Ancient India
What modern day country exists in the area once known as the Indus River Valley?
Modern-day Pakistan AND northwest India
What farming technique did the Mesopotamians use to keep their land fertile?
Crop rotation, or growing different types of crops in the same area across different growing seasons
Which river flows through ancient Egypt?
The Nile River
Name one god from ancient Egyptian mythology.
Ra, Isis, Osiris, Horus, Thoth, Anubis, Set (Seth), Nephthys, Khonsu, Ma'at
What is the "caste system"?
A class structure where status is determined by birth.
Name one of the rivers that are in the Fertile Crescent.
Tigris and Euphrates
What kind of government did the ancient Egyptians have?
A theocratic monarchy (had a king/pharaoh that ruled by a “mandate from the gods”)
Name one theme from ancient Egyptian mythology.
Birth and Rebirth, Good vs Evil, and the Judgement of the Dead
What kind of written language did the Harappan use?
Indus Script (Stamps)
What number did the Mesopotamians base their math on?
60 (60 minute hour, 360 degrees, etc)
Which god did Akhenaten make Egypt's primary god during his reign?
Aten
Name one theme from Mesopotamian mythology.
Immortality and Serving the Gods
In 321 BCE, who rose to power and began the Mauryan Empire?
What written language did the Mesopotamians use?
Cuneiform
Which country added archers to Egypt's military in the Middle Kingdom?
Nubia (Nubian archers)
What is the world's oldest surviving piece of literature?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Finish the sentence: In one of the Harappan's larger cities, almost every house had a private...
...bathroom and toilet!
What was the name of the first civilization to emerge in Mesopotamia?
Sumer
Name the 4 major periods of ancient Egyptian history we've covered in class.
The Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, the New Kingdom, and the Hellenistic Period
What is the name of gods and goddesses in Hindu mythology?
Devas