
Uniquely different than other ancient civilizations, the Chinese used this material to construct their homes
What is Wood