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| Give examples of river civilizations.. | Examples of river civilations are Egypt on the Nile River, Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and India along the Indus River. |
| What was a mummy? | A mummy is a corpse perserved to achieve immortality. |
| What are pyramids? | Large stone tombs in the shape of a pyramid. |
| What are hieroglyphics? | Picture writing of the ancient Egyptians. |
| What is the Rosetta Stone? | Stone discovered during Napolean's invasion of Egypt - that helped decipher hieroglyphics. |
| Where was Mesopotamia , the land between two rivers? | …in what was the Fertile Crescent, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in modern Iraq. |
| What was the Code of Hammurabi? | . . .a set of laws established by King Hammurabi of Babylon for his entire empire-first national set of laws known. |
| Hittite's contributed what to civilization? | …the refining and use of iron. |
| What is Judaism? | The religion of the Hebrews, a belief in one god-Jehovah that had a very strong influence on Christianity and Islam. |
| What is a dynasty? | A sequence of rulers from the same family or group. |
| What is Confucianism? | A code of social behavior, ethics, morals, and politics from China. |
| What is Buddhism? | Religion that believes that one must give up desire, reach enlightenment, and stop endless process of reincarnation to reach Nirvana (bliss). |
| What is reincarnation? | Belief that the soul returns after death in a new body. |
| What is the caste system? | …social hierarchy in India based on birth from Brahmin caste to untouchables. The caste system is a part of Hinduism-the main religion of India. |
| What are Vedas? | …religious scriptures of Hinduism. |
