Spread of Civilizations

"Sacred Writings" made up of pictures and abstract forms

Indo-speaking nomadic people with a strong warrior tradition

Traders on the eastern Mediterranean coast that devised a 22 character alphabet

Distinct group organized in tribes that established the religion of Judaism

What was the most influential development on Egyptian history?

The Hittites were the first Indo-Europeans to

Title of Egyptian monarch who possessed absolute power

Descendants of the Indus Valley people

How did the Egyptians develop an accurate 365 day calendar?

Administrative organization that helped run the government

Which of the following is not one of the three periods of Egyptian history?

Way in which dead bodies of wealthy Egyptians were preserved

Highest mountains in the world found in northern India

Rich civilization that built the palace at Knossos on the island of Crete

The Minoans established

Significant nomadic people who spoke a language derived from a single parent tongue

Rich soil in the Indus Valley resulted from

Public wells, drainage system, and garbage disposal systems are indications of

Indo-European written language that developed in the Indus Valley

A ritual that required a wife to throw herself on her dead husband's funeral pyre

The Phoenicians produced goods for foreign markets including

Migrating groups who helped spread language, goods, and technology

Carefully planned ancient city in the Indus River valley

During the time of the Middle Kingdom,

Harappan rulers based their power on

Early Indian writings between 1500 BC and 400 BC

Part of a larger complex of buildings dedicated to the dead

Religious teachers whose words condemned the rich for causing the poor to suffer

Egyptian rulers were viewed as