World Unit 1

This was the massive temple built by the Mesopotamians to worship their gods

A society that produces a surplus of food, est. cities w/ some form of gov., and div. of labor

Original writings of the Aryans from the Indus valley

This is another name for the new stone age

All of these early civilizations emerged from river valleys except?

This document gives Chinese Emperors the power to rule

The taming of animals and plants that allowed for people to be sedentary.

This system organized Indian society into 4 main groups

This is the form of writing used in Ancient Mesopotamia

This is the belief in many gods

How might the belief in reincarnation provide a form of social control?

What is NOT a major barrier that isolated China from the rest of the world?

Literally means the “Land between the rivers”.

According to Buddhism, how do you stop suffering in life?

The founder of Judaism

These were engineered in Egypt and stood as tall four sided monuments, that tapered at the top

These people were at the apex of Indian Society

This helped 18th C scholars translate hieroglyphics for the first time since the ancient world

Why was Egypt a theocracy?

These 2 rivers were the settling ground for the Mesopotamians

In Ancient Chinese religion, spirits of the ancestors were seen as:

Final goal in Hinduism - to break from the cycle of reincarnation and find a oneness w/ brahman

Memphis, Thebes, and Giza were all cities within this civilization

This is where the soul is reborn over and over until one achieves moksha