| A | B |
|---|
| Why mights civilization have developed where rivers empty into the sea? | Create fertile areas & provide access to sea trade |
| Fertile Crescent | Area b/t Tigres & Euphrates Rivers |
| Silt | Rich soil left behind after flooding |
| City-state | a city hat functioned as an independent country |
| Dynasty | Series of rulers from a single family |
| Cultural Diffusion | Absorbtion of religion, language, & beliefs of another culture |
| Polytheism | Belief in many gods |
| Hammurabi | Created a set of laws |
| The Nile______________ | flooded n a regular basis. |
| Why were pharoahs unusually powerful? | They were believed to be gods as well. |
| Theocracy | Government in which ruler is a divine figure. |
| subcontinent | landmass below Himalayan Mountains |
| Mandate of Heaven | A good rules had divine appropval, a bad ruler would lose the right to rule. |
| Why do we know so little of the Indus Valley Civilization? | Its written language has not been deciphered. |
| What did Egyptian & Mesopotamian society have in common? | Women could pursue careers & own properties. |
| What was a major advantage of the Chineeses writing system? | People all of China could read it even if the spoke other languages. |
