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wh chapter 2
river bed civiliations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What ruler was famous for a uniform code of laws that unified his empire? | Hammurabi |
| What early civilization had the first carefully planned cities with plumbing? | Indus Valley |
| what is the region is SW asia where the first civilization arose? | Fertile Crescent |
| Form of writin where pictures stood for ideas | pictographs |
| what is a deposit of fertile, windblown soil called | loess |
| which ruler was considered to be both a kingand a god | pharaoh |
| what is a series of rulers from the same family | dynasty |
| in which form of eyptian writing did pictures stand for both ideas and sounds | hieroglyphics |
| wht is the belief in many gods | polytheism |
| which kings consulted the gods through oracle bones | shang kings |
| three ways that all the major early civilizations were similar | built along rivers, flooded, developed cities and governments |
| what does the construction of the pyramids reveal about ancient egyptians | believed the kings ruled in nthe after life, magnificent engineers, showed economic strength and leader ship |