Prehistory and Ancient River Valley Civilizations

The civilization that invented cuneiform

What types of buildings were erected in Egypt to serve as tombs for the pharaohs?

What vocabulary term means to give up something of value for something else?

The name of the city that was the birthplace of Mohammed and is the holiest site in Islam?

Located near the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

What one individual is recognized as important to Islam, Christianity, and Judaism?

Had a polytheistic religion that influenced Hinduism

The civilization that included the major cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

What is another name for the old stone age?

Located in Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Had a polytheistic religion and wrote religious texts such as The Epic of Gilgamesh

Civilization that built temples called ziggurats

Civilization whose government was a theocracy ruled by priests

What was a notable feature of the Indus Valley civilization?

Practiced the religions Confucianism and Daoism

Isolated from other cultures by the Himalayas

Invented the wheel and the plow

What two jobs did people have during the Paleolithic Era?

Wrote in heiroglyphics

A complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a number of common elements

The first advanced civilization

Located along the Nile River

What term means to feel deep respect or admiration for something?

What is another name for the new stone age?

What is the term for a Muslim place of worship?

Located along the Indus River

Objects made by humans

Located around modern-day India and Pakistan

The period of time before writing

Government was a monarchy ruled by emperors including the Shang Dynasty