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Who first introduced Arabic numerals and the concept of zero to Europe?
Merchants from the Islamic world
A Mesopotamian code of laws focused on punishment
Hammurabi's Code or Code of Hammurabi
Which of the four river valley civilizations had a completely different social structure?
Indus Valley
India
A line of successive rulers from the same family
Dynasty
A type of massive tiered structure built in ancient Mesopotamia, resembling a pyramid with receding levels or terraces
Ziggurat
A soldier's diary from WWI
Primary source
What two natural barriers protected Egypt?
Bodies of water and deserts
China's concept of the ruler being chosen by the gods
The Mandate of Heaven
The ability to grow in great abundance
fertile
Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment
Silt
A movie about the Revolutionary War
Secondary source
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, and China all started near ....?
a river or rivers
In which civilization would you find a mummy, pharaoh and pyramid?
Egypt
The belief in multiple gods
Polytheism
A form of government where religious leaders rule in the name of a deity or deities, often basing laws and policies on religious texts and teachings.
Theocracy
Instagram live
Primary source
Teacher and priests belonged to which group in the Caste system?
Brahmin
Irrigation provided a reliable ......
Food supply
The belief in one god
Monotheism
An ancient writing system characterized by wedge-shaped marks made on clay tablets (Mesopotamia)
Cuneiform
Biography of Thomas Jefferson
Secondary source
The move from hunter-gatherers to civilization was known as the ....
Neolithic Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
All four river valley civilizations had a form of ______, which allows us to know about their culture.
Writing
A system of writing that uses pictures or symbols to represent words, sounds, or ideas (Egypt)
Hieroglyphics
Someone who does not have a permanent home and travels from place to place.
Nomad