Mesopotamia
Egypt
Babylonians
Indus River Valley
Other
100
What were the first settlers of this area called? (Fertile Crescent)
Who are the Sumerians
100
Why is the Nile considered a gift?
What is without the Nile, Egypt would be nothing but desert
100
What is the oldest known legal system?
What is Hammurabi's Code or The Code of Hammurabi
100
What type of crops were grown?
Farmed wheat, barley, melons, dates
100
Define prehistory
What is the time before writing
200
What was their system of writing?
What is cuneiform
200
What did the Egyptians call their kings?
What is Pharaohs
200
Why were the Babylonians said to have treated their women fairly? (This was unheard of at the time)
What is Babylonian women could own property and engage in business
200
Describe their culture.
CULTURE
Peaceful → few weapons
Hinduism Artifacts
Economy, Not Military
200
Define nomadic
What is constantly moving from one place to another in search of food
300
Name one of their inventions
What is wheel, arch, plow, sailboat, cuneiform
300
What type of writing did the Egyptians use?
What is Heiroglyphics
300
What Sumerian literature do "The Babylonian Epics" resemble?
What is "The Gilgamesh Legends"
300
Who were the aryans
Indo-European people
Migrate into India through Khyber Pass around 1750 BC
Begins the Vedic Age based on the Vedas
300
Describe the Neolithic Revolution
What is The change when people stopped hunting and gathering and started growing food and domesticating animals
400
What does Mesopotamia mean?
What is "the land between the rivers"
400
Which "rock" made it possible for us to read Hieroglyphics?
What is the Rosetta Stone
400
What are some characteristics of Hammurabi's Code?
What is strict, harsh, clear, "an eye for an eye"
400
Why were Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro considered to be so ahead of its time in terms of cities?
Both had a well-planned grid pattern
Built with standard size bricks & with extensive plumbing systems
Seals
400
What is an advanced form of human culture that includes writing, living in cities, and are skilled in science and technology AKA: a complex, highly organized social order
What is a civilization
500
Sumer was made up of what?
What is multiple, independent city-states
500
Osiris is god of...?
the deceased
500
What did the Babylonian's work in astrology allow them to discover?
What is they were able to recognize planets and foretell eclipses
500
From top to bottom explain the Caste System
500
Define cultural diffusion
What is to spread ideas and culture among many different people