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ancient civilization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did the early civilizations emerge around rivers? | needed water for irrigation and transportation |
| Mesopatamia had the least amount of what? | least amount of natural barriers and got invaded more often |
| Written system of the Sumerians? | Cuneiform(1st written system) |
| Written system of Phoenicians? | Alphabetic writing system |
| written system of Chinese? | written language not connected to spoken language |
| What was the code of Hammurabi significant and how was it applied? | 1st uniform written set of laws and it didnt treat the poor or women fair |
| most important contribution of the Hebrews? | developed monotheism,father=Abraham,10 commandments |
| most important contribution of Zoroaster and the Persians? | Zoroaster=angels/demons Persians=first human civilization |
| How did the Mandate of Heaven affect change of government in China? | Prevented rebellion |
| what was feudalism and what problems did it create? | a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries led to problems b/c ocal lords started fighting w/ each other |
| How did Shi Huandgi rule china? | Used legalism,burned books,built some of the great wall,heavy taxes |
| Achievements of Zhou dynasty? | put coined money in Iron weapons/tools,warring states,feudalism |
| Achievements of Qin dynasty? | Legalism,burned books,heavy taxes,great wall |
| Achievements of Han dynasty? | invent paper,silk trade w/India and Rome,examination system used |
| Underlying objective of Confucianism and Legalism? | trying to restore social order |
| relationship between religion and gov't in egypt? | theocracy-believed the pharoh would be a god;preserve bodies using mummification and used tombs |
| Why was the rosetta stone important? | helped us translate and understand egyptian hieroglyphs |
| Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley civilization? | indus language hadnt been fullyy translated |
| Caste system and its orign | *class determined by job and aryans brought it to india |
| India's golden age | *astronomy *value of zero,pi,+decimal center |
| Compare Hinduism and BUddhism | hinduism=polytheistic,caste system,its a religion, believed in karma,rebirth,had over 1 bill followers *Buddhism=Its a philosphy,doesn't use the caste system,not a religion,karma |
| How did Buddhism spread? How did it change through culutral diffusion? | spreads through missionary work and trade *culutural diffusion=silk trade |
| technological achievements of Indian civilization? | plumbing,toilets,private rr connected to underground sewer |
| technological achievements of Egyptian civilization? | *365 day calendar, geometry,astronomy,+pyramids,built tombs, women treated better |
| technological achievements of Mesopotamia civilization? | easily invaded,sumerians inventions(wheel,soil, plow,+bronze metalwork |
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