Prehistory
Writing and Farming
Mesopotamian society existed between these two rivers
The Tigris and Euphrates
Polytheistic
Oracle Bones
This river was called "China's Sorrow" for it's violent floods
The Huang He, or Yellow River
This type of society existed before farming, people survived by finding food in the wild and moving from place to place
Hunting and Gathering
This part of Mesopotamia was where the oldest written language and cities were formed
Sumer
This Egyptian practice prepared their dead for burial
Mummification
This was the first Chinese dynasty
The Shang
This was the name for the area shaped by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
The Fertile Crescent
Hunter-Gatherers often moved from place to place, living this type of lifestyle
Nomadic
This was the written language of the Mesopotamians
Cuneiform
What about the Nile was incredibly predictable
It's flooding
The Zhou dynasty started this belief about how rulers were put in power
The Mandate of Heaven
This mountain range is found in Western China
The Himalayas
This cave-system featured thousands of prehistoric art pieces
Lascaux
City-States are
independent areas centered around individual cities
This was the first Pharaoh of Egypt
Menes
Oracle bones were tools used to do this
Divination
Where were Upper and Lower Egypt located?
Lower: Northern Egypt
Why are we unable to know more about the people that painted Lascaux?
They left no written record of themselves
This Mesopotamian king was known for his code of laws
Hammurabi
This Egyptian god was responsible for judging their dead before they could move on to the afterlife
Osiris
The Chinese were responsible for inventing this substance
Paper
This is the name for an area where civilizations started without outside influence
Cradles of Civilization