Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
29 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
|
Mesopotamia- provided fertile soil(silt) for agricultural purposes.
|
|
|
Nile river delta
|
Egypt- provided fertile soil(silt) for agricultural purposes.
|
|
|
Indus and Ganges rivers
|
India(Indus river valley)- provided fertile soil(silt) for agricultural purposes.
|
|
|
Yellow river and Yangtze River
|
China- provided fertile soil(loess) for agricultural purposes.
|
|
|
Mesopotamia- specialized workers
|
•scribes
•kings •priests •slaves •merchants |
|
|
Mesopotamia- record keeping
|
•scribes
•cuneiform •clay or stone tablets |
|
|
Mesopotamia- advanced technology
|
•wheel
•plow •bowls •irrigation |
|
|
Mesopotamia- advanced cities
|
•summer
•Babylon •ur |
|
|
Mesopotamia- complex institutions
|
•monarchy
•dynasty •Hammurabi( Hammurabi's code) •polytheism |
|
|
Egypt- specialized workers
|
•scribes
•pharaoh •nobles •farmers •priests |
|
|
Egypt- record keeping
|
•scribes
•hieroglyphics •papyrus |
|
|
Egypt- advanced technology
|
•calendar
•pyramids •papyrus •geometry •astronomy |
|
|
Egypt- advanced cities
|
•Giza
•Cairo |
|
|
Egypt- complex institutions
|
•pharaoh
•dynasty •monarchy •theocracy •polytheism |
|
|
Monarchy
|
Type of government where a single person rules
|
|
|
Dynasty
|
When a ruler comes from a single family
|
|
|
Class system
|
A structure that divides people into classes for the purpose of keeping order
|
|
|
Bureaucracy
|
Used to describe the multiple layers or levels of a government
|
|
|
Ziggurat
|
Place of worship for mesopotamians. Placed in the center of the city states
|
|
|
Other names for Mesopotamia
|
•cradle of civilization
•Fertile Crescent |
|
|
Grid system
|
Evidence of city planning
|
|
|
Caste system
|
Social class structure originally established based on skin color
|
|
|
Religions of the Indus River valley and China
|
•Hinduism
•Buddhism |
|
|
India- advanced cities
|
•Mohenjo-Daro
•Harappa |
|
|
India- advanced technology
|
•grid system
•plumbing and sewage •written language |
|
|
India- written language
|
There is a written language but it was so advanced for its time that it still has not been deciphered to this day. Scientists have not found a way to translate it.
|
|
|
India- specialized workers
|
•caste system
•priests •rulers •warriors •landowners •traders •laborers •peasants |
|
|
Peasant
|
Typically the lowest people in society that farm for a living
|
|
|
India- complex institutions
|
•strong central government
•theocracy •Hinduism •Buddhism •animals were important |
