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Mesopotamia
Egypt
Indo-China
Prehistory
Religions
100
The two rivers that form the boundaries of the region Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
100
The river that the early Egyptian civilizations were based around.
What is the Nile?
100
The mysterious civilization the emerged along the Indus River.
What is the Harappan civilization?
100
The first metal humans learned to work with.
What is Copper?
100
The early form of religion which was the worship of animals and/or inanimate objects.
What is animism?
200
The Sumerian style of writing.
What is cuneiform?
200
The writing style used by early Egyptian civilizations?
What are hieroglyphs?
200
The early civilization that outlasted all the others.
What is the Chinese civilization?
200
The nomadic agricultural life-style based on herding domestic animals.
What is Pastoralism?
200
The oldest major religion, which was founded in ancient India.
What is Hinduism?
300
The first written law that was Draconian in nature.
What is Hammurabi's code?
300
The ceremonial process for preserving noble Egyptians for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
300
The river the early civilization in what is today China developed around.
What is the Yellow River?
300
The revolution that was the transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture.
What is the Agrarian Revolution?
300
The type of mythology, which was popularized on the island of Crete.
What is Greek mythology?
400
The great epic that came out of early Mesopotamian civilization.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
400
The status pharaohs held that greatly enhanced their power.
What is a God?
400
One of the first forms early Chinese writing took?
What are scratches on oracle bones or knotted ropes?
400
A major Neolithic city found in Turkey containing an accurate map of the city.
What is Catal Huyuk?
400
The God of the monotheistic Israeli people?
Who is Yahweh?
500
The people who invaded and conquered the Sumerians?
Who are the Akkadians?
500
Pharaoh who tried and failed to change Egyptian religion from polytheism to monotheism.
Who is Akhenaton?
500
The Indo-European people that overwhelmed the Harappan civilization.
Who are the Aryans?
500
The oldest known predecessor to mankind was names after this song.
What is Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds?
500
The Egyptian Sun God.
Who is Ra?