click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
unit one history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prehistory | life before people created writing and left written records |
| nomads | has no fixed home moves from place to place |
| effects of the neolithic revolution | less nomads, bigger population, civilizations along rivers |
| 5 characteristics of a civilization | rise of cities, advanced technology, record keeping, complex institutions, specialized workers, |
| Two rivers of mesopotamia | Tigris and euphrates |
| sumerian inventions | wheel, sail, plow, bronze |
| phoenician contribution to civilization | established a simplified alphabet |
| Hammurabi's code | first recorded law; eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth |
| cuneiform | first writing system |
| ziggurat | temples/pyramids built for pharaohs |
| first major monotheistic religion | Judaism |
| Rosetta stone | stone slab with a single degree written in 3 different scripts |
| Egyptian technological contributions | created a concept of time |
| large Egyptian buildings | pyramids |
| teachings of Hinduism | only the top of the caste system can acheive moksha |