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Klabunde History 11
2021 Early River Civilizations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Farming in ancient Mesopotamia resulted in an abundance of food, which... | enabled civilization to emerge. |
| Hammurabi | Babylonian king (1792 BC to 1750 BC)had collection of 282 laws called the Code of Hammurabi |
| History of Egypt begins when... | 3100bc, when Narmer united Upper and Lower Egypt. |
| Hieratic script was used for... | ...business transactions, record keeping, and the general needs of daily life. |
| 2350bc, Sargon, the leader of the Akkadians | overran the sumerian city-states and set up the first empire in world history. |
| feudalism | a political system in which nobles or lords get land. peasants work the land in exchange for protection. |
| what civilization consisted of ancient settlements in the indus river valley? | Harrappan |
| Why did China develop apart from other cultures? | geography |
| Who thought that family members who died could still influence the lives of family members who were alive? | Chinese |
| Who took control of China in 1027bc? (Mandate of Heaven) | Zhou |
| Which was not a knowledge or skill brought to the egyptians by the Hyksos? | Mudbricks |
| patriarchal | social system in which the father is the head of the family |
| spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another | cultural diffusion |
| ziggurat | a tiered pyramid shaped structure that formed part of a sumerian temple and was the center of the city. |
| pharaoh | had complete power and was considered to be the son of the sun god, Re. |
| loess | yellow silt that settled along the yellow and yangtze rivers |
| city-states | basic units of sumerian civilization |
| gilgamesh | flood story |
| legalism | people were selfish and needed a strict ruler |
| oracle bones | used by chinese priests to communicate with gods and predict the future |
| cuneiform | oldest system of writing; wedge-shaped writing created by ancient Sumerians |
| polytheistic | believing in many gods |
| black land | fertile egyptian land |
| Hatshepsut | first female pharoah |
| Amenhotep IV | changes egyptian rule to monotheistic |
| Ramses II (1290-1224BC) | militaristic Egyptian leader; launched massive building program; unable to maintain empire |
| Cleopatra VII | Egyptian queen who had relationships with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony |
| ESSAY QUESTION | Describe the Harappan Civilization located on the Indus River. Politics, economics, religion, social, and geography. Why dont historians know very much about them? |
| ESSAY QUESTION | Explain how we are able to decipher Egyptians hieroglyphics. |
| ESSAY QUESTION | Describe the Code of Hammurabi. Who was responsible for it's creation and what did it address? |