River Civilization
This was the river of Egypt, whose predictable flooding provided incredible irrigation for its agriculture with its Upper Kingdom in the South and Lower kingdom in the North at the mouth of the river.
What is the Nile?
This is the belief in one god. Examples include Judaism and Atenism
What is Monotheism?
This classical Indian empire was officially founded by the leader Chandragupta Maurya and his grandson, Ashoka further expanded the empire.
What was the Mauryan Empire?
This massive migration in Africa led to a shared cultural heritage that can be found across much of the continent today
What is the Bantu Migration?
This religion focused mainly on a covenant with one God, known as "YHWH" or Elohim.
What is Judaism?
In contrast to Egypt's predictable flooding, this civilization depended heavily on irrigation from its highly unpredictable rivers the Tigris and Euphrates in modern day Iraq.
What is Mesopotamia?
This religion originated in India and involved reincarnation, but rejected the caste system and focused on ethical and spiritual growth to reach a state of Nirvana.
What is Buddhism?
To justify their overthrow of the Shang dynasty, the Zhou claimed that the Shang had lost this divine right to rule.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This Bantu growing practice involved burning vegetation so that the ash would create fertile land.
What is slash and burn agriculture?
As a result of their migrations out of mountainous regions, these people settled around stable water sources like the Ganges and Indus river valley displacing the early Dravidian people in places like Mohenjo Daro and Harrappa.
Who are the Indo-Aryans?
This specific writing system was developed by the ancient rivery valley civilization of Mesopotamia.
What is Cuneiform?
This religion became fully developed during the Gupta rule and strengthened the caste system in India and focused on merging newer philosophies with older folk traditions like Sati.
What is Hinduism?
In the third century BCE, a leader came to power in this Chinese state, centralizing all power and land ownership, drafting harsh laws, and strictly enforcing them. He built the Great Wall of China and was buried with an army of Terracotta Warriors
Who was Qin Shi Huang Di?
These people probably developed their economy around agriculture in ancient Mesoamerica and most notably created colossal stone heads as artifacts.
Who were the Olmecs?
Sheltered by the Himalayas and the Arabian sea, this ancient civilization developed in South Asia
What is the Indus Valley civilization?
This collection of religious books tell the early story of the Israelites and their struggle with God including Abraham, Moses, and Jacob.
What is the Tanakh?
This classical Indian empire experienced a notable resurgence of Hinduism that strengthened the caste sytem in addition to ushering in the Golden Age of India.
What is the Gupta Empire?
These people are a "mother culture" to future Mesoamerican societies like the Aztecs, Maya, and Zapotec people.
Who are the Olmecs?
This ancient trade network connected China with the Mediterranean Sea, facilitating the exchange of jade, silk, spices, tea, and horses
What is the Silk Road?
This East Asian river system is known locally as the Huang He and would be the starting point for most of the civilizations of ancient China.
The Yellow River
This group of people in India's caste system were considered the "dirt on Brahmins feet" or not included in the caste system.
Who are the Dalits?
The type of philosophy was embraced by the Qin leader Shi Huang Di and focused on harsh punishments for breaking laws which were strictly enforced.
What is Legalism?
This language is a merging of Bantu Language and Arabic creating this new language that was important for trade in East Africa.
What is Swahili?
The Silk Road routes led to a dramatic increase in this type of cultural and intellectual exchange between the peoples of Asia and Europe
What is cultural diffusion?