Geography and Major Ancient Achievements
The Tigris and Euphrates river surround this ancient civilization.
What is Ancient Mesopotamia?
This term is a person who does not stay long in the same place.
What is a nomad?
In this era, people lived nomadic lives.
What is the Old Stone Age?
A description of the king's court at the empire of Ghana would fall under this component of GRAPES.
What is political (government)?
How Mesopotamians dealt with unpredictable flooding or drought.
What is digging irrigation channels
The belief in and worship of more than one god.
What is polytheistic
In this era, people relied on hunting and gathering.
The Old Stone Age
The ancient Sumerians prayed to gods for a good harvest (for farming). This can relate to what aspect of GRAPES?
What is religion
Which group of people invented the compass, paper and gunpowder?
Who are the Chinese
These are the first laws ever written.
The Code of Hammurabi (or Hammurabi's Law Code)
What major change in the obtainment of food defines the Agricultural Revolution?
The start of farming.
After the Agricultural Revolution, people had more specialized jobs which led to more trade. This is an example of what characteristic of civilization (GRAPES)?
What is economics?
Where in the world did the majority of major ancient inventions come from? (TWO places)
The Middle East and China
This was the writing tablet used in Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
How did life change in the New Stone Age? Name TWO ways.
People settled down in communities and domesticated animals.
The ancient Sumerians invented the wheel. This can relate to what aspect of GRAPES?
What is Achievements
Which group of people invented algebra, the lens and built the first university in the world?
Islamic scholars in the ancient Muslim world (in the Middle East)
This term was used in Mesopotamia and is defined as a rectangular shaped tower, sometimes used as a temple.
What is a ziggurat?
What did the increase in variety of jobs and increased exchange of goods after the Agricultural Revolution lead to?
More social classes (social hierachies)
An ancient Sumerian scribe wrote and read cuneiform, which made their job well-respected. This can relate to what aspect of GRAPES? (Name one)
What is social structure (or economics) - explain