Prehistory
Human-made object such as tools and jewelry
What is an artefact?
Arc of rich farmland between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Indo-European group who occupied Anatolia
Who are the Hittites?
Pharaoh of Egypt who invested their energy into establishing a flourishing trade network rather than military campaigns
Who is Hatshepsut?
Form of writing used in Sumer
What is cuneiform?
Discovered by Donald Johanson in Ethiopia in 1974
What is Lucy?
Two challenges of Mesopotamia
What are unpredictable flooding, lack of natural barriers, and lack of natural resources?
Social system formed as the Aryans settled into the subcontinent of India
What is the caste system?
Nubian kingdom which took over Egypt and established their own dynasty on the throne of Egypt
What is Kush?
Stepped temple of Sumer
What is a ziggurat?
Two defining features of hominids
What are opposable thumbs and walking upright?
Type of government in which rule is based on religious authority such as in Egypt
What is a theocracy?
Home of the Minoans
What is Crete?
2 Defining characteristics of the Assyrians
What is militarism (brutality in conquest) and clever administration?
Example of complex institution
What is religion, government, economy?
Period of time lasting from 2.5 million years to 8000 years BC in which people used crude stone tools
What is the Paleolithic Age?
Innovation found in houses of Harrappan civilization not found in other River Valley civilizations
What is indoor plumbing?
Legacy of the Phoenicians
What is the alphabet?
2 Defining characteristics of the Persians
What is tolerance, wise administration/policy of assimilation, and the idea of universal kingship?
Skilled workers who make goods by hand
What is an artisan?
Two achievements which brought about the Neolithic Revolution
What is the beginnings of agriculture and domestication of animals?
Used by the Chinese to justify the removal of a ruler
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Three points which made the Hittites such formidable warriors
What are cavalry, iron smelting, and chariots?
A government that has unlimited power and used it in an arbitrary manner.
Double it if you can give me an example of a leader who exemplifies this
What is autocracy?
Who is Shi Huangdi?
The 5 characteristics of civilization
What are advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and improved technology?