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"the land between two rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
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The Indus River Valley was located in what is now...
What are Pakistan and India?
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The Huang-He River Valley was located in...
What is China?
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People in Egypt lived along this river, which is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
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Redirecting water from sources such as lakes and rivers to farms and homes.
What is Irrigation?
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A temple used to worship the gods in Sumer.
What is a Ziggurat?
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The people of this civilization lived along this river.
What is the Indus River?
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These were two natural barriers that kept China isolated from other civilizations.
What are mountains and deserts?
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A triangle area of land where a river splits into smaller rivers, creating a large area of fertile land.
What is a Delta?
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This ancient settlement, located in England, is famous for the mystery behind its creation.
What is Stonehenge?
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The first written language; invented in Sumer.
What is Cuneiform?
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The cities of the Indus River Valley were more advanced than other civilization mostly because they had...
What is plumbing and sewage systems?
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Dynasties were selected by _________________________.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
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These leaders were seen as political leaders and gods.
What are Pharaohs?
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This is what we call the exchange of goods and IDEAS when two or more cultures meet.
What is Cultural Diffusion?
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Centralized governments were used in each of Sumer's...
What are City-States?
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The two most successful cities of the Indus River Valley were...
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
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These objects were used to ask ancestors important questions.
What are Oracle Bones?
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In Egypt, people didn't have to stay in one social class because they had...
What is Social Mobility?
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The process of cutting down plants to make fertilizer and space for farming.
What is Slash-and-Burn Farming?
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Mesopotamia was located between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
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The three most common specialized jobs were...
What are farmers, merchants, and artisans?
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This was the process through which dynasties gained and lost power.
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
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The economy in Egypt was based on these two very important things.
What is trade and agriculture?
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What does each letter of STAIRs stand for?
What is S-Specialized Workers, T-Technology, A-Advanced Cities, I-Institutions, and R-Record Keeping?