Sources and Timelines
The event that divides our timelines
Birth of Christ
"Old Stone Age"
Paleolithic Era
Name for trenches invented in the Neolithic Era to bring water to crops
Irrigation
Largest ever Indian Empire
Emperor Ashoka converts to Buddhism and sends missionaries to China
Mauryan
1st Persian Emperor - implemented practice of tolerance
Cyrus the Great
A biography about Julius Caesar would be an example of a ________ source
Secondary
Part of the world from which hominids originated
East Africa (Ethiopia)
Writing system of ancient Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
A Chinese ruler could only maintain power if they juled justly and managed to keep the___________
Mandate of Heaven
1st written law code
Hammurabi's Laws
Julius Caesar's book "The Gallic Wars" would be a good example of a _________ source
primary
Name three crucial inventions of the Paleolithic Era
Fire, spoken language, tools/weapons
2 rivers of early China
Yellow and Yangtze
In order to eliminate desire you must follow the -
Eightfold Path
Sacred city for all three major monotheistic religions
Jerusalem
B.C.E. stands for -
Before Common Era
The group of people who help us understand early people's lives by interpreting artifacts like cave paintings
Archaeologists
List three inventions specific to Egypt
365 Day solar calendar, penicillin, checking for heartbeat, bone-setting, pyramids, mummification, obelisks, cubits
2 sacred Texts of Hinduism
Vedas, Upanishads
The group that migrated into India from the Ural Mountains, supposedly bringing Hinduism and other elements of Indian culture with them
Aryans
A.D. means -
"Anno Domini" - "In the year of our lord"
During the Neolithic Era, which invention first resulted in the creation of settled communities?
Farming (agriculture)
Significance of the religion of the Hebrew people
World's 1st monotheism
Classical China was a meritocracy. Thus, anyone who wanted to work in the government had to pass what test (proving their competence)
Civil Service Exam
Persia's governing system
Imperial Bureaucracy