The Earliest Human Societies
A member of a group of people who have no set home but move from place to place
What are nomads?
A life believed to follow death
What is afterlife?
the area of Southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
the pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties
a government in which people elect leaders and representatives
What is a republic?
People's application of knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their need
What is technology?
A king of ancient Egypt
What is a pharaoh?
an ancient region of Southern Mesopotamia, in which civilization arose around 3300 B.C.
What is Sumer
Legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism
What are three philosophies from Ancient China?
one of the wealthy landowners who held the highest positions in government in ancient Rome
What is a patrician?
To raise and tend to be of use to humans
What is the meaning of domesticate?
To preserve a body after death
What does embalm mean?
an area of rich soil in the Middle East, stretching from the Mediterranean Sea through Mesopotamia to the Persian Gulf
What is the Fertile Crescent?
an investigation of the basic truths about the universe, based on logical reasoning
What is a philosophy?
What is a plebian?
An amount produced in excess of what is needed
What is a surplus?
The pharaoh Khufu
Who ordered the Great Pyramid of Giza to be built?
a belief in many Gods and goddesses
What is polytheism
a Chinese dynasty that begun in 202 B.C. by Liu Bang, which reunified China
What is the Han Dynasty?
a governing body of ancient Rome, made up of 300 members who advised Roman leaders
What is a Senate?
the cultivation of soil to produce useful crops
What is agriculture?
Pharaoh, Priests and Nobles, Scribes and Government Officials, Craftspeople and Merchants, Farmers, Laborers and Slaves
What are the Egyptian social classes?
an ancient writing system developed by the Sumerians, made up of wedge-shaped markings
What is Cuneiform?
respect for one's parents and ancestors - an important teaching of Confucianism
What is the Filial Piety?
a pipe or channel that carries water from a distant source to a city
What is an aqueduct?