River Valley Civilizations
This river valley was home to the ancient Egyptian civilization.
What is the Nile River?
Civilizations typically require this form of permanent living arrangement.
What are cities?
This code of laws is one of the oldest written legal systems, named after a Babylonian king.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
These monumental tombs were built for the pharaohs during the Old Kingdom
What are pyramids?
This seasonal wind pattern significantly influenced agriculture in ancient India.
What are monsoons?
This dynasty is credited with founding Chinese civilization and establishing the Mandate of Heaven.
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
The earliest known writing system, cuneiform, developed in this river valley.
What is the Sumer (Mesopotamia/Tigris-Euphrates) River Valley?
The development of organized systems of belief often centers around these institutions.
What are religions?
This Mesopotamian city-state is often considered the first urban civilization.
What is Sumer?
This queen ruled as pharaoh and commissioned extensive building projects, including her mortuary temple.
Who is Hapshepsut?
These twin cities were major urban centers of the Indus Valley Civilization.
What are Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa?
This philosophy, founded by Confucius, emphasizes respect for elders and proper conduct.
What is Confucianism?
The Harappan civilization developed along this river, now mostly in modern-day Pakistan.
What is the Indus River?
This innovation allows for record-keeping and communication across generations.
What is writing?
These seafaring people from the Levant developed the first widely used alphabet.
This was the doctrine by which Pharoahs ruled.
What is Ma'at?
This sacred language of ancient India was used in the Vedas.
What is Sanskrit?
This emperor of the Qin Dynasty is famous for unifying China and commissioning the Terracotta Army.
Who is Qin Shi Huang?
Known for its predictable flooding, this river nurtured ancient Chinese civilization.
What is the Yellow River (or Huang He)?
Advanced civilizations produce these kinds of projects, such as irrigation systems or ziggurats.
What are public works?
This empire, ruled by Cyrus the Great, is known for its policy of tolerance toward conquered peoples.
What is the Persian Empire?
The Rosetta Stone, which helped decode Egyptian hieroglyphs, contains inscriptions in Greek, Demotic, and this script.
What are hieroglyphics?
This concept of duty and morality is central to Indian religious thought.
What is dharma?
This Chinese invention revolutionized written communication.
What is paper?
This is the body of water into which the Nile river ends.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Civilizations often feature this hierarchical system of organizing people.
What are social classes?
This ancient Assyrian city was home to one of the earliest libraries.
Who is Nineveh?
This pharaoh attempted to right the wrong his father did to the Egyptian culture promoting monotheism by worshipping Aten, the sun disk
Who is King Tut?
This religion, which developed in ancient India, emphasizes non-violence and the Middle Way.
What is Buddhism?
This trade route connected China with the Middle East and Europe, facilitating cultural and economic exchange.
What is the Silk Road?