The Stone Age
Who lives in caves and overhangs?
Paleolithic
What empire initially united the city-states?
Akkadian Empire
What were the rulers called in Egypt?
Pharaohs
When did the Indus Valley Civilization decline and what happened to these people?
The Indus Valley Civilization began to decline around 1800 BCE. The people that lived there left and abandoned it to find a better place.
What was the other language that was before modern Chinese?
Shang
Who are the three tribes in the stone age?
Neolithic, Paleolithic, and Mesopotamia
How long was Mesopotamia inhabited?
12,000 years
What is the process of making a mummy?
Mummification
So what were some distinguishing characteristics of the Indus Valley civilization?
The Indus Valley people were very peaceful, had little evidence of warfare, and no weapons.
What material did the Chinese use to record?
Oracle Bone
Paleolithic and Mesopotamia had better knowledge. True or False.
False
How did the writing system start out?
It started out with pictures drawn on wet clay then it turns into a writing system.
What were the two regions that were divided into two?
Upper Egypt (Upstream) and lower Egypt (Downstream)
How do the people know about the Indus Valley Civilization?
Archaeologists
Who created paper?
Ts’ai Lun
Who created Agriculture?
Neolithic
What does Mesopotamia do in their daily lives?
Most Mesopotamian people were farmers living outside the city walls. All of Mesopotamia's social classes lived in the city, including the nobility, the royals, and their families, priests and priestesses, free commoners, clients of the nobility or temples and slaves.
Why were the vast majority of ancient civilizations centered around river valleys?
Because they’re flat, well-watered, and when it floods they deposit nutrient-rich silt.
Why were the vast majority of ancient civilizations centered around river valleys?
Because they’re flat, well-watered, and when it floods they deposit nutrient-rich silt.
Why was the great wall of china built?
The wall was built to help keep out northern invaders like the Mongols.
How Agriculture help the stone age?
It helped them having a stable food supply changed the way people lived. once they no longer had to travel to find food, they built permanent villages. farmers were able to produce large harvests so that fewer people needed to farm.
What was developed as a result of the Babylonian’s study of the sky?
They created the zodiac and the seven days a week.
What helped propel their civilizations into success?
Mathematics, written language, and previous system propelled the people to success.
Where is it located?
Pakistan
What is ancient China known for?
Gunpowder, paper, printing, and the compass are sometimes called the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China.