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Mesopotamia
Egypt
Mesoamerica
100
The worship of only one god.
What is monotheism?
100
Polytheism
What is the worship of many gods?
100
The name of the picture writing used by ancient Mesopotamians.
What is cuneiform?
100
Egyptians had to have a "light heart" to enter this place.
What is the Land of Two Fields?
100
Ancient Mesoamericans used two types of these - a sacred and a solar
What are calendars?
200
A professional writer
What is a scribe?
200
A mercenary
What is a hired soldier?
200
Hammurabi's Code
What is the first complete set of laws that were written down.
200
The Egyptians used this to make paper.
What is the papyrus plant?
200
The Mayans were the first people to use this in their calculations.
What is zero?
300
Conquest
What is the defeat of another group?
300
A ruling family
What is a dynasty?
300
He made a covenant to worship only one god.
Who is Abraham?
300
Pyramids, Valley of the Kings, and hidden tombs
What are places Egyptian pharaohs were buried?
300
The number that the Mayan counting system was based on
What is 20?
400
A city that is an individual unit, complete with its own form of government and traditions
What is a city-state?
400
A group of people that have a complex and organized society within a culture
What is a civilization?
400
This group of people created the first coins.
Who are the Lydians?
400
This discovery made it possible for archaeologists to decode Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
400
This was based on wealth and power
What is class system?
500
Society
What is an organized community with established rules and traditions?
500
Theocracy
What is a system of government in which the rulers are believed to represent the will of the gods?
500
The continent on which Mesopotamia was located.
What is Asia?
500
The continent on which Egypt is located.
What is Africa?
500
The continent on which Mesoamerica was located
What is South America?