| A | B |
|---|
| cuneiform | wedge-shaped writing invented by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia |
| theocracy | a government led by religious leaders |
| loess | yellow colored silt that is very fertile |
| delta | the area at the mouth of a river where the river breaks up into many branches |
| Paleolithic Age | the Old Stone Age |
| Neolithic Age | the New Stone Age |
| Neolithic Revolution | the discovery of agriculture |
| animism | a religion that believes that there are spirits in nature which possess human characteristics |
| hominids | creatures that walk upright |
| Fertile Crescent | the area in Mesopotamia where it is believed the first civilzation began |
| Hammurabi | Babylonian ruler who created one of the first written code of laws |
| cataract | a waterfall in a river |
| Nile River | Egyptian civilization centered around this |
| pyramids | were built as tombs for the Egyptian pharaohs |
| Himalayas | mountains found north of India |
| Sub-continent | another name for India, Nepal, and Bangladesh |
| dynasty | rule by a family |
| ziggurat | step shaped temples built by the Sumerians |
| social mobility | the ability in a society for one to move up or down in the classes |
| silt | the soil deposited when a river floods |
| hunter-gatherers | what people did to survive during the Paleolithic era |
| monsoons | seasonal winds that are either wet or dry |
| Mandate of Heaven | the idea that the Chinese ruler got the right to rule from the gods |
| papyrus | a paper like material the Egyptians made |
| bronze | a metal made by combining copper and tin; invented by the Sumerians |
| wheel and the plow | inventions of the Sumerians |
| Indus River Civilization | had plumbing and sewer systems |
| Rosetta stone | the discovery of this made it possible to read hieroglyphics |
