Mesopotamia
What did the Tigris and Euphrates River form?
Fertile Crescent
What was the "Life Blood" of Egypt?
Nile River
What are the 3 major religions of India?
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
What were the 2 main rivers of China?
The Huang He river and Chang Jiang River
What is a polis?
a term for a city-state in Ancient Greece
What was the large step shaped temple?
Ziggurat
What were reed plants used for?
Papyrus
Aryan tribes were lead by who?
a Raja
What was the main trading route?
The Silk Road
What attracted scholars to Alexandria?
Library's
What was the oldest known story over 4000 years old?
Epic of Gilgamesh
Who encouraged trade with surrounding people?
Hatshepsut
what were the people in the lowest class called?
untouchables
Who was the king of the first empire?
Sargon
What was black land (fertile soil)?
Kemet
Gupta kings encouraged trade with what 4 civilizations?
China,Southeast Asia, mesopotamia and Egypt.
What were all of the empires of Mesopotamia?
Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans
What was "The Book of The Dead"?
spells and prayer to prepare for the afterlife
why did the varna social structure develop
Because the economy.