Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian civilization lies between what two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates
The religion in Egypt had many gods, meaning they were _________.
Polytheistic
The two rivers that the Indus Valley centered their life around.
Indus & Ganges
What 2 rivers do the Ancient Chinese center life around?
Yangtze River
Bureaucracy
decisions made by government officials
The most famous law code was created by who in Mesopotamia?
King Hammurabi
Pharaoh
Name the natural borders that protected the Indus Valley Civilization from invaders.
Himalayan mountains, Ocean, Desert
Explain the mandate of heaven.
Divine right to rule.
Earliest Monotheistic religion. Abraham believed to be the father of the people.
Judaism
The center of the Sumerian cities were the ___________.
Ziggurat
The Egyptian pictographic writing is known as _________.
Hieroglyphics
Religion developed in Indus Valley by various beliefs of different people.
Hinduism
Explain how feudalism in China worked.
loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord.
Release from rebirth is known as
Moksha
This pictographic style of writing was the world first.
Cuneiform
Egyptian life centered around what river?
Nile River
Double Jeopardy: 3 ways to achieve Moksha
Path of Right Thinking
Path of Right Action
Path of Religious Devotion
Name the first two dynasties in China
Shang and Zhou
Indo-European Migration
Nomadic migration east into the Indus Valley by Aryan people.
Double Jeopardy: Name the five characteristics of civilization
Advanced cities/ Advanced Technology/
Specialized Workers/ Record Keeping/
Complex Institutions
How long did the rulers in Egypt reign?
For life
Why do we not know much about the Indus River Valley Civilization?
Drought
Disease
Natural Disaster
Confucianism was a philosophy created to help restore order in China and was based off _____________: respect for elders.
Filial Piety
Neolithic Revolution
time period in which nomadic peoples learned to farm and create their own food source leading to the evolution of cities and culture.