Mesopotamia
It had different punishments for rich and poor
Why would Americans consider Hammurabi's Law code unfair?
The direction that the Nile River flows
What is north?
Cities in this area had sewer systems and their houses had a well and a bath.
What is the Indus Valley?
The first dynasty in China to leave a written record
Who were the Shang?
He united Northern India into the first Indian Empire
Who was Chandragupta Maurya?
Sails, plows and the wheel
What are some advanced technologies of Sumer?
They were built as tombs for the pharaohs
Why did the Egyptians build pyramids?
Group that migrated into the Indus Valley after the collapse of the Harrapan civilization.
Who were the Aryans?
A political system based on control of the land
What is feudalism?
The religion embraced and spread by the Gupta Empire
What is Hinduism?
He created the first empire
Who was Sargon?
They were considered to be part human and part god.
What was special about the pharaohs?
A unique feature of the Harrapan society
What is a classless society?
Nickname for the Yellow River based on its frequent devastating floods
What is China's Sorrow?
Used his influence to spread Buddhism throughout India and Asia
Who was Ashoka?
The shift from Hunting and Gathering to agriculture
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
The time when most of the pyramids were built in Egypt
What is the Old Kingdom?
The religious stories of the Aryans
What are the Vedas?
Philosophy that taught that people should return to a natural state and follow the way of the universal spirit
What is Daoism?
It is considered to be the classical (or Golden Age ) empire of India
What was the Gupta Empire
Led to the development of social classes
What are specialized workers?
This process showed that the Egyptians believed in an afterlife
What is mummification?
What we call a society where most power is held by men
What is patriarchal?
The idea that explained the change of dynasties in China
What is the Mandate of Heaven
Plastic surgery, algebra, the number zero, among other things
What are some of the advancements of the Gupta Empire?