APWH Chapter 2: First Civilizations: Cities, States, and Unequal Societies

Question 1

First wave civilization that developed along the Nile; hieroglyphics, empire, sustainable ag,

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Egypt

Question 2

The largest city in Mesopotamia

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Uruk

Question 3

A major city of the Indus Valley civilization; 2000 BCE

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Mohenjo-Daro

Question 4

Most famous literary work from ancient Mesopotamia

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Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 5

Region along the central coast of Peru; civ. developed 3000-1800 BCE; Caral urban center

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Norte Chico

Question 6

Major civ. of India, near Pakistan; elaborately planned cities

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Indus valley

Question 7

Paneb

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an Egyptian criminal

Question 8

A civilization to the south of Egypt in the Nile Valley; ironworking and alphabetic writing

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Nubia

Question 9

Replacement for kinship and earlier kingdoms that came along with civilizations

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rise of the state

Question 10

A series of laws publicized in Babylon; proclaim the king's commitment to social order

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Code of Hammurabi

Question 11

An early civilization along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico around 1200 BCE; basalt heads

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Olmec

Question 12

Male dominated society

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patriarchy

Question 13

First wave civ of Central Asia; fortified centers, temples, gates/walls, based on irrigation ag

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Oxus

Questions 13