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Ancient Civilizations:
The Indo-Europeans:
Buddhism, Hinduism, & Judaism:
Seafaring Traders:
Empires:
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What did scholars call Mesopotamia?
The Fertile Crescent
100
What are the dry grasslands that stretched north of the Caucasus called?
Steppes
100
What is the process of rebirth in Hinduism called?
Reincarnation
100
Who were the powerful seafaring people in the eastern Mediterranean?
The Minoans
100
Who ruled Egypt from 1640-1570 B.C.?
The Hyksos
200
What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia called?
The Tigris and Euphrates
200
What kind of technology did the Hittites excel in? What metal did they use?
War Technology and Iron
200
What is moksha?
A soul's perfect understanding
200
Who was King Minos?
A king who owned a half-human, half-bull monster called a Minotaur that Minoa was named after.
200
Who were the people of Nubia?
People south of Egypt in the first cataract of the Nile, including the kingdom of Kush.
300
What is the triangular area of marshy land formed by the deposits of silt near the river called?
Delta
300
What is the Aryan's sacred literature called?
The Vedas
300
Who is the "Father" of the Jewish people?
Abraham
300
Who were the most powerful traders along the Mediterranean (1100 BC)?
The Phoenicians
300
Who were the three major rulers in Egypt?
Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, and Ramses-II
400
What is a government based on religious authority called?
Theocracy
400
What is the group of social systems in Aryan societies called?
Castes
400
What is the region at the eastern end of the Mediterranean sea where the Phoenicians lived called?
Canaan
400
Random: What is one of the great epics of India called?
Mahabharata
400
Who created a unique library in Assyria?
King Ashurbanipal
500
Who did the ancient Chinese use to consult the gods?
The Shang
500
Who were the Hittites?
Indo-European speakers that occupied Anatolia (Asia Minor) in 2000 B.C.
500
What is the kingdom established by Saul, David, and Solomon called?
Israel
500
The language of the Indo-Europeans were the ancestors of what modern languages
English, Spanish, Persian, and Hindi
500
What is a bureaucracy?
A trained civil service or those who run the government