Mesopotamia
What did unpredictable flooding in Mesopotamia cause?
Destruction and Death
What was the purpose of embalming?
To prepare the body for a trip to the afterlife and taught them about the human body
What famous mountain did the Himalayan Mountains contain?
Mount Everest
How did Buddhism come to China?
Along the Silk Road from India
Where do the Greece people think their gods live?
Mount Olympus
What is a large, step shaped temple?
Ziggurat
What was papyrus used for?
Rope, sandals, and paper
What three main religions are in India?
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism
What were some of the inventions in Early China?
compass, paper, waterwheel, and metal plow
Who were the famous philosophers?
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Alexander the Great
What are the 4 empires of Mesopotamia?
Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans
What were the three dynasties?
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom
What people created the symbol for zero?
Guptas
What did Zhou emperors believed give them power?
Mandate of Heaven
What was a Oligarchy?
A government ruled by a small group of citizens
What occupation did most people have?
Farmers
What did Egypt demand from defeated people?
Tributes
What places did the Gupta kings encourage trade with?
China, Southeast Asia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt
What road connected China to Europe
What is an Agora?
market place in the center of a city-state, used for government, trade, education,
What was the largest social class and why?
Middle class because they mostly had farmers.
What rights did women gain?
Divorce
What is the lowest class in India?
Untouchables
What did aristocrats own and pass down to their sons?
Land
What were helots?
captured and enslaved people in Sparta