A | B |
culture | people's way of life; includes language, religion, clothing, food |
Neolithic Revolution | the shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture and domestication of animals |
civilization | elements of this includes cities, government, writing, religion, division of labor, and social classes |
Mesopotamia | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing |
cuneiform | wedge-shaped Sumerian writing |
Nile River | location of Ancient Egyptian civilization |
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | location of Ancient Mesopotamian civilization |
Indus River | location of the Ancient Indian cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro |
Huang He River | location of Ancient Chinese civilization |
Code of Hammurabi | first written laws from Babylon |
Ten Commandments | laws of Judaism handed down to Moses |
monotheism | polytheism |