Unit 2 - Ancient Civilizations (Mrs. B's Class)

Agricultural Revolution

The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering

Mesopotamia's Fertile Crescent

Rich soil that's good for crops.

Mummification in Ancient Egypt

prepared the body for the afterlife

Unique feature to Mohenjodaro's city?

sewer systems

The body of water connected to the Indus Valley Civilization

Arabian Sea

Ancient River Valley Civilizations

Earliest civilizations began in river valleys due to fertile soil, irrigation, rivers for travel and trade.

Civilization along the Nile River

Ancient Egypt

Civilization along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Mesopotamia

Civilization along the Indus River

Indus Valley

Ancient China is settled along the...

Huang He (Yellow) River

The innovation that allowed earliest civilizations to preserve and spread information:

writing systems

Earliest form of writing

Cuneiform

Irrigation

A way of supplying water to an area of land

Civilization

A complex, highly organized social order developed my art, government, social structure, and science.

Ziggurat

temple used for worship in Ancient Mesopotamia

Dynasty

A series of rulers from the same family

What city state is located in Ancient Mesopotamia

Sumer

Code of Hammurabi

a written code of laws that guided the ancient society of Babylon; written by King Hammurabi

Characteristics of civilizations

stable food supply, government, religion, social structure, complex culture, achievements (tech), writing, and art

Nomads

people who wander from place to place

Neolithic Age

New Stone Age; farmers

Paleolithic Age

Old Stone Age; hunters & gatherers

Hieroglyphs

used in Ancient Egypt; pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds

The ancient river valley civilization furthest east:

Ancient China

Monsoon

rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains